2009 Inaugural mHealth Summit Brings Together Health, Technology and Policy Communities to Advance Technological Innovation in Global Healthcare.Summit's Vision is to Accelerate Implementation of Wireless Technology for Healthcare Research and Delivery Worldwide WASHINGTON -- The 2009 mHealth (Mobile Health) Summit, organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH FNIH Foundation for the National Institutes of Health FNIH Foreign National Indirect Hire ), today opens an unprecedented two-day summit. It is bringing together more than 800 public and private sector science, medical, policy and mobile technology experts to develop a new roadmap related to the integration of science and wireless solutions to improve public health delivery, particularly to underserved populations, in the U.S. and around the world. Attendees to the 2009 International mHealth came from more than 25 countries. "This mHealth Summit challenges the science and technology communities to collaborate and craft a vision for innovation, solving problems and implementing solutions by using the mobile platform," notes Dr. Charles A. Sanders, Chairman of the Board, Foundation for NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. . "mHealth has the potential to transform public healthcare research and delivery, relieve over-stretched health systems, and revolutionize healthcare in the U.S. and the developing world." KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Keynote addresses will be delivered by senior officials including: Kathleen Sebelius Kathleen Gilligan Sebelius (born May 15 1948) is currently serving as the forty-fourth Governor of Kansas.[1] She is the second female governor of the state of Kansas, and is currently chairwoman of the Democratic Governors Association. , Secretary of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Secretary of Health and Human Services - the person who holds the secretaryship of the Department of Health and Human Services; "the first Secretary of Health and Human Services was Patricia Roberts Harris who was appointed by Carter" (HHS HHS Department of Health and Human Services. ); Dr. Francis S. Collins, newly appointed Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH); Dr. Ileana Arias, Acting Principal Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), agency of the U.S. Public Health Service since 1973, with headquarters in Atlanta; it was established in 1946 as the Communicable Disease Center. (CDC See Control Data, century date change and Back Orifice. CDC - Control Data Corporation ); Ambassador Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State; Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, PEPFAR PEPFAR President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief ; Ambassador Eugene-Richard Gasana, Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, and Dr. Roberto Tapia-Conyer, Director General of the Carso Health Institute of Mexico. PARTNERS AND SPONSORS Partners in the mHealth Summit are at the forefront of the fight for greater global health solutions. They include the mHealth Alliance, Microsoft Research Microsoft Research (MSR) is a division of Microsoft created in 1991 for researching various computer science topics and issues. Overview Microsoft Research (MSR) is one of the top research centers worldwide, currently employing Turing Award winners, C.A.R. , National Institutes of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, charitable organization devoted exclusively to health care issues. It was established in 1936 by Robert Wood Johnson (1893–1968), board chairman of the Johnson & Johnson medical products company. , Rockefeller Foundation, United Nations Foundation and Vodafone Foundation Technology Partnership and the World Bank. Microsoft Research is the partnering sponsor of the Summit. Other sponsors include the Abbott Fund, Battelle, Becton Dickinson, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Qualcomm. This was the first time this diverse group assembled for this type of cross-discipline collaboration. A related event, "From Policy to Implementation," was held the full day preceding the Summit and explored policy issues relating to mHealth. This smaller, private event was organized with support from the World Bank, mHealth Alliance, and the Foundation for NIH. THE FUTURE "From all aspects, the 2009 mHealth Summit is a success, and the overwhelming response to it exceeded our expectations," noted Richard Scarfo, Director of the mHealth Summit and Director of Strategic Alliances at the Foundation for NIH. "This is the first significant event in the United States to bring together key leaders in the areas of biomedical research, mobile technology, and policy. Together we share a goal of opening new opportunities for cross-discipline collaboration and partnerships that deliver on the immense promise that mHealth holds: improving healthcare delivery, particularly to underserved communities, in the U.S. and the developing world. We look forward to building on the momentum behind mHealth and anticipate that we will have exciting announcements as we continue the planning for the expanded 2010 mHealth Summit," Scarfo concluded. FOR MORE INFORMATION: To view the mHealth Summit program and schedule, visit: www.fnih.org. Portions of the Summit will be webcast live. Go to www.fnih.org. Join our Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110672998432&index=1. Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. Hashtag: #mHS09 For additional information about the Foundation for NIH: www.fnih.org. For more information about Microsoft Research mobile health: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/mhealth2009. For more information about mHealth Alliance: www.mhealthalliance.org. |
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