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Mon, July 26, 2010 USDA Begins Power of Telemedicine Public Discussion Effort
HOUSTON--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EHSI). Agriculture Under Secretary for Rural Development Dallas Tonsager announced late last week that the USDA will facilitate a virtual public discussion in the field of telemedicine. aThe Power of Telemedicinea web discussion is an extension of the USDA's Open Government effort and Rural Development's latest effort to encourage a more widespread use and understanding of telemedicine.
The Power of Telemedicine discussion will encourage the exchange of information, innovations and success stories involving the varied uses of telemedicine. This information is essential as Rural Development examines the Distance Learning and Telemedicine program (DLT) and works to improve program delivery to telemedicine practitioners, patients, institutions and others affected by this cutting-edge technology. The discussion site can be accessed at the usda.gov website.
EHSI Management sees the US governmenta™s new approach to the expansion of telemedicine as welcomed news for the future of its licensed Telemedicine technology, as well as their MedAnywhere comprehensive medical iPhone app and its associated modules - which are currently in development. Company Management believes that increasing connectivity and broadband for providers creates a larger potential market for the Companya™s assets and medical apps.
More on the cutting edge MedAnywhere app can be seen at: [ www.emerginghealthcaresolutionsinc.com ]
EHSI took the lead in the new mobile Telemedicine industry through their prior licensing and development of an extraordinary ambulance trauma cellular communications platform. This system was originally the brainchild of Dr. Red Duke and was funded through a $20 million US Department of Defense grant to the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston. UT then engaged Texas A&M to fully develop the system.
The iPhone is a portable data device produced by Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). It allows users to download and operate aapplicationsa™ that empower the portable device to deliver a wide variety of additional services. The iPhone competes with Google, Inca™s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android system and with Research-in-Motiona™s (NASDAQ:RIMM) Blackberry phones. The emerging medical technology sector also includes Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN).
About Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc.
Emerging Healthcare Solutions, Inc. is a medical technology company that works to bring new and innovative medical technologies to the market. The Companya™s model is to engage a technology prior to its inflection point in order to maximize the profits available to EHSI as that new technology is adopted. Our common stock is traded under the symbol EHSI.
For more information, visit [ www.emerginghealthcaresolutionsinc.com ].
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