E3 Organizers


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Yale
University | NASA
Commercial Space Center
The
Yale|NASA Commercial Space Center for Medical Informatics
and Technology Applications (CSC|MITA) is a part of the
Yale School of Medicine Department of Surgery. The goal
of the CSC is to further the development and application
of advanced technology to healthcare, particularly in the
field of telemedicine.
Telemedicine is the use of technology to provide superior
clinical care regardless of the physical distance or time
displacement between the patient and doctor.
The Everest Extreme Expedition serves to test the utility
of clinical telemedicine, as well as to serve as a testing
ground for survivable telemedicine equipment in the most
hostile climates imaginable.
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The
Explorers Club
The
Explorers Club an international, multidisciplinary, professional
society dedicated to the advancement of field research,
scientific exploration, and the ideal that it is vital to
preserve the instinct to explore.
Since 1904, The Explorers Club has served a meeting point
and unifying force for explorers and scientists worldwide.
The Explorers Club promotes the scientific exploration of
land, sea, air and space by sponsoring, assisting and encouraging
research and education in the physical, natural and biological
sciences.
In addition to its headquarters building in New York City,
the Club has 30 regional chapters in the United States and
abroad.
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Millennium Healthcare Solutions
Millennium
Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (MHS) brings a unique set of
experiences and ideas to the home health care market that
are responsive to the needs of providers, payors, and ultimately
the consumer/patient. MHS is a new business entity formed
around the nucleus of the Health Management Practice of
AT&T Solutions. MHS personnel bring excellence in healthcare
related consulting, network integration, data warehousing,
and telemedicine services. With a core competency in the
area of professional services/consulting focusing on the
home health and chronic care market, MHS has the ability
to provide end to end solutions from strategic consulting
to technology implementation.
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Ruder·Finn
Ruder·Finn
is one of the oldest and largest public relations and marketing
firms in the country. Through its healthcare division, Ruder·Finn
provides healthcare communications services to many of the
world's leading pharmaceutical companies, hospitals, medical
instrument manufacturers, physician associations and patient/disease
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Also participating in the organization, planning
and execution of E3 are:
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National
Institutes of Health (NIH)
As an agency within the Public Health Service of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) is chartered with acquiring new knowledge
that will lead to better health for everyone. NIH works
toward that mission by: conducting research in its own laboratories;
supporting the research of non-Federal scientists in universities,
medical schools, hospitals, and research institutions throughout
the country and abroad; helping in the training of research
investigators; and fostering communication of biomedical
information.
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