Senior Health Technology & Tele-Health Committee

What We Do

The Committee was appointed by the New Canaan Board of Selectmen in May of 2011, to begin the task of identifying senior health care needs that new technology and expanded telecommunications infrastructure could serve. The project purpose was to enable aging in place, reducing health care costs, and improving care quality. The first major report was issued on October 11, 2011.

Vision

New Canaan will build a major new community asset for an Optimal Livable Community through the use of a proactive community health technology and tele-health development and communication program.

Goals

1) To be the community catalyst for using and adapting current and emerging technologies that innovate and improve health quality outcomes for all citizens - with a focus on needs of adults over 50.
2) To provide a basis of understanding and shared interests that will accelerate the adaptation of technologies among the citizens, physicians, health institutions and service providers to improve communication and quality of care for this area.

Objectives

1) Identify paths of potential strategic and technology leverage for the town of New Canaan and its health service providers to develop a more informed, healthier community.
2) Identify and organize an inventory of available health care technology that can be used to drive and leverage town information technology and telecommunications infrastructure and communication.
3) Define future needs of the community for building superior technology enabled health care technology and infrastructure as a major town asset.

Members

Chair:
Jim Lisher- Chair of Health & Human Services Commission, Phase I & II Senior Policy Teams,
Managing Director, Lisher & Company. Inc. Innovation Strategy & Management,
94 Old Studio Road, jlisher@aol.com , 203-972-3519

Secretary:
Lucy Baney- Pres, Access Technologies Group, Inc., Health Care Leadership Council of Fairfield County, 313 Frogtown Road, www.lucybatghome.com , 203-966-8572

Dr. David Brown- Physician(retired) & Town HHS Commission member
73 Oenoke Ridge Road, dsbrown90@gmail.com , 203-966-6684

Kathleen Corbet- Member of Phase I, II, III Health Care Policy Teams, Private Investor in Financial & Technology Companies, 49 Cross Ridge Road, Kathleen.corbet@gmail.com , 646-436-5861

Mary Franco- President of Norwalk Hospital Foundation, VP Public Affairs
684 Valley Road, mary.franco@norwalkhealth.org , 203-852-2422

Mike Franco- Systems Administrator of Visiting Nurse & Hospice Technology/ Tele-health program, 231 Springwater Drive, 203-291-9627, magic@photocadabra.com  

Pam Kopowski, Community Affairs & Tele-Health project coordinator of Stamford Hospital
pkoprowski@stamhealth.org , 203-536-5243

Geoff Pickard- SVP of GTE (Retired)
320 Oenoke Ridge Road, GeoffreyPickard@gmail.com , 203-966-7444

Advisors:
Jim Beall, Paul Strassman

Consultant:
Julia Portale

Interns:
Denise Griffin, Philip

Meetings

Please check the Calendar of Events on the home page for meeting information or contact the Town Clerk's office at 594-3070. 

Schedule of Meetings, Agendas & Minutes

October 11, 2011 Report

There are three sections of the October 11, 2011 report:

1) The basic report which contains general findings, trends, major strategic questions, conclusions and recommendations - Click here to download 

2) Appendix D which identifies an Initial Inventory of Technology and Tele-Health Tools and Systems in three defined market areas - Click here to download
    a) Health & Wellness Management 
    b) Home Health/ Remote Monitors 
    c) Medical Care Transitions

3) Appendix E which identifies 13 key institutions, companies or products as What and Who to Watch - Click here to download 

These section files are in PDF format and can be easily downloaded.