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mHealth Alliance Works in Partnership with GSMA to Expand Discussion of Mobile Health at 2010 Mobile World Congress

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mHealth Alliance Works in Partnership with GSMA to Expand Discussion of Mobile Health at 2010 Mobile World Congress











Washington, DC (Vocus) February 12, 2010

The mHealth Alliance today announced that it and the GSM Association will deliver a day-long conference program on the use of wireless networks to support health delivery (mHealth) at the 2010 GSMA Mobile World Congress. A series of high-level presentations and seminar panels under the banner “mHealth – Collaborating for Universal Care: An mHealth Insight Developed with the mHealth Alliance” will take place on Thursday, February 18, 2010, exploring the rapidly growing ecosystem at the intersection of the healthcare and mobile worlds.

“mHealth is a new frontier for the mobile industry and we are excited to be working with the mHealth Alliance to establish a dialogue around the opportunities and challenges for participants across the entire healthcare value chain,” said Michael O’Hara, Chief Marketing Officer at the GSMA. “This dedicated day-long track on mHealth at the Mobile World Congress should be particularly insightful. We expect it to lead to new ideas, new conversations, and ultimately, new ways of doing business.”

“One year after the launch of the mHealth Alliance at the February 2009 Mobile World Congress, we are thrilled to be back at the Congress and partnering with the GSM Association to expand discussion of how wireless can help reach global health goals,” said David Aylward, Executive Director of the mHealth Alliance. “The marriage of health with wireless is a win-win opportunity for the mobile industry, for health providers, and for everyone who cares about creating healthier communities,” he added.

The day will begin with opening remarks from Terry Kramer, Regional President, Vodafone Americas and Dr. Ajay Bakshi, Associate Principal, McKinsey, and followed by a series of high-level plenary panels and afternoon seminar discussions. Sessions and moderators include:

    “Supply Side Ecosystem and the mHealth Value Chain”, moderated by Dr. Sally Stansfield, Executive Secretary of the Health Metrics Network of the World Health Organization
    “Revenue Streams for mHealth – Exploring the Future Economics of mHealth”, moderated by David Aylward, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance
    “Wellness at Every Age”, moderated by Dr. Hector Gallardo Rincon, Director of Operational Solutions, Instituto Carlos Slim de la Salud (Carlos Slim International Health Institute)
Representatives of major wireless operators, and health and strategy companies will also participate, including: Accenture, Apollo Hospitals, Ericsson, i.e. healthcare, LG, Orange, Safaricom, Smart and Telefonica. Experts from the Columbia University’s Earth Institute, the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Sproxil, Terem Emergency Medical Centers, University of California at Los Angeles, Vital Wave Consulting and WellDoc also will speak.

The mHealth Alliance was announced by the United Nations Foundation, Vodafone Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation at the February 2009 Mobile World Congress, and builds off those Foundations investments in innovative technologies in its support global health goals.

About the mHealth Alliance

The mHealth Alliance is dedicated to enabling the delivery of quality health to the farthest reaches of wireless networks in the developing world. Its mission is to be a catalyst and accelerant, supporting leaders, celebrating successes, creating hard research, filling gaps, making connections, and forging public-private partnerships. The Alliance was created by the Rockefeller Foundation, United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation, and includes the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the GSM Association among its founding partners. More information is available at http://www.mhealthalliance.org or info(at)mhealthalliance.org.

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Dorland Health Announces the Case In Point Platinum Award Winners at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

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Dorland Health Announces the Case In Point Platinum Award Winners at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.










Rockville, MD (PRWEB) May 16, 2011

The 2nd annual Case In Point Platinum Awards Luncheon, recognizing the most successful and innovative case management programs working to improve healthcare, took place at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on May 10, 2011. During the awards ceremony, the winners across 26 categories were announced. All categories focus on the delivery of quality healthcare in America.

The ceremony bestowed formal recognition to 31 winning organizations, as well as more than 100 leading organizations that were given honorable mention awards. Submitting in categories ranging from behavioral health case management and hospital case management to managed care programs and transitions of care initiatives, the winners and honorable mentions were recognized for their innovative work in ensuring that individuals receive safe, quality and effective healthcare in the least restrictive setting and in a cost-effective manner. A complete list of honorable mentions and award winners can be found on the Dorland Health website: http://www.dorlandhealth.com/case-in-point-platinum-awards/2011-finalists.

“Once again the Platinum Awards showcase the terrific work of case management programs that often fly under the view of industry professionals and the public,” said Anne Llewellyn, RN-BC, MS, BHSA, CCM, CRRN, the ceremony’s chairperson and editor in chief with Dorland Health.

Representatives from hospitals, health systems, managed care organizations, provider organizations and other leading institutions were celebrated during the awards ceremony, which featured a keynote presentation from Suzanne Mintz, President and CEO of the National Family Caregivers Association. Ms. Mintz focused her speech on the effect of the healthcare industry’s struggles to move toward patient-centered care on the plight of personal caregivers, which number tens of millions of individuals across the country. Ms. Mintz pushed for professionals involved in care coordination, as advocates for patients and their families, to have their voice heard in policy debates.

The May/June 2011 Issue of Case In Point magazine provides a glimpse into the award winners and the honorable mentions, including a look at specific outcomes . To interview any of the companies or individuals mentioned, please contact Hope Kabik at hkabik(at)accessintel(dot)com The May/June 2011 issue of Case In Point is available here: http://accessintelligence.imirus.com/Mpowered/book/vcip11/i3/p1

About Dorland Health

Dorland Health, an Access Intelligence, LLC Company, is a leading integrated media publisher in the health care business information industry. Dorland Health publishes Case In Point, Case In Point Weekly, Senior Services Report, Patient Advocate Report, a suite of industry-specific resource directories, industry webinars, award programs, special reports, and offers continuing education credits. To learn more about Dorland Health, visit our website at http://www.dorlandhealth.com.

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HealthTalker Founder and CEO Andrew Levitt to be Featured at ‘Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008′

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HealthTalker Founder and CEO Andrew Levitt to be Featured at ‘Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008′











Andrew Levitt, Founder and CEO, HealthTalker


Somerville, MA (PRWEB) October 14, 2008

HealthTalker, http://www.healthtalker.com, the word-of-mouth marketing (WOM) firm for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, today announced that Andrew Levitt, Founder and CEO of HealthTalker, will be featured on the panel “Pharma and Health 2.0″ at Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008, October 23, in San Francisco.

Levitt will demonstrate Heathtalker’s innovative WOM pharmaceutical marketing program, http://www.healthtalker.com/site/about , and share insights on influencing and leveraging the untapped power of consumer conversation. He will discuss the power of consumers speaking to people they know about their health experiences and how WOM can work in this highly-regulated industry.

A list of the other panelists showcasing can be found at http://www.health2con.com/sf08.html. The session will take place at the San Francisco Marriott at 4:00 p.m., October 23.

“It’s really important for pharmaceutical companies to evolve their marketing approach, and challenge the status quo,” said Andrew Levitt, Founder and CEO of HealthTalker. “Consumer trust is at an all-time low, and patients are craving a sense of connectivity with the brands they use on a daily basis. Give them a voice and the right tools, and you can create a consumer-to-consumer program that brings a degree of credibility and authenticity to the discussion that no traditional advertisement can match,” he said.

Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008 provides a sweeping overview of the things that are happening in Web 2.0, from technologies to healthcare. Health 2.0 covers everything from innovations in search and healthcare-focused social networks and consumer sites to exciting trends in wellness and personalized medicine taking shape on the horizon.

About HealthTalker

HealthTalker is a Boston-based, full-service (WOM) agency that develops innovative programs for the healthcare market with a specific focus on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. HealthTalker programs recruit highly engaged patients and/or caregivers to participate in multi-faceted offline and online experiences that are personally relevant to them. Through their conversations with others, HealthTalker members help raise awareness of health conditions and treatment options, which may lead to better physician-patient dialogue. HealthTalker monitors the spread and impact of its programs via a custom, proprietary software platform that captures metrics across multiple channels. This unique and flexible application also allows HealthTalker to accommodate the specific needs and requirements of the industry. Learn more at http://www.healthtalker.com/site/story .

Contact: Debby Fireman | debby @ fireworksbydesign.com | 610.547.2229

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Two CDC Professionals to Teach New Online Course on Health and Emergency Management at Millersville University

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Two CDC Professionals to Teach New Online Course on Health and Emergency Management at Millersville University











Millersville, PA (PRWEB) July 28, 2011

The Millersville University Center for Disaster Research and Education announces a new course on health and emergency management as part of its Master of Science in Emergency Management. The new course will be taught completely online by CDC physicist Dr. Paul Charp and CDC supervisory scientist Mr. Greg Zarus. The course begins August 29th. Interested professionals can take this one course as a standalone or as part of the full master’s degree.

The course will focus on better understanding health priorities associated with a chemical or radiological incident; differentiating between chemical weapons events versus other chemical or radiological events; defining rate limiting factors; differentiating and calculating risks and hazards; applying principles of preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation; and identifying and determining roles and responsibilities around these principles and the potential situation.

The course was developed to help emergency managers or leaders to better manage, minimize or prevent health disasters as a result of a natural disaster. “Often times when a disaster strikes, first responders or emergency management teams act on the situation that is directly in front of them, as opposed to having a plan ready to implement. Systems and processes need to be put in place that are proactive regarding the assessment of hazardous materials, the response to the condition of the materials and communications to management teams. These are all critical issues taught in the Millersville program and critical to preserving life and restoring a community,” said Dr. Paul Charp, the senior health physicist at the CDC Division of Health Assessment and Consultation and one of the faculty members teaching the course at Millersville University.    

“We are very fortunate to have Paul Charp and Greg Zarus teaching this course. They are two exceptional practitioners, scientists and teachers in the field,” said Sepi Yalda, Program Director for the Master of Science in Emergency Management at Millersville University.    

Dr. Charp is senior health physicist in the CDC Division of Health Assessment and Consultation. He’s responsible for evaluating radioactive materials in the environment and their effects on public health. In addition, he serves on the National Advisory Team for Environment, Food, and Health, and he teaches nuclear engineering at Georgia Tech. More recently, he was deployed to the CDC’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to assist with the Japanese nuclear incident at Fukushima.

Mr. Greg Zarus is a supervisory scientist at the CDC and manager of the Public Health Assessment Program. After getting an MS in Atmospheric Science and Geophysics at Texas Tech, he went on to do graduate work in Environmental Engineering at Rutgers. He led the EPA’s Air Quality Modeling Team before moving over to the CDC. At the CDC, his work focuses on air pollution and managing investigations of various exposures. He also leads a multidisciplinary team that works to provide rapid consultations on environmental exposures, and he is the mayor of Pine Lake, a small town in Georgia.

About the Millersville University Center for Disaster Research and Education

Millersville University Center for Disaster Research and Education was created in 2003 and provides multi-discipline education, research and internship opportunities; contributes to the next generation of disaster researchers and managers; conducts research on behavioral or organizational responses to disasters and terrorism; and disseminates research in the field that is useful to the general public, mass media personnel, and emergency management personnel, as well as researchers. The Master of Science in Emergency Management program began accepting students and working professionals in 2007.

For more information, visit http://www.millersville.edu/cdre or call Program Director Dr. Sepi Yalda at syalda(at)millersville(dot)edu or 717-872-3293.

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mHealth Alliance to Receive $1 Million from HP to Improve Health through Mobile Technology

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mHealth Alliance to Receive $ 1 Million from HP to Improve Health through Mobile Technology












Washington, DC (Vocus) November 8, 2010

The mHealth Alliance today announced a two-year, $ 1 million aggregate donation from HP to help improve health care and health systems around the globe using mobile technology. The announcement was made at the opening of the mHealth Summit, a three-day event bringing together leaders from the global health and technology communities to explore ways mobile technology can increase the access, quality and efficiency of healthcare to communities in the U.S. and abroad.

“HP’s ground-breaking commitment demonstrates the rising importance of mobile technology in improving health, and the leadership of the information and communication technology industries to improve lives around the globe,” said David Aylward, Executive Director of the mHealth Alliance. “HP’s financial, technical and project support to mHealth Alliance initiatives significantly expands our ability to catalyze the partnerships, solutions, and sustainable deployments of mobile technology that can enable healthier lives for all, especially in the developing world.”

HP funding will support the core activities of the mHealth Alliance, including the Health UnBound (HUB) online community that facilitates global knowledge-sharing and collaborative solution development. HP’s support also will help the mHA-led Maternal mHealth Initiative.

“As the world’s largest technology company, HP is pleased to bring its strong history of innovation and technical expertise to our relationship with the mHealth Alliance,” said Gabi Zedlmayer, vice president of Global Social Innovation, HP. “We feel a strong obligation to global health from both a business and social impact perspective and are committed to helping to improve lives and change the healthcare equation for people around the world.”

The 2010 mHealth Summit, the largest event of its kind, is bringing together leaders at the forefront of the policy, research, business and development communities, including Bill Gates, Aneesh Chopra, Ted Turner and Judith Rodin, to advance the discussion around ways mobile technology can increase the access, efficiency and effectiveness of health systems in both the developing and developed worlds. The mHealth Summit partners are the Foundation for the National Institutes for Health (NIH), the mHealth Alliance, and NIH.

About the mHealth Alliance

The mHealth Alliance (mHA) mobilizes innovation to deliver quality health at the furthest reaches of wireless networks and mobile devices. Working with diverse partners, the mHA advances mHealth through research, advocacy, and support for the development of interoperable solutions and sustainable deployment models. The mHA sponsors innovation challenges and conferences, leads cross-sector mHealth initiatives, and hosts HUB (Health UnBound), a global online community for resource sharing and collaborative solution generation.

Founding partners include the Rockefeller Foundation, United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation, PEPFAR, the GSM Association, and HP. More information is available at: http://www.mHealthAlliance.org .

About the 2010 mHealth Summit

The 2010 mHealth Summit is organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the mHealth Alliance and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The event will take place November 8-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

Event Highlights:


Network with over 2,000 professionals from the U.S and 38+ countries, and gain unparalleled access to the biggest names in the health, policy and the mobile ecosystem
Confirmed keynote speakers: Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Francis S. Collins, Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health; Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); Ted Turner, Chairman, United Nations Foundation; Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer; Dr. Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation; and Dr. Julio Frenk, Dean of Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health and former Minister of Health, Mexico.
A conference program that features seven Super Sessions on critical issues in mHealth that include topics such as Optimizing Privacy and Data Security, Regulatory and Policy Perspectives, Lessons Learned Around the Globe, Comparative Effectiveness Research and mHealth, and more. Six conference tracks and side sessions explore topics such as Economics and mFinance, the use of mobile technologies to improve Maternal and Child Health, Health Behavior & Mobile Technology, and mHealth and Emergency Response.

Tweet Me: Tech giant HP joins #mHealth Alliance, committing $ 1M to harnessing the power of mobile to improve global health. #mHS10

Press Contacts:

At the mHealth Summit

Ingrid Madden, imadden(at)unfoundation(dot)org, (202) 247-1807

In Washington

Negin Janati, njanati(at)unfoundation(dot)org; (202) 887-9040

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ONC Approves HIE Strategic and Operational Plan for Guam

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ONC Approves HIE Strategic and Operational Plan for Guam











Tampa, FL (PRWEB) May 10, 2011

Hielix, a leader in creating operationally sustainable, open solutions to seamlessly exchange health information, today announced the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT has approved the Strategic and Operational Plan (SOP) for a Health Information Exchange (HIE) for the Territory of Guam. The SOP developed by Hielix, along with its partner, ApeniMED, describes the strategies and activities necessary for advancing the adoption of electronic health records (EHR) through the creation of a health information network in Guam. Hielix and ApeniMED are currently working with the territory to build the HIE and have it sustainable by 2015.

In addition to better patient care, adoption of HIE in Guam will improve safety and efficiency by ensuring health information is available to healthcare providers at the point of care, while reducing medical errors and avoiding duplicative procedures. It will also improve coordination of care between hospitals, physicians, and other health professionals, providing consumers access to quality care and cost information, including their own health information, in an effort to encourage greater participation in their healthcare decisions.

“ONC’s approval represents a major milestone in the development of the health information exchange in Guam, said Patti Dodgen, CEO of Hielix. “We are confident the strategic and operational plan we developed in partnership with ApeniMED puts Guam on course for successful HIE implementation and ultimate sustainability.”

Hielix and ApeniMED have been retained by Guam to design and implement the HIE, establish an HIE business and financial sustainability plan that will identify short-and long-term strategies for raising revenue and becoming self-sustainable. The HIE is expected to become operational by the end of this year (2011).

“Guam is moving forward with the adoption and use of technology to improve healthcare quality, patient safety and overall efficiency of healthcare and public health services in the territory,” said Ed Cruz, Chief Information Officer for the Territory. “Working with our partners, Hielix and ApeniMED, the necessary foundation is in place for us to begin realizing an efficient, secure and financially sustainable HIE that offers quality healthcare for everyone on the island of Guam.”

About Hielix

Hielix creates operationally sustainable, open solutions for seamlessly exchanging healthcare information. Hielix works with healthcare providers, including physician practices, hospitals and regional/state/territory healthcare organizations to seamlessly integrate health IT (HIT) solutions with minimal disruptions to operational and clinical workflows. Services include HIT readiness planning, meaningful use planning and reporting, EHR vendor selection, implementation and more. To learn more about Hielix visit their website and follow on Twitter.

About ApeniMED

ApeniMED (formerly MEDNET), known for its industry-leading HIE platform and NHIN expertise, is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN with additional offices in Seattle, WA and Washington, D.C. Founded in 2007 by experts in healthcare technologies, ApeniMED specializes in health information exchange and federal agency connectivity using the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN), empowering clinicians with real-time access to clinical data shared locally, regionally and nationally.

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