“Alexander H. Vo, PhD, Executive Director of the Center for Telehealth Research and Policy at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) described how telehealth technologies and mobile communications have helped the university face significant healthcare delivery challenges. He was speaking at a panel discussion held at Bookings Institution on April 19th held to discuss modern emergency preparedness activities.
Dr. Vo one of the authors of the White Paper “UTMB Telemedicine Disaster Response and Recovery: Lessons Learned from Hurricane Ike” discussed how UTMB was able to manage and use telemedicine technology when Hurricane Ike hit Galveston Texas on September 12, 2009. That hurricane turned out to be the most destructive hurricane ever to hit the continental U.S.”
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Carolyn Bloch, Federal Telemedicine News, 21 April 2010
