Godspeed to MedTech-IQ member Scott Simmons as he departs for Haiti

Colleagues,

Scott Simmons, long term technology thought leader and former member of the Board of Directors, American Telemedicine Association (ATA), is scheduled to leave today for Haiti to join the 240 bed field hospital established by the University of Miami "Medishare" program in Port-au-Prince. We wish Scott and the University of Miami well in their task of providing the victims of the earthquake in Haiti with essential healthcare services..

A link to the University of Miami mission to date can be found below:

1/27/2010 - Volunteers Begin Five-Day Deployments as Some Routine Takes Shape a...
The first planeload of volunteers to deploy for five days was scheduled
to arrive at the Miller School’s hospital in Haiti this evening,
bringing the skills and energy of more nurses, orthopaedic surgeons,
anesthesiologists, physical . . .

1/22/2010 - Conditions Improve but Challenges Remain as the Miller School Opens...
Adult and child patients now rest in separate and more spacious wards,
their flimsy cots no longer crammed tight. Two operating rooms boast
anesthesia machines and surgical lights. A pathology lab is opening
and, finally, an imaging center is . . .

1/20/2010 - Miller School’s 240-Bed Tent Hospital Readies to Open Amid More Aft...
Unaffected by the 6.1-magnitude aftershock that terrorized Haiti anew
this morning, UM’s facilities crew raced to complete the Miller
School’s 240-bed hospital so desperately needed to care for the wounded
in the shattered capital. . . .

1/19/2010 - Miller School Volunteers Will Continue Their Life-Saving Mission in...
Just a week after arriving in the demolished Haitian capital, the
Miller School is ready to open a temporary 300-bed hospital at the edge
of the international airport, expanding the urgent care center the
University established a day after the Jan. . . .

1/14/2010 - Earthquake Survivors Receive Lifesaving Care from UM Specialists in...
Earthquake Survivors Receive Lifesaving Care from UM Specialists in
Haiti and Miami As a Miller School medical team continues to work
around the clock to save the lives of earthquake survivors in Haiti,
University of Miami doctors are treating . . .

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