1. Healthcare Unbound: How Close Are We to a Tipping Point? Opening Keynote Presentation July 2007 San Francisco, CA Vince Kuraitis JD, MBA Better Health Technologies, LLC http://e-CareManagement.com blog (208) 395-1197

2. What’s the right metaphor for HU?

4. I. Network Effects and HU Markets

5. Network Effects (Tipping Point) Source: Shapiro, C. Varian, H. Network Effects 1998

6. $34 B Market for Healthcare Unbound Technologies Total Acute Chronic ADL/elder $0.35 $US (billions) $0.37 $0.47 $0.59 $0.73 $0.98 $1.2 $1.6 $2.0 $2.4 $3.0 $3.7 $0.10 $0.13 $0.22 $0.38 $0.65 $1.2 $3.8 $12.1 $23.1 $26.3 $25.7 $26.7 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.01 $0.02 $0.65 $2.0 $3.6 $3.5 $3.0 $3.2 $0.45 $0.50 $0.69 $0.97 $1.4 $2.1 $5.7 $15.7 $28.7 $32.3 $31.7 $33.6 (Numbers have been rounded)

10. II B. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) Bottom line: 2008 could be a breakthrough year for RPM

14. The Cats are Herding: Medical Home Model Gaining Momentum

19. Source: Markle Foundaton A Common Framework for Networked Personal Health Information , 2006. See also: RWJF Project HealthDesign A New Vision for Personal Health Records , May 2007

25. Hospital at Home Dates Back to the 1960s

30. III. Lessons Across HU Segments

32. What’s the right metaphor for HU?

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