Showcasing a Growing Suite of Remote Presence Solutions
Santa Barbara, CA, July 21, 2010 - InTouch Technologies® (d.b.a. InTouch Health®), the world leader in Remote Presence healthcare solutions, today announced that it will be hosting the Fifth Annual Remote Presence Clinical Innovations Forum from
July 22 - 24, 2010 in Santa Barbara, California.
The keynote address on the future of telemedicine will be presented by Dr. Bernard Harris, a former NASA astronaut who conducted the first telemedicine conference from space with the Mayo Clinic. Clinical presentations will also be given by an esteemed faculty on their findings and experiences related to telemedicine and InTouch Health's suite of Remote Presence endpoint devices.
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REMOTE PRESENCE CLINICAL INNOVATIONS FORUM FACULTY |
Joey Chau Program Manager- Intuitive Surgical |
Antonio Chemor, MS Chief Executive, High Specialty Hospitals Division- Ministry of Health
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Kevin Chung, MD Major- United States Army Medical Corp Medical Intensivist- United States Army Institute of Surgical Research
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Bart Demaerschalk, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) Director- Mayo Clinic Telestroke Program Professor of Neurology- Mayo Clinic |
Dana Giarrizzi, DO Hospitalist/Remote Presence Services- Eagle Hospital Physicians |
Bernard Harris, MD, MBA CEO & Managing Director- Vesalius Ventures, Inc Former NASA Astronaut
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Po Huang, MD Council Member- Saint Alphonsus Health System Integrated Delivery Network President- Idaho Emergency Physicians Medical Director- Emergency Specialist Program |
Michael Jong, MB, BS, MRCP(UK), FCFP, FRRMS, CHE Vice President, Medical Services- Labrador Grenfell Regional Health Authority Professor, Family Medicine- Memorial University
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Jason Knight, MD Medical Director, Emergency Transport Services- Children's Hospital of Orange County
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Kent Kreurder, MD, FACS General Surgeon- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center |
Jonathan Linkous CEO- American Telemedicine Association |
Peter Lim, MD Director of Robotics- Gynecologist & Oncologist- Renown Health
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Michael Meza, MD Family Practice Physician- Clearwater Valley Hospital and Clinics |
Connie Parliament, RN, MSN, CNRN Clinical Director, Neuroscience Services- St. Joseph Mercy Oakland
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Herb Rogove, DO, FCCM President/CEO- c3o Medical Group |
Doug Romer, RN, BS Executive Director, Patient Care Services- Grand Ronde Hospital
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Richard Sanders, MPH Director, Telemedicine Services- Eagle Hospital Physicians |
Gilberto Vazquez, MD, PhD Department Head, Telepresence- Maternal Perinatal Hospital, Institute of Health of the State of Mexico Professor- University of the State of Mexico
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Paul M. Vespa, MD Professor, Neurosurgery and Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine- University of California, Los Angeles Director, Neurocritical Care Program- UCLA Health Sciences Center
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Michael Ward, MA, FACHE Executive Director, Corporate Development- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center |
John Whapham, MD, MS Medical Director, Endovascular Surgery- Loyola University Health System Medical Director- Loyola Stroke Network Assistant Professor, Neurosurgery/Neurology- Loyola University
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Mitchell Wilson, MD, SFHM Corporate Medical Director- Eagle Hospital Physicians |
Yulun Wang Founder, Chairman and CEO- InTouch Health |
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About InTouch Health
InTouch Health provides comprehensive telemedicine solutions that enable physicians to perform real-time consults with hospital patients. Through a single interface, physicians can access a host of FDA-cleared Remote Presence devices to provide and document care into emergency rooms, critical care units, patient wards and operating rooms. Wherever access to medical expertise is limited, InTouch Health's Remote Presence telemedicine solutions can effectively extend the physician's reach to manage patient care, thereby removing critical time and distance barriers.
The Company has more than 300 hospital locations on six continents using Remote Presence to deliver specialty care services such as stroke, critical care coverage, cardiology, trauma, pediatrics, neonatology, behavioral health, patient rounds, translation services, clinical education and surgical/procedure mentoring.