Beyond Telehealth: Industry Leaders Discuss Building Scalable, Patient Centered Connected Care Solutions

Abstract

An insightful discussion with distinguished telehealth experts and industry innovators as they explore the cutting edge of connected healthcare.  Topics of discussion include:

• Video first telehealth platforms and their role in democratizing healthcare access
• Perspectives on healthcare technology infrastructure and connectivity solutions
• Current trends in remote patient monitoring
• The integration of connected care devices in clinical workflows, platform scalability challenges
• The future of patient centered digital health solutions

This episode offers valuable insights for healthcare professionals, technology developers, and policy makers interested in the practical deployment of telehealth solutions and the evolution of connected care ecosystems.

Speaker Biographies

Todd Cornell, President and CEO, MedWand Solutions, Inc. Todd is a strategic, growth-focused executive with over 30 years of experience in the medical device industry, including experience across startups, public companies, and high-growth ventures. A proven track record scaling operations, building global commercial infrastructure, and navigating regulatory pathways. Actively participated in building two companies that successfully listed for Initial Public Offering on the NASDAQ and HKEX. Todd is a member of the MedWand Board of Directors. Todd also serves on the Board of Directors for Piccolo Medical, Inc.

Dr. Milton Chen is CEO and cofounder of VSee - the no code, low code telehealth tech stack used by McKesson, GE, DaVita, and NASA Space Station. Dr. Chen completed his PhD research at Stanford on conversational cues that create trust over video calling, and also wrote the first version of VSee there.  Dr. Chen is the co-author of XMPP video standard, where XMPP is used by Facebook, Google, etc.  Dr. Chen is the co-creator and moderator of the United Nations telemedicine course, in partnership with UNITAR.  Dr. Chen has given hundreds of invited talks including keynotes at Arab Health and Health 2.0.  He has deployed VSee for Hillary Clinton, Angelina Jolie, Ban Ki-moon, the rock band Linkin Park, and former President Obama’s Inauguration.  Dr. Chen has traveled to over 50 countries deploying telemedicine in the field, including Iraq, Syria.

William C. B. Harding, PhD, Professor, Trine University, NSF Reviewer, Distinguished Technical Fellow, Medtronic. William has 44 years of industry experience, 25+ years at Medtronic in medical technology, a Bachelor’s in Computer Science emphasizing Electrical Engineering, a Master of Information Systems, and a Ph.D. emphasizing Technology Integration. William holds dozens of patents and trade secrets and is the Vice Chair of the recently published standard IEEE/UL 2933-2024 - Clinical IoT Data and Device Interoperability with TIPPSS. William has authored one book, has been the key technical leader of numerous books, and has been the lead author on 9 chapters for 3 Taylor & Francis books, as well as 2 Springer books. Lastly, in his role as a full-time Professor at Trine University, William provides both advising and instruction for the College of Graduate and Professional Studies and the Information Technology Doctoral program, emphasizing Systems Engineering, Cybersecurity, and AI/ML.

Moderator

Prof. Jefferson G. Fernandes, MD, MSc, PhD, MBA. Dr. Fernandes is a Neurologist, Director of Education for the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), LATAM Regional Editor for Telehealth and Medicine Today open access journal, and the Director of SPECIS - a Health Consulting Firm, based in Brazil.