Sunday, August 10, 2008

ATA Mid-Year Meeting

The ATA 2008 Home Telehealth & Remote Monitoring Meeting to be held in conjunction with the UC Davis 3rd Annual Pediatric Telehealth Colloquium will take place on September 15-16, 2008 at the Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel and Marina in Florida.

The ATA meeting will serve as a forum for sharing scientific research findings, significant advances in related technology and applications, groundbreaking programs, projects, and case studies.

Attendees will learn the newest information on wearable computers, gaming and health, robotics to assist the elderly, smart home technology, personal health records, innovative home telehealth programs, successful state and national programs using remote monitoring, utilizing RPM in creative settings, and using home telehealth for acute and chronic disease.

The Pediatric Telehealth Colloquium already established as a premier event for the pediatric telehealth community, will hear presentations from investigators in clinical science on original research related to pediatric telemedicine.

Several of the key issues to be discussed at the Colloquium include inpatient and outpatient telemedicine, innovative pediatric telehealth applications, sustainability, quality of care, financial impact, novel technologies and telecommunications.

For more information, go to www.americantelemed.org/conf/MidYear2008/index.htm