Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Save the Date for Med-e-Tel

Healthcare providers, industry representatives, researchers, association executives, medical specialists, general practitioners, and government officials from over 50 countries will have an enormous opportunity to do global networking and hear the latest up-to-the-minute news on a variety of topics. The Med-e-Tel 2009 Conference to be held April1-3 in Luxembourg is the leading education, networking, and business forum held for the international eHealth, Telemedicine, and Health ICT community.

Over 150 presentations and workshops will be featured on such subjects as broadband and wireless networks, bioinformatics, business models, cost-benefit studies, developing countries ehealth issues, legal and ethical aspects, reimbursement, standardization and interconnectivity issues. In addition, workshops will be held on, telenursing, telemedicine and chronic disease management, experiences in cybertherapy, telerehabilitation, telepsychology, e-learning, and mobile technologies.

Learn about current applications and best practice examples along with new developments and future trends that will lead to higher quality of care, cost reductions, workflow efficiency, and a wider availability of healthcare services.

The Conference is the place to establish partnerships and contacts, both globally and locally, and to meet and network with healthcare and industry stakeholders to exchange new ideas. Med-e-Tel is collaborating with the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth, and several other national and international stakeholder organizations so attendees will have the opportunity to go to a number of international and regional association gatherings at the Conference. This will enable attendees to learn about promising ideas and to increase the circle of associates in the industry.

The expo area will be filled with solutions and technology at work. Computer hardware/software, diagnostic/monitoring systems, electronic medical records, home and personal monitoring services, imaging devices, mobile/wireless devices, surgical systems, vital signs monitoring, and assistive technologies will be on display.

The expo will have dedicated meeting rooms for one-on-one meetings with industry leaders, and important demonstrations will be conducted to give attendees a better view on the potential behind Telemedicine and eHealth tools.

For more information, go to www.medetel.lu, email medetel@skynet.be, or telephone +32 2 269 84 56.