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Daily FYI April 20, 2009 REACH Call Expands Telestroke Network, Executive Team Source: Business Wire REACH Call, Inc., the leading provider of 100 percent Web-based solutions for remote treatment of medical conditions such as stroke, continues to expand both its network and its executive team. Nirav Desai has joined REACH Call as Vice President of Business Development and Marketing. Based in Chicago, Desai is responsible for the design, development and implementation of marketing, public relations, and product strategies. He also will lead business development initiatives and manage strategic partnerships.
ExpressMD(TM) Solutions' Remote Patient Health Monitoring Device Receives 510(K) Market Clearance Approval From FDA Source: Trading Markets ExpressMD(TM) Solutions, a joint venture formed by Authentidate Holding Corp. and EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. to provide remote patient monitoring telehealth systems and services that improve care for patients with chronic conditions announced today that its remote patient health monitoring system has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ExpressMD(TM) plans to initiate manufacturing and sales of its Electronic House Call(TM) monitoring devices and services immediately.
Telemedicine device may help docs save lives Source: Phoenix Business Journal A small Scottsdale company hopes to revolutionize emergency medicine with a product it will unveil later this month at the American Telemedicine Conference in Las Vegas. GlobalMedia, which began as a teleconferencing firm for general business and has attracted Jerry Colangelo as an investor, is turning its attention to medical applications — specifically, the Transport AV.
FCC Earmarks $46 mil for Rural Telehealth Source: The Wrap The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday announced the approval of funding under its Rural Health Care Pilot Program for five broadband telehealth networks that will link hundreds of hospitals in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Telemedicine Doctor Visits Source: KFYR-TV North Dakota NBC News City dwellers have a short ride to the hospital.
ExpressMD(TM) Solutions' Remote Patient Health Monitoring Device Receives 510(K) Market Clearance Approval From FDA Source: PRNewswire ExpressMD(TM) Solutions, a joint venture formed by Authentidate Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: ADAT) and EncounterCare Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ECSL) to provide remote patient monitoring telehealth systems and services that improve care for patients with chronic conditions announced today that its remote patient health monitoring system has received 510(k) market clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). ExpressMD(TM) plans to initiate manufacturing and sales of its Electronic House Call(TM) monitoring devices and services immediately.
CosmoCom Showcases Telehealth at World Health Care Congress Source: Business Wire Healthcare providers are adopting telehealth to support high standards of care and cost reduction, because telehealth creates efficient, effective, consistent personal interactions between caregivers and the patients they serve. CosmoCom will demonstrate CosmoHealth™ -- its Unified Patient-Provider Communication (UPPC) system for inbound and outbound patient calls in booth 307 at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C., April 14-16. UPPC supports intelligent queuing and routing of calls and interoperates with Electronic Health Records (EHR) to deliver timely, accurate information with every call. More information about the CosmoCom telehealth applications is available at http://www.cosmocom.com/UPPC.
Telemedicine Defies Slowdown Source: Federal Telemedicine News The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is witnessing its strongest growth in history for their upcoming annual meeting in April despite the nationwide trend toward decreased attendance at meetings. With a record 20 percent increase in attendance and sold-out trade show with 200 exhibiting companies, ATA is experiencing the largest surge in interest since its creation in 1993. |
