Organizational and Business Approaches in Other Countries
Track
:
Operations
Program Code:
5
Date:
Monday, April 27, 2009
Time:
9:15 AM to 10:15 AM
EST
Location:
Tropical EFGH
MODERATOR
:
Dale Alverson, MD, Professor of Pediatrics & Regents/Medical Director, University of New Mexico Health Sciences
Dr. Alverson is a Professor of Pediatrics and University of New Mexico (UNM) Regents’ Professor at the University of New Mexico. He is the Medical Director of the Center for Telehealth and Cybermedicine Research at UNM. In that role, he has been involved in the planning, implementation, research and evaluation of Telemedicine systems for New Mexico. Dr. Alverson is on the Boards of the American Telemedicine Association and the Center for Telehealth and e-Health Law. The UNM Center for Telehealth was given the ATA President’s Institutional Award 2007 for its efforts in advancing telehealth locally, nationally, and internationally.
SPEAKER
(S):
Maria Beatriz Alkmim, MD, Coordinator of HC/UFMG Telehealth Center, University Hospital of Federal University of Minas Gerais
Maria Beatriz Alkmim is a MD by Federal University of Minas Gerais - UFMG (1979) specialized in Clinical Pathology. Since 2001 is working with telemedicine and is Coordinator of Telehealth Center of the University Hospital of UFMG since its creation in 2005. She is also a consultant in telemedicine for the Brazilian Government at the Ministry of Health