About SBR

What is telehealth

Healthcare costs account for 16 percent of the U.S. GDP, with $12 billion dollars spent on avoidable readmissions annually. As healthcare costs continue to increase and the shortage of qualified physicians becomes more alarming, care providers are looking for ways to save money, increase efficiency and administer better care.

Telehealth is the provision of healthcare services through information and communication technology, such as videoconferencing, with the goal of increasing access to healthcare delivery while reducing costs and increasing efficiency. The University of Adelaide's review of various studies on telehealth services found telehealth models to be particularly effective for use in homecare and for increasing access to specialists.

Traditionally, telehealth services were provided via a computer, which often limited access. However, the proliferation of the use of smartphones and tablets means more people can access telemedicine services. A Nielsen study estimates that by the end of 2011, half of all Americans will have a smartphone. This increase in the use of smartphones and tablets means that it is an ideal time for medical professionals to incorporate telemedicine into their practices.

Challenges of telehealth

Despite its potential to improve how healthcare is delivered, videoconferencing has been severely limited by cost and complexity. Most systems require a large upfront investment, are difficult to set up and lack the appropriate security. However, SBR Health is changing this by creating a system where every healthcare provider can quickly, easily and securely integrate video conferencing into his or her existing workflow.

How SBR Health is improving telehealth

SBR Health provides a simple, secure communications platform that links physicians, patients and specialists across hospitals, clinics, homes and geographically isolated areas. Originally developed to meet the stringent requirements of the United State’s military, our software application is secure and HIPAA compliant. Furthermore, our fully customizable platform is designed to smoothly integrate with your existing workflow to make it easy and efficient for anyone to use. We understand that customer requirements differ, and we are committed to helping you implement a system that meets your unique business needs.

SBR Health’s customizable platform allows you to:

Collaborate to improve treatment outcomes
More efficiently schedule doctors’
time resulting in increased time with patients
Match available expertise to
patients’ needs
Better serve patients in remote locations
Increase the efficiency of
accessing specialists
Reduce complications and 30-day
re-hospitalizations
Increase workflow efficiency through integration of televideo with existing scheduling or electronic medical record systems

For more information on SBR Health, please contact us or visit our blog.

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SBR Executive Management

Christopher Herot, Chief Executive Officer

Chris Herot is the CEO and co-founder of SBR Health. Prior to launching SBR in 2010, Chris was Chief Product Officer at VSee Lab, a provider of high quality, low bandwidth and low cost videoconferencing solutions to enterprises and governments. Chris has been a successful business and technology leader in several high growth companies, and directed the advanced technology group for several years at Lotus Development (now IBM) where he was responsible for video, mobile and real-time communications solutions.

Chris received his BS and MS degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was on the faculty of the group that became the MIT Media Laboratory.

Blog: herot.typepad.com

James Gibbons, Chairman of the Board

Jim Gibbons is Chairman and co-founder of SBR Health. Jim is Professor (Research) in Electrical Engineering and was formerly Dean of the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He has been an advisor and board member of public companies (Cisco Systems, El Paso Energy, Lockheed Martin, Raychem), companies he helped take public (Amati Communications, Avantek, Centigram Communications) and startups (Novariant, Rosum, Solyndra, VSee Lab).

Jim received a BS degree from Northwestern University and a PhD from Stanford University.

Peter Eggleston, Chief Marketing Officer

Pete Eggleston brings a strong combination of sales, marketing and product management skills to the company's core management team. Over the last 20 years, he has served in various sales and marketing leadership positions throughout the high-tech industry, including Founder and CEO of AdME, Inc., VP of Sales & Marketing for Sonic Network, Inc., and Senior Director of Business Development at Millivision, LLC. Pete has served as a faculty member at Northeastern University and the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has authored over 40 papers and articles, anchored two columns in industry magazines, written blogs on pragmatic marketing and business development principles and serves on the advisory boards of several start-up companies and organizations throughout the New England area.

Pete received a MSCS degree from Rochester Institute of Technology, a BEEE from SUNY at Stony Brook and holds several industry certifications.