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MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Cardiocom® Multi-Disease Management, an industry leading developer and manufacturer of remote patient monitoring equipment and disease management software, announced that it has entered into a relationship with Heritage Provider Network, Inc., a Management Service Organization (HPN, Inc.) extending over Central and Southern California service areas.  The two partners will combine the benefits of well-managed Medical Group/IPA networks, which offer value-added clinical resources to community-based physicians, with the innovative and cost-effective technology of an experienced telemonitoring company.  The overall goal is to improve the care and clinical outcomes of Heritage Provider Network patients.

            

“The Heritage physician groups are committed to providing quality clinical programs that empower patients to actively participate in the management of their clinical diseases in an effort to improve their health and life,” says S. Ian Drew, M.D FACP FRCP FACEP, Executive Vice President, Clinical Affairs of Heritage Provider Network, Inc.  “By using the flexible Cardiocom technology-based management solutions, we can offer new benefits to help people improve their self-management skills, remain in constant communication with their treating physician and reduce unnecessary emergency room visits and in–patient hospitalizations.” 

            

The Cardiocom Telescale® and Commander equipment are placed in the homes of HPN Network patients. The sophisticated software system provided by Cardiocom allows nurses at remote locations to monitor daily vital signs and health status of patients.  Nurse case managers intervene to provide education and coaching designed to assist HPN patients with the management of their chronic conditions.  The telemonitoring system enables physician groups to provide high quality care that follows national practice standards.

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Telemonitoring technology and comprehensive services for effective remote patient management and home care visits

With Philips Telemonitoring Services, clinicians can remotely monitor patients' vital signs data and send them short surveys about their health status. This combination of objective data and subjective responses enables the clinician to make more timely care decisions and helps prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. Philips Remote Patient Monitoring provides an efficient, effective solution to treating chronically ill patients.

Service delivery and implementation support includes a host of services designed to help home care agencies set up a telehealth program or make their existing program more efficient.

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Every day, patients take their own vital signs measurements as prescribed by their doctor: weight, blood pressure, pulse, glucose level, blood oxygen level and/or ECG rhythm. They also answer survey questions sent by their clinician, which may include general health assessment questions and/or targeted follow-up questions, and enter self-reported data as directed. The information is then automatically transmitted through an ordinary phone line via modem to secure web-based Clinical Review Software. Clinicians can track daily patient measurements, store and retrieve historical data in both tabular and graphical format, and generate reports - promoting faster follow-up and intervention.

* Award-winning wireless measurement devices allow clinicians to remotely monitor patient vital signs.
* TeleStation home hub transmits vital signs data and daily interactive surveys to and from the patient.
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ExhibitOne integrates audio, visual, communication and computer technologies in new and creative ways in order to address evolving communication challenges faced by various industries and markets.

            

The company’s innovation isn’t in developing technology, but rather applying those technologies in innovative ways. It’s what makes ExhibitOne unique.

            

IMPROVING THE COURT SYSTEM
             
              A significant backlog of cases challenges America’s court system.

            

To help expedite trials, ExhibitOne sought to streamline the piece-meal process by which evidence is presented. Prosecutors and defenders alike were using everything from chalkboards to computer simulations to explain evidence, prove people’s points and clarify complex concepts.

            

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TRAINING HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
            
  A shortage of well-trained medical providers is a problem affecting health care in America. To help enhance training while enabling instructors to handle more students, ExhibitOne integrated technologies that included cameras, microphones, digital recording, sophisticated video conferencing and more into what is now known as ASTEC (Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center), one of the busiest medical simulation centers in the United States. Allan J. Hamilton, MD, University of Arizona professor of surgery and ASTEC executive director, says, “Research studies have shown that skills learned in the virtual reality environment lead to more efficient and effective learning and have the potential to reduce errors, ultimately saving thousands of lives every year.” With more than 170 medical students and health professionals using the lab a month, ExhibitOne’s innovation is having an impact on America’s health care.

            

Virtual Medical Team for Amazon Swimmer

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UofA Doctor Leads Virtual Medical Team for Amazon Swimmer
              Jan. 3, 2007

            

Physicians at The University of Arizona are leading a virtual medical team to assist Martin Strel, a Guinness record marathon swimmer, as he swims the Amazon River from Atalaya, Peru, to the Atlantic Ocean at Belém, Brazil. On Feb. 1, Strel will take his first stroke toward his goal of swimming 3,375 miles (5,430 km) in 70 days.

            

Trauma surgeon Rifat Latifi, MD, UA professor of surgery and associate director of the Arizona Telemedicine Program, was asked to serve as medical director for the Amazon Virtual Medical Team for the Amazon Swim Project. He has assembled a team consisting of physicians from Arizona, Virginia, California, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Slovenia and Brazil. Team members also from the UA are Joseph Mills, MD, professor and chief of vascular surgery, and Eskild A. Peterson, MD, professor and chief of infectious diseases.

            

For the majority of the swim, Dr. Latifi will be in Arizona monitoring Strel through the telemedicine program and consulting with his virtual team of medical specialists. He will periodically make house calls on board Strel’s boat, working closely with the team physician, Mateja deLeonni Stanonik, MD, PhD, from the University of Tennessee.

            

“This is the first time that telemedicine technology will be used to help in this type of mission,” Dr. Latifi says. “The use of telemedicine will allow the medical team to include specialists and experts from all over the world.”

            

The Amazon Swim Project will take Strel through some of the most dangerous, unknown regions of the Amazon, says Dr. Latifi. Using telemedicine technology, the medical team will provide health care services for Strel and his support team of more than 20 individuals 24/7 for the duration of the swim. 

            

“The team will be responsible for the treatment of any injuries or disease that may occur during the swim,” Dr. Latifi says.
             
Strel and Dr. Latifi hope the project will be the catalyst for specific collaborative endeavors in the Amazon region and in the Andes that include telehealth initiatives, such as floating clinics and remote hospitals, as well as programs to enhance the emergency medical services and training programs in the remote areas of the South American region.

            

Strel swam the length of the Danube River in 2000, the Mississippi in 2002 and the Yangtze River in China in 2004. Strel has dedicated this swim to the preservation of the rainforest, to raising awareness for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders, and to promoting telemedicine as a valuable tool in bringing modern medicine to remote areas.