2008 ATALACC Meeting - PowerPoint Presentations

Panama City, Panama, August 15 to 17, 2008

PRE-MEETING SYMPOSIUM (August 15th, 2008):

1. - Telemedicine and Telehealth: Current Concepts. Silvio Vega, MD

2. - Telemedicine Application. Ivette Marciscano, RN

3. - Designing Networks for Telemedicine. Andres Martinez, PhD

4. - Telepathology. Francisco G. La Rosa, MD

5. - Teleophtalmology. Giselle Ricur, MD

6. - Tele-home Care. Manuel Lobo, MD

7. - Distance Education Courses. Lynda Harrison, PhD, RN

SATURDAY (August 16th, 2008):

• -The Worldwide Global Impact of Telemedicine.  Jonathan Linkous
  - Advanced Communications in Disaster Response.  David Balch
  - Medical Disaster Resources Network (MD.RN).   Lori Balch

• - An Overview of Telemedicine Evolution: Where We Are Going? Dr. Jay Sanders
  - Clinical Effectiveness of Telenursing. Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD
  - Informatics Applications in Nursing Care. Patricia Abbott, PhD RN
  - Telemedicine in Correctional Facilities. Dr. Ronald S. Weinstein. MD
  - Facility Development for Telemedicine in Prisons. Janet Major
  - A Day in The Life of a Prison Telemedicine Program. Debbie Panghorn, RN
  - Clinical Cases in Correctional Telemedicine. Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD

SUNDAY (August 17th, 2008):

• - Evolution of Teleradiology. Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD
  Telemedicine Experience in Latin American
  - Maniapure Project in Venezuela. Tomás Sanabria, MD
  - Rural Telemedicine in Ecuador.  Dale Alverson, MD
  - Rural Telemedicine in Peru.  Ing. Andrés Martínez
  - Assistance to victims of mines in Colombia.  Jorge Iván Lopez, MD
  - Rural Telemedicine in Panama. Juan Ramón Arosemena, MD
  - The role of a cell phone for use in telemedicine consults.  Ronald Poropatich, MD
  - Telemedicine in prison in Panama. Silvio Vega, MD
  - National Teleradiology Program in Panama.  Eric Chong, MD