Telemedicine institute examines Hawai'i's health care
future
| Who: |
Leading health-care officials and scholars from throughout the state,
as well as experts from federal government agencies and mainland medical
schools-including |
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· Pam Gallant from the Federal Communications Commission; |
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· Dena Puskin, director of rural health, Health Resources
Systems Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; |
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· pacemaker inventor Earl Bakken, who chairs the Board
of Directors, North Hawai'i Community Hospital; |
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· and Shari Wyatt, policy analyst, Telecommunication
and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, NTIA, U.S. Department
of Commerce |
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-will be in Honolulu for a two-and-a-half-day conference on telehealth
and telemedicine. To arrange media interviews, phone Norman Okamura, 956-2909,
or James White, 956-8848. |
| What: |
"Institute for Telehealth & Telemedicine: Mapping the Future
for Hawai'i," will examine ways to combine information systems technology,
record and data exchange and direct medical applications in Hawai'i. The
institute 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. |
| When: |
September 2426 |
| Where: |
Imin International Conference Center,
East-West Center, UH Manoa |
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