NeuroHope Founder and Executive Director, Chris Leeuw, will be the Moderator at the Rehab Week 2017 panel discussion, “V.I.T. – Not Only For V.I.P.: How to Make Very Intensive Therapy Effective and Affordable” July 20th in London.

Rehab Week is a series of conferences presented by the International Industry Society in Advanced Rehabilitation Technology (IISART).  The event brings together healthcare leaders, researchers, and manufacturers from around the world to discuss the latest advances in the industry, and to connect the engineers that design rehabilitative products with the clinicians that use them with their patients.

The panel discussion on July 20 will focus on the importance of making state-of-the-art interventions affordable and accessible to the patients that need them.  Panelists will include: Dr. Volker Homberg, Secretary General of the World Federation of Neurorehabilitation, Dr. Dale Hull, Founder and Executive Director of Neuroworx, Dr. Gery Columbo, CEO of Hocoma, and Dr. Marta Imamura, Medical Officer at the World Health Organization.

View the promo video for the panel discussion below, and learn more about Rehab Week by clicking here.

Video Transcript:

“There is a new paradigm of neurologic recovery that is taking place. Technology, state-of-the-art interventions, and new rehabilitative tools and devices are being researched and incorporated more and more into the recovery process.  It is a “cog” in the wheel of a comprehensive program that emphasizes high intensity, repetition, and continued access, so patients can be put in a position to maximize recovery and improve their quality of life.

There is a problem with the traditional healthcare model that centers around reimbursement instead of patient access.  Healthcare costs are rising and insurance caps for rehabilitative therapy are becoming more restrictive.   We are at a time where discoveries are being made and innovations are becoming available, but in most places, long term access to these resources are more limited than ever.

So, how do we fix it?

This is the conversation we will be having at Rehab Week in London. The Thursday panel will bring together healthcare leaders from leading hospitals, specialized rehabilitation clinics, the World Health Organization, and manufacturers of some of the most innovative technologies available.

I’m excited to lead the discussion because I’ve lived it.  I have battled back from my own spinal cord injury and been through the recovery process as a patient, and now, as a provider.”