ACO Watch: A Mid-Week Review with Steve Adams

On the Wednesday, March 9th 2011 program at 12 Noon Pacific and 3PM Eastern, my special guest commentator is Steve Adams, Executive Vice President, Collaborative Care, and Health Improvement, Alere. Steve is a leader in the development and management of products and information systems in the converging Internet, healthcare, and personal computer industries. He founded ReachMyDoctor and RMD Networks, acquired by Alere in early 2010. RMD provides Collaborative Care Solutions® – a clinical groupware system that enables greater connectivity, clinical data transfer and collaboration among physicians, healthcare providers, patients and other business partners. RMD’s application is among the first to be labeled as a “Clinical Groupware” solution and Steve has been instrumental in the development of the Clinical Groupware Collaborative, a non-profit trade organization for Clinical Groupware Companies, where Steve serves as Chairman and President. Steve is an active participant in a number of national health initiatives and organizations. For an excellent presentation at HIMSS 2011 in Orlando, see: 'You Don't Need a Complete EHR: The Impact of Clinical Groupware' http://www.himssconference.org/docs/sphandouts/73.pdf/ Since connectivity both with physicians and other providers, as well as patients and the community is an essential component of an emeging ACO, we thought it would be of considerable interest to get some of Steve's thoughts on the record. Please join us for an entertaining and informative exchange with Steve Adams!