FiReGlobal : West Coast to Showcase Groundbreaking Medical Remote Presence Technology
FRIDAY HARBOR, WA--(Marketwire - October 12, 2009) - FiReGlobal : West Coast is proud to
announce that InTouch Health has been selected as a FiReStar company to be
featured at the FiReGlobal : West Coast conference. FiReStar companies,
both local and global, are pre-selected based on their potential to bring
positive change to the world. Selected companies will be showcased during
the conference at a FiReStar reception, during which local and global
investors will be given the chance to meet great companies, both local and
global.
InTouch Health provides Remote Presence telehealth solutions that enable
physicians to perform complete and real-time consults with hospital
patients. Through a single broadband network and computer interface,
physicians can access a host of FDA-cleared Remote Presence devices to
provide and document care into emergency rooms, critical care units,
patient wards, and operating rooms. Wherever access to medical expertise is
limited, Remote Presence can effectively extend the physician's reach to
manage patient care, thereby removing critical time and distance barriers.
With expertise available at a moment's notice, Remote Presence enables
innovative healthcare delivery models leading to improved quality of care,
increased patient safety and satisfaction, and increased hospital revenues
and savings.
"InTouch Health is honored to be to featured at FiReGlobal's conference,"
said Yulun Wang, Ph.D., chairman and CEO of InTouch Health. "Bringing
thought leaders together at conferences such as FiReGlobal are important
for increasing dialog on how technology can create a positive change in the
world."
The FiReGlobal : West Coast conference will take place October 15th at the
Seattle Four Seasons Hotel. It is the first regional version of the
renowned Future in Review™ annual global technology conference, which
the Economist calls "the best technology conference in the world."
FiReGlobal : West Coast will showcase a world-class gathering of local and
global thought leaders in technology and economics, through a series of
interviews and onstage conversations. In a move beyond current tech
conferences, FiReGlobal : West Coast has overlaid regional problems
nominated by local leaders, to be solved through the collaboration of
local Chief Technology Officers prior to the conference.
"InTouch Health is doing exactly what technology and healthcare experts
have been promising for decades: providing experienced, human medical touch
to remote communities that would otherwise simply go without," said Mark
Anderson, CEO of SNS, Chair of FiRe and FiReGlobal : West Coast.
Other speakers will include Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell; Irwin
Jacobs, Founder of Qualcomm; RealNetworks Founder, Chairman and CEO Rob
Glaser; Nobel Laureate Lee Hartwell, President and Director of the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Steve Reynolds, CEO of Puget Sound
Energy; Washington State Commerce Department Director Rogers Weed; Larry
Smarr, Director of the UCSD California Institute for Telecommunications and
Information Technology; John Delaney, UW Professor of Oceanography and
Director of the Regional Scale Nodes Program; and Mark Anderson.
To register, go to www.futureinreview.com/global/wc.
Strategic News Service was founded by Mark Anderson in 1995 as the first
paid online news service. Since its inception, SNS has proven the most
accurate predictive newsletter covering the computer and telecom
industries. Its subscribers include top managers at technology companies
across the globe, including Microsoft, Dell, HP, Cisco, Intel, Sun, Google,
and Telstra.
SNS has been operating the annual FiRe Conference for seven years. The
Economist calls FiRe "the best technology conference in the world." FiRe
exposes world experts and participants to new ideas, producing an accurate
portrait of the future and focuses on creating technology solutions to
current local and global problems. FiRe 2010 will take place May 11-14,
2010 at Terranea Resort in Palos Verdes, CA. For more information to go
www.futureinreview.com.
Future in Review is a Strategic News Service conference. Future in
Review, and Strategic News Service are registered international
trademarks. The SNS newsletter is the most accurate publicly ranked
predictive newsletter in computing and communications.
Websites: www.stratnews.com, www.futureinreview.com,
www.futureinreview.com/global/wc
Contact Information: Press Contact:
Shane Elben
Strategic News Service
FiReGlobal : West Coast
P.O. Box 1969
Friday Harbor, WA
Tel. 360 378 8628
Email: Shane@stratnews.com