CyberCare Announces Holly Russo to Business Development Team.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers BOYNTON BEACH Boynton Beach, city (1990 pop. 46,194), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; inc. 1920. A major suburban area, it is also a beach resort and vegetable-shipping point. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2001 CyberCare, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYBR CYBR Copy Byte Right ) announced today that Holly Russo, widely recognized for her knowledge in healthcare and telehealth initiatives, has been added to the business development team. Russo has a graduate degree in Clinical Evaluative Sciences from Dartmouth College Dartmouth College, at Hanover, N.H.; coeducational; chartered 1769, opened 1770, the ninth colonial college (see Wheelock, Eleazar). Originally a men's college, Dartmouth began admitting women in 1972. as well as degrees in Nursing, Human Resource and Organization Management. Russo has served and continues to serve on many industry committees which include but are not limited to:
-- Committee Advisor, New Hampshire Office of Medicaid Services,
Eligibility and Assessment Instrument, 1996
-- Advisory Participant, Self-Directed Care, Health and Human
Services/National Association of Home Care/World Organization on
Disabilities, 1996
-- Committee Member, Workforce Development Board Palm Beach County,
Training/Curriculum Review Committee, 1998/1999
-- Board Member, Home Care Aide Association of America, 1999
-- Co-Chair, OSTP White House Initiative on Nursing Education and
Technology (Infection Control), 2000
-- Member, Federal Breast Cancer Initiative, Health and Human
Services, 1999-2000
-- Member, Joint Working Group on Telemedicine, 1999-2000
-- Member, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth Evaluation
Committee 2001-2002
-- Committee Member, American Telemedicine Association for the
Division of the Telehomecare Guidelines, 2001-2002
Additionally, Russo gives of her time to advance the knowledge of information technology in healthcare to the National Association for Homecare, Center for Telemedicine Law, American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. Description and history The association has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. and a number of state healthcare associations. Russo was an Associate with the Corridor Group, Inc. and a partner in Telehealth Works. She most previously was employed as a health telecommunications policy analyst for the National Telecommunications and Information Administration The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is an agency of the United States Department of Commerce that serves as the President's principal adviser on telecommunications policies pertaining to the United States' economic and technological in Washington, D.C. She has worked in the acute and post-acute area of healthcare for over 22 years, specializing in operations/systems analysis, CQI CQI Continuous Quality Improvement CQI Chartered Quality Institute (UK) CQI Clinical Quality Improvement CQI Channel Quality Indicator CQI Constant Quality Improvement CQI Canonical Query Language CQI Cost of Quality Improvement , outcomes' measurement, multi-disciplinary personnel competency assessment and specialty program design for home health agencies, telehealth manufacturers, clinics, and managed care organizations. In addition, Russo lectures nationally on leveraging healthcare processes through the use of technology and outcomes analysis. "Holly brings a wealth of talent and healthcare experience to CyberCare. She will be a major asset in assisting clients with grant and other funding activities. We are excited having her join our business development team," stated Joseph Forte Joseph Xavier "Joe" Forte (born March 23, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays in Russia with UNICS Kazan. Younger brother, Jason Forte played basketball for Brown University and was named Ivy League player of the year in 2004. , President. About CyberCare, Inc. CyberCare, Inc. is a network-based telehealth solutions company improving the delivery of care through its Internet-based technology Refers to the communications infrastructure of the Internet, which is based on the IP protocol. IP is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It may also refer to voice over IP (VoIP), which uses the Internet to make telephone calls. See VoIP, IP and TCP/IP. . CyberCare creates a live, interactive community that incorporates all members of the care team in the healthcare delivery process, resulting in cost reduction and improvement in the quality of patient care. Utilizing patented technology for remote monitoring (protocol) remote monitoring - (RMON) A network management protocol that allows network information to be gathered at a single computer. Whereas SNMP gathers network data from a single type of Management Information Base (MIB), RMON 1 defines nine additional MIBs that provide a and real-time interactive communications between chronically ill patients and their providers, CyberCare's Electronic HouseCall(R) System allows for effective and efficient data collection, case management and personal interaction. Headquartered in Boynton Beach, Fla., CyberCare also has physical, occupational and speech therapy businesses and an institutional pharmacy business. Visit CyberCare's Web site at http://www.cybercare.net. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: The statements which are not historical facts contained in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties including but not limited to risks associated with the uncertainty of future financial results, additional financing requirements, development of new products, product acceptance and effectiveness, government approval processes, the impact of competitive products or pricing, technological changes, the effect of economic conditions and other uncertainties detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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