Nevada Broadband Task Force Telehealth Video Innovation Overview Steve Lebedoff, CEBS PPN Health Access/ Center for Sustainable Healthcare Milton Chen, PhD CEO, VSee
VSee Video Collaboration Background Developed by team at Stanford University Led By Milton Chen PhD (CEO VSee)- Graduate work on human factors and design of video collaboration Milton co-authored XMPP video standard (Google Talk and Facebook Chat) Human Computer Interaction Scientists and Network Experts Funded by Salesforce.com and National Science Foundation Goal- Simple, yet full featured Any network Requires minimal training
VSee Secure Video Chat and EHR collaborative view Collaborative screen view with live annotation HD group video chat 256 bit AES encryption -HIPAA compliant -FDA registered Former Apple CEO John Sculley at SIIA
VSee Medical Device Streaming and Work Flow Support via API Remote pan, tilt, zoom camera control Medical device integration: -Stethoscope -Ophthalmoscope -Otoscope -Dermatoscope -Ultrasound -EKG -PHR One-click web API Waiting room, triage Hide doctor username See real-time medical device readings and patient’s video in HD
InterMountain NICU 3 HD webcam + Mac Mini Telepresence-inspired layout Warmer w/ touch panel Send 3 camera feeds outbound No infrastructure to setup Trivial to setup multiple work flows
Hillary Clinton using VSee + BGAN with Syria on the Iraq border
VSee on NASA International Space Station Space telemedicine Jan 13, 2014 going live
VSee telemedicine kit in Rwanda, Gabon
Competition Landscape Skype, FaceTime Patient privacy issues, medical features OpenTok (Flash), WebRTC Great building blocks, not complete solution Cisco, Polycom Not consumer friendly (firewalls, servers …) Vidyo Raised $120M, but client-server, can’t simultaneously send webcam + medical device cam, and 2-10X more expensive
Patient workflow
Doctor workflow
Mobihealthnews- May 8, 2013 Five reasons virtual MD visits might be better than in-person ones 1)Convenient for both patient and doctor 2) A virtual waiting room is better than the physical one 3) Increased patient engagement thanks to screensharing 4) More convenient, automatic record-keeping 5) Patients feel like doctors pay better attention to them during virtual visits