AT&T Wireless 2011 Annual Report Download - page 22

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is also implementing AT&T HCO. “Our vision is
to establish a model of health information
exchange for the nation,” says President and
CEO Harold J. Apple. “We operate the most
advanced system for connecting healthcare
IT systems in the U.S., and with AT&T we’re
taking our efforts to the next level.”
To bring even more value to our healthcare
customers, in 2011 we added a new team
member to help us, in her words, “bridge
technology, business and clinical medicine.”
Dr. Geeta Nayyar is AT&T’s first CMIO. She‘s also
a practicing physician and a clinical assistant
professor in the Department of Medicine at the
Florida International University Herbert Wertheim
College of Medicine. Geeta is passionate about
the potential of communications to create a
healthier world.
“There’s no doubt that the future of medicine
is in mobility and telehealth,” she says. “I’m
incredibly excited to work with a healthcare
leader like AT&T and to have the opportunity
to make a difference in many more patients’
lives than I could through my practice alone.”
Geeta defines her CMIO role as “bringing a unique
perspective that helps AT&T create solutions
to some of the problems facing the industry.”
What does success look like? “AT&T is focused on
solutions that improve outcomes, reduce costs,
increase access and deliver more personalized
care. When providers are routinely using these
solutions and patients are living better, healthier
lives — we’ll know we’ve succeeded.”
Meanwhile, AT&T employees Danika Patrick and
Ari Lerner are two of the creative engines behind
a new platform for app developers focused
on healthcare. The platform helps close the
gap between health and mobility by providing
secure storage for data from an array of apps and
devices that track health and wellness information.
“The developers are the key,” says Danika.
“We’re giving them the tools and processes
they need to create applications that will help
us all live healthier lives. It’s not about owning
the data or collecting it; it’s about connecting
it. That’s what we do.”
Adds Ari, “We’re enabling developers to
create tools that help patients track their
health information and securely manage and
share access to their data, so doctors have
more and better information for diagnosis
and treatment.”
With mobile health technologies forecasted
to reach 1.2 billion users by 2020, this new
developer platform may be just what the
doctor ordered.1
Energy AT&T is helping to modernize the
nation’s electric grid. We enable two-way
wireless communications between electric
meters and power providers in more than
13 million locations across the nation.
Today, AT&T is working with companies like
Digi International Inc. to go beyond the meter
and make the grid even smarter. Through
advanced applications and wireless machine-
to-machine connections, our network supports
Digi X-GridTM solutions that give utility companies
greater control of power grids. When demand
peaks, they can now remotely distribute energy
where it’s needed most — for example, by
prioritizing hospitals over homes.
Meanwhile, the Digi Energy SmartleeTM mobile
app lets consumers monitor and manage
energy consumption and electric bills from their
smartphones. Or in exchange for discounts or
credits on their bills, homeowners can give
power companies permission to remotely turn
off discretionary devices such as pool heaters
at peak usage times. That conserves energy and
helps families save money.