According to Leading Medical Schools, Mobile Solutions Enrich Education and Yield Measurable ROI.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GUADALAJARA, Mexico--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 2002 New White Paper from AvantGo and ArcStream Solutions Debuts at IAMSE IAMSE International Association of Medical Science Educators (Huntington, WV) Conference; Provides Guide for Medical Institutions to Enhance the Education Process & Learning Today, as educators convene at the sixth annual meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE), a new white paper will be released from AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO), the leading provider of mobile enterprise software, and ArcSteam Solutions, the leading wireless systems integration firm focused on developing innovative solutions that improve the effectiveness of mobile professionals. Titled "The Impact of Mobile Technology on Medical Education," the white paper is based on real implementation experiences from leading medical institutions around the country and provides a general roadmap and advice for medical schools looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to effectively enhance education through mobile technology. The white paper is based on AvantGo and ArcStream's work with advanced medical institutions, including Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , The University at Buffalo School of Medicine and BioMedical Sciences, The University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Ranked as one of America’s top 25 public research universities and in the top 50 of all American research universities,[2] , Florida State University College of Medicine The Florida State University College of Medicine, located in Tallahassee, Florida, is one of sixteen colleges comprising the Florida State University (FSU). The College is an accredited allopathic program, offering the M.D. degree for practicing physicians. , SUNY Downstate Medical Center The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, better known as SUNY Downstate Medical Center, is an academic medical center and is the only one of its kind in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City. and the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ). Leading educators such as Dr. John Halamka, Assistant Dean of Harvard Medical School and CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Caregroup, Inc. in Boston are already reaping the benefits, "We have deployed a handheld solution that in just six months eliminated $150,000 in paper costs and reduced the need for data entry personnel, as well as significantly improved our paper-based process. The solution has provided us with higher quality data and increased our form completion compliance from the usual 20%, delivered up to six weeks after the completion of a course, to 80% delivered in near real-time." Mobile Solutions Enhance Educational Experience, Increase Productivity Medical students, particularly in their third and fourth years, are moving between classrooms, libraries, laboratories, hospitals and clinics throughout the community to observe doctors, patients and procedures. With such busy schedules, medical schools have found it next to impossible to track each student's progress and accurately measure the educational experience. Taking advantage of this on-the-go lifestyle and supplementing it with appropriate technology can enhance student education and offer medical schools an important advantage in accreditation. Today, medical schools are pioneering the deployment of mobile and wireless technologies in education to improve course management, enhance student-faculty communications and better monitor performance and programs. As the healthcare industry at large takes a closer look at how personal digital assistants (PDAs) can improve medicine and patient care, forward-looking medical schools are discovering that better access to information resources (1) The data and information assets of an organization, department or unit. See data administration. (2) Another name for the Information Systems (IS) or Information Technology (IT) department. See IT. not only improves students' learning today but actually better prepares them to practice medicine tomorrow. The white paper contains customer case studies and addresses questions from educational institutions, including: -- What common educational challenges do medical schools face? -- How can mobile solutions address these challenges? -- What benefits can medical institutions expect from mobile solutions? -- What are the key factors to successful implementation? -- Why is now the right time to go mobile? The whitepaper is available free of charge by contacting education@avantgo.com or sales@arcstream.com. AvantGo and ArcStream Host Free, On-Line Mobility Seminar for Educational Institutions Additionally, for educational institutions looking for new and innovative ways to enhance the learning experience, improve course management and reduce operational costs, AvantGo and ArcStream plan to offer an interactive, on-line seminar specifically tailored to the challenges faced by medical schools on August 20 at 10:00 a.m. PT/ 1:00 p.m. ET / 18:00 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) See UTC. GMT - Universal Time 1 . To register for the free seminar, please visit http://www.avantgo.com/events/webinars/. About ArcStream Solutions ArcStream Solutions is a wireless systems integration firm focused on developing innovative solutions that improve the effectiveness of mobile professionals. ArcStream provides a full array of service offerings -- from strategy consulting through systems development and integration -- all tailored to the unique characteristics of the mobile workforce. ArcStream primarily targets healthcare, pharmaceutical and educational organizations, and offers deep domain knowledge in these industries. The combination of ArcStream's domain and wireless expertise enables it to deliver high return-on-investment solutions for its clients. More can be learned about how ArcStream works with its clients at www.arcstream.com. About AvantGo AvantGo, Inc. (Nasdaq:AVGO) is the leading provider of mobile enterprise software. AvantGo solutions automate business processes and improve the exchange of information between companies and their employees and customers, resulting in improved business efficiencies and more effective customer interactions. AvantGo solutions include the best-of-breed mobile software platform for creating and deploying enterprise applications, proven customer relationship management (CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. ), supply chain management (SCM (1) (Software Configuration Management, Source Code Management) See configuration management. (2) See supply chain management. ), field force automation (FFA FFA free fatty acids. ) and personal information management (PIM (1) (Protocol Independent Multicast) A multicast routing protocol endorsed by the IETF. Used in conjunction with an existing unicast routing protocol, it comes in two flavors: Dense Mode (PIM-DM) is used when recipients in the target group are in a concentrated ) mobile business applications, and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. to assist in the strategy, design and delivery of end-to-end mobile solutions. AvantGo's customers, which include 28 of the Fortune 100 and over 2500 companies in 50 countries, include McKesson Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Scottish Power, The US Senate, Tyco, Harvard Medical School, American Express, The World Economic Forum, BG Group, plc., Genencor and Alcatel. For more information, please visit www.avantgo.com. Cautionary Statement Except for historical information, all of the expectations and assumptions contained in the foregoing are forward-looking statements involving risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the extent to which PDAs can improve student learning, and whether the on-line seminar for medical schools will actually take place. For additional information regarding these and other risks associated with the companies' business, refer to the companies' latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. and Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. . AvantGo, AvantGo Enterprise, AvantGo M-Business Server, AvantGo Mobile Sales, AvantGo Mobile Delivery, AvantGo Mobile Pharma, AvantGo Mobile Inspection, Dynamic Mobility Model and the AvantGo logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of AvantGo in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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