The IEEE SA Transforming the Telehealth Paradigm Industry Connections Program, now in its third year, provides a open and collaborative platform for a global community of multidisciplinary experts to identify and explore the development of solutions to challenges impeding adoption and innovation in telehealth technologies, devices and systems. Key objectives for this activity include but not limited to:

• Explore the development of frameworks that can enable connected health devices, digital therapeutics, and telehealth platforms be integrated into the overall system of care and wellness, enable device to device and data to endpoint interoperability, and validate the patient experience with the tools.
• Enable the future of healthcare of mobilizing all levels of care from the hospital to the home with a seamless, secure, and private bioinformatic data system
• Address inconsistent or absent technical, security encryption, and privacy-by-design protocols within mobile telehealth platforms
• Create reliable information and training resources for clinical practioners and facilities to best evaluate technologies and devices to maintain patient trust and validate patient care delivery
• Establish frameworks for security, connectivity, accessibility, and privacy for future technological innovation in telehealth care delivery
• Collectively address the challenges to inclusion and equity with a focus on accessibility and feasibility of telehealth systems and devices for the most vulnerable and marginalized patient populations