Telemedicine Execs Convene in Washington, DC

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Article Date: 29 Nov 2005 - 16:00 PDT

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The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced today that it will hold a briefing for industry leaders on December 5th & 6th, 2005 at the Marriott Metro Center in Washington, DC.

The focus of the meeting will be two-fold:

1 - Identifying federal contract & grant support for telemedicine
2 - Use of telemedicine in home health, disease management & remote monitoring

Discussions will address the following areas:

- US military research into advanced medical technology

- How AARP is transforming traditional healthcare by reaching out directly to the consumer

- The White House Conference on Aging

- National Health IT Initiatives

- Legislation & advocacy issues related to remote monitoring, disease management & home telehealth

- Medicare & Medicaid support for telehealth initiatives

For more information on the conference or to register for a press pass, visit http://www.americantelemed.org

Participating organizations include:

- AMD Telemedicine
- American TeleCare
- Chorus Call
- DePuy AcroMed, a Johnson & Johnson Co.
- Doctors Telehealth Network
- Eastman Kodak
- GE Medical Systems
- Health Hero Network
- Honeywell HomMed
- IBM Healthcare & Life Sciences
- iMetrikus
- InforMedix
- Intel Corporation
- McKesson Corporation
- Medweb
- MOTOHEALTH/ Motorola Nortel Networks
- PhoneDOCTORx
- Polycom
- Providea
- Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology
- SBC Communications
- Second Opinion Software, LLC
- Secure Medical
- Tandberg
- Trestle Corporation
- VBrick
- Verizon Communications
- ViTel Net
- Viterion
- ACM Partners, LLC
- Advanced Neuromodulation Systems
- American Educational Telecommunications
- AT&T Alascon
- Bromedicon
- Canon USA
- CarePlus Health Plan
- Centura Health at Home
- Computerized Screening, Inc.
- Cybernet Systems Corporation
- Fonomed
- Gecko Systems
- Healthcare Technology Corporation
- HealthCare Vision, Inc.
- Inland Northwest Systems
- INRange Systems
- InTouch Health
- iPoint-Media
- Lifewatch Holdings Corporation
- March Healthcare
- Medtronic Emergency Response SystemsMedVision
- Neptec
- North Shore eCare, Inc
- Patient Care Technologies
- PowerMedica
- Prison Health Services
- Quiescence
- SCOTTY Group
- Sensis Corporation
- SHL Telemedicine
- Stryker Communications
- TelaDoc
- Telemedicine Society of Japan
- Tropic Spiral Systems
- United Health Services
- Virtual Healthcare Solutions
- VISICU, Inc.
- Webex
- Wire One Communications
- World Clinic

Lourdes S. Martinez
Communications Intern
American Telemedicine Association
1100 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 540
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: 202-223-2784
lmartinez@americantelemed.org
http://www.americantelemed.org

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