Cybernet Medical Partners With New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation to Provide Telemedicine Services; Patients in Four of New York City's Boroughs to Get Access to The Award-Winning MedStar(TM) Telemedicine System.ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Cybernet Medical, a leading developer of telemedicine technology for outpatient care, today announced that it is partnering with the New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. Health & Hospitals Corporation (HHC HHC Home Health Care HHC Headquarters Company HHC Health and Hospitals Corporation (New York, NY) HHC Hand-Held Computer HHC Hiphopcanada Inc. ) to provide Telehealth Equipment and Services for their patients. Under this agreement, Cybernet Medical will be providing the award-winning MedStar(TM) System for use by patients in Queens, the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn. "This is a great opportunity for HHC to improve the quality of life of their patients," says Eric Lichtenstein, Director of Cybernet Medical. "HHC is one of the largest care organizations in the world, and they really understand the benefits of a low-cost telemedicine solution -- that's why they chose the MedStar." On a daily basis, patients will use Cybernet Medical's MedStar System in their homes to gather and record patient data readings that will be transmitted via standard internet and telephone lines to a central call center. There, the data will be reviewed by HHC medical personnel and checked against acceptable parameters determined by each patient's healthcare provider. Any changes in patient's data that exceed these parameters can then be immediately noted and addressed, minimizing the cost of unnecessary emergency room visits, reducing costs overall, and improving patient health. Cybernet Medical will be displaying the MedStar System at the Health Care Association of New York State's Annual Home Care Meeting & Exhibition, June 12th and 13th, 2006 at the Saratoga Hotel & Conference Center in Saratoga Springs, New York "Saratoga Springs" redirects here. For the unrelated Utah city, see Saratoga Springs, Utah. For the resort inspired by this city, see Disney's Saratoga Springs Resort & Spa. Saratoga Springs is a city in Saratoga County, New York, USA. . Cybernet Medical invites interested media and health care providers to visit them at Booth #56 to learn more about the MedStar System, and its use in the HHC Health System. About the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) operates the public hospitals and clinics in New York City. It was created in 1969 by the New York State Legislature as a public benefit corporation (Chapter 1016 of the Laws 1969). The New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) is the largest municipal healthcare system in the country. HHC operates a network of 11 hospitals, six diagnostic and treatment centers, four long-term care facilities, more than 80 community clinics and a home health care agency that serves 1.3 million New Yorkers annually, including more than 450,000 who have no health insurance. For more information about HHC, visit their website at www.nyc.gov/hhc. About Cybernet Medical Cybernet Medical is focused on using the Internet to improve the way chronic care patients are monitored and diagnosed. Through research funded by the U.S. Government, Cybernet Medical develops (and has patented) the MedStar(TM) System, including the medical devices and web-based electronic patient record systems that enable home and health care providers to remotely collect patient data, lower care costs and free up resources for more seriously ill patients. Cybernet Medical is a division of Cybernet Systems, a research and development firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan  “Ann Arbor” redirects here. For other uses, see Ann Arbor (disambiguation). Ann Arbor is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. . For more information on Cybernet Medical, visit the company's web site at www.cybernetmedical.com or call 734-668-2567. MedStar(TM) meets all current, applicable FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. requirements for telemonitoring and alerting applied to Diabetes, Congestive Heart Failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. , COPD COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. COPD abbr. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) , ECG ECG electrocardiogram. ECG abbr. 1. electrocardiogram 2. electrocardiograph ECG Also called an electrocardiogram, it records the electrical activity of the heart. Event Monitoring, Wound Care Monitoring, and Symptom Reporting. |
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