1. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Technology Migration What Will Tomorrow Look Like ?

2. 2 The Technology Challenge

3. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Did You Know?  Concerned Family Members represent the largest caregiver organization of the Elderly?  There are approximately 16 Million family members within the United States which try to manage from over 50 miles away.  4 Major adoption barriers still exist and must be overcome to successfully utilize home health monitoring technologies in a wide-spread manner.

4. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Barriers to Wide Spread Adoption and Utilization of Home Health Monitoring  Broadband Adoption  Too Expensive – Too Confusing  Penetration vs. Utilization  Cost  Hardware and Monitoring  Provider/Insurer Stalemate  Digital Illiteracy and Support  No consumer educational or training  New Technology Integration  Lack of reimbursement limits R&D

5. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Barriers to Wide Spread Adoption and Utilization of Home Health Monitoring  Cost  No standardized reimbursement policies have yet to be adopted, therefore hardware and monitoring fees also remain high.  Result – Too expensive for mass adoption Those who would really benefit– can’t afford it

6. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners BroadBand – Too Expensive  Average Cost of Broadband/Internet Service  $49.46 / month  $45.73 = National Average  1.1 Million Minnesotans who do not have broadband cited COST as the main reason Source: Connect Minnesota 2011

7. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Broadband – Too Confusing  Broadband Adoption  Too Confusing  2 nd and 3 rd largest for NOT adopting Broadband  Digital Literacy and Relevance  Over40 different US government broadband programs –  Discounts programs for everyone  How do you get to them?  Penetration vs. Utilization  95% Penetration < 60% Utilization in Some Areas

8. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Broadband – Too Confusing AgencyBB Programs AgencyBB Programs HUD4HHS4 EDA1FCC10 USDA12DOE3 NTIA4DOC3 NSF1 TOTAL42

9. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Proposed Solutions  We must THINK and ACT Differently  Increase Consumer Awareness and Education on the Benefits of Broadband and Home Health Monitoring.  Work with Broadband Providers state-wide to offer special broadband healthcare monitoring “data packages” to better utilize home health monitoring technologies.  Must develop centralized technology resource centers for consumers and healthcare workers to support home health monitoring / broadband enabled care.  Must bring dialogue and debate to engage the entire community on this issue.

10. Age and Disability Odyssey Conference Paul H. Wessel Founder and CEO Innovation Consulting Partners Into the Future  Whenever New Technologies Are Contemplated…..  Remember the Technology Hype Cycle  Where does the New Technology Fit?  How Can It be Successfully Moved Along the Curve?  Try to Accurately Identify:  All Barriers To Full Scale Adoption (BFSA).  Possible Solution Sets That Successfully Addressed BFSA.  Engage ALL Potential Users and Shareholders of the Proposed New Technology Solution.

11. Speaking of New Technologies…..  Avatar-Based Care Giving  Robotic Medication Reminder System  Robotic Care Givers