Decentralization of Healthcare via Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2)

The healthcare systems in most developed countries are facing serious challenges from multiple fronts and are in need of significant transformations. Decentralization of healthcare via Distributed Diagnosis and Home Healthcare (D2H2) is designed to tackle the current problems in healthcare and to accommodate future changes and trends by transforming the delivery of healthcare from a central, hospital-based system to one that is more patient-centered, distributed and home-based. D2H2 will benefit patients by improving the quality and convenience of care, controlling healthcare cost, and preventing medical errors, thus leading to increased access to affordable and effective healthcare.

The goal of this conference is to bring together industry, academia and government leaders to discuss the current status, important components/ingredients, their enabling technologies, and policies for future distributed, home healthcare delivery. This conference is jointly sponsored by the following societies and organizations:

• AMA : American Medical Association
• AMIA : American Medical Informatics Association
• ASME : American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• BMES : Biomedical Engineering Society
• HIMSS : Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• IEEE : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• SBE : Society for Biological Engineering
• SCAR : Society for Computer Applications in Radiology
• SUWA : Singapore-University of Washington Alliance in Bioengineering

Join this exciting transdisciplinary conference, exchange ideas, and learn about technical and non-technical issues and opportunities associated with this future healthcare delivery paradigm!