21st Century Cures Roundtable: Digital Health Care

21st Century Cures Roundtable: Digital Health Care

The following press release was published by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on June 24, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

Subcommittees:

* Health (113th Congress)

The committee will host its second 21st Century Cures roundtable on Tuesday, June 24, 2014, to discuss what steps Congress can take to bridge the gap between these advances and the regulatory policies that govern them, ultimately advancing digital and personalized health care. The committee recently released a white paper on the subject, available online here. Learn more about the 21st Century Cures initiative here, join the effort by liking Facebook.com/EnergyCommerceCures and following @ECcures on Twitter, and contribute to the conversation using #Path2Cures.

Participants:

Dr. Jeff Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration

@US_FDA

Dr. Joseph M. Smith, Chief Medical and Science Officer at West Health

@WestHealth

Dr. Brian Druker, Director of the Knight Cancer Center at the Oregon Health and Science University

@OHSUKnight

Gina Gavlak, RN, BSN, Chair, National Advocacy Committee for the American Diabetes Association

@AmDiabetesAssn

Sean Hogan, Vice President for Health Care at IBM

@IBMHealthcare

Dr. Martin Harris, Chief Information Officer of The Cleveland Clinic

@ClevelandClinic

Anne Wojcicki, CEO & Co-Founder of 23andMe

@23andME

Dr. Mark Blatt, Worldwide Medical Director of Intel Corporation

@IntelHealthIT

Jonathen Bush, CEO & President of Athenahealth, Inc

@Athenahealth

Paul Magelli, CEO of Pervasive Health

@pervasivehealth

Opening Statement of Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton

Source: House Committee on Energy and Commerce