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University of Hawai'i |
(808) 956-8856 Telephone |
For Immediate Release: |
September 4, 1997 |
| Contact:Norman H. Okamura UH Social Science Research Institute, 808- 956-2909 |
Three-day telemedicine institute will map strategies for improving quality, access and management costs of health care in Hawai'i "Institute for Telehealth & Telemedicine: Mapping the Future for Hawai'i," September 2427 at the East-West Center's Imin International Conference Center, will examine ways to combine information systems technology, record and data exchange and direct medical applications in Hawai'i. Experts believe that telehealth and telemedicine offer practical ways to maintain quality health-care delivery in urban settings, and to extend services to rural and neighbor-island populations. Most research about telehealth and telemedicine has focused on their technological feasibility and clinical effectiveness, confirming both. Increasing pressure to contain health care costs-from managed-care interests as well as cash-strapped governments-underscores the need to begin implementing such systems. Note to media: The institute provides an opportunity to interview officials from Federal Communications Commission, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Commerce, expected to address the institute Details on speakers will follow in September 19 advisory. The institute brings together leading health-care officials and scholars from throughout the state, as well as experts from federal government agencies and mainland medical schools. Together they will examine technological, clinical and legal issues and economic, organizational and deployment potentials for telemedicine in Hawai'i. "Institute for Telehealth & Telemedicine: Mapping the Future for Hawai'i" is sponsored by the University of Hawai'i Social Science Research Institute and three state agencies-the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, the Department of Health and the High Technology Development Corporation. Before September 18, program details and registration forms are available from the Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 2424 Maile Way, Porteus Hall 713, Honolulu, HI 96822. After September 19, registration may be completed in person at the Imin International Conference Center. The institute registration fee is $400; it covers entry to all sessions and workshops and all refreshments and meals (continental breakfast and mid-morning breaks Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; lunch and afternoon breaks Wednesday and Thursday; cocktail reception Wednesday; dinner Thursday). Parking at the Manoa campus is $3, payable upon entry. The campus is
also served by TheBus local routes 4, 6 and 18; phone 848-5555 for schedules
or express route information. |
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