iMetrikus and BT to Present Shared Vision of the Future of Health Care at ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) Today
LONDON, February 22, 2005/PRNewswire/ — Companies Focus on Metrics and Technology to Improve Health Care Delivery and Outcomes
Today, at the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting) iMetrikus, a pioneering California-based healthcare technology company and BT, a UK-wide communications solutions provider with a global reach in the business market, will present their vision of how technology can enable new models of healthcare delivery. The presentation will be featured in a plenary session on eHealth Innovations with the theme: "Looking to the Future."
The ASEM is a multilateral forum for action-orientated debate between the EU Member States and Asian partner countries. It is attended by representatives from the United Nations Agencies, the European Commission and The World Health Organization among others. This year's meeting will highlight technology innovations poised to drive commerce and cooperation in five key sectors including e-Health.
Dr. William Rutter, co-founder Chiron Corporation and Chairman, iMetrikus will focus his e-Health remarks on the value of metrics and the need to incorporate objective data on an individual's health and disease status into all chronic care and preventative programs. Jo Wright, Managing Director, Global Healthcare Business, BT Consulting & Systems Integration, will speak about the importance of technology and the infrastructure required for tele-health to be accepted and utilized in the mainstream.
"I am delighted to be sharing the podium with Jo Wright at this important event," said William Rutter, Chairman, iMetrikus. "Since founding Chiron I have been keenly interested in identifying and creating ways for the greatest number of people to benefit from advances in health care. Using an open system that collects, coordinates and shares patient data in real time is, I believe, the foundation for engendering meaningful and sustainable change in healthcare delivery."
Jo Wright, said: "Results from pilot studies have clearly shown that an integrated, technology-led system results in more effective self-management of disease and a lower cost of service. By combining objective measurements with a sophisticated but intuitive e-Health infrastructure, patients, caregivers, payers and the industry all will benefit."
About iMetrikus:
iMetrikus is a pioneering health care technology company whose flagship product MediCompass, provides a modern, interactive connection between those who are engaged in managing their personal health and the caregivers and health professionals who care for them. Specializing in web-based health management and remote monitoring systems, iMetrikus provides personal health records, interactive record management, care coordination tools, and remote monitoring tools. The MediCompass health management system employs the highest standards for health care-related Web sites as accredited by URAC (Utilization Review Accreditation Commission) and for privacy and security as accredited by HON (Health on the Net Foundation). iMetrikus is based in Carlsbad, California.
For more information: www.iMetrikus.com
About BT:
BT Group plc is the holding company for an integrated group of communications businesses and is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York. British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group.
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions serving customers in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific. Its principal activities include network centric Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and internet products and services.
BT consists principally of three lines of business:
- BT Retail, providing fixed and mobile communications services and
solutions to over 20 million business and residential customers in the
UK. It is also a leading UK internet services provider.
- BT Wholesale, providing network services and solutions within the UK
to more than 600 fixed and mobile operators and to service providers
including the provision of broadband, Private Circuits and PSTN.
- BT Global Services, providing ICT services internationally to meet the
needs of multi-site organisations with European operations. BT Global
Services operates in 136 countries and also offers international
carrier services.
BT Healthcare is the largest ICT supplier to the UK healthcare market. It is leading the provision of the new National Health Service broadband network. It is delivering the Spine -- the national database of summary patient records that lies at the heart of the Care Records Service. And it heads the consortium acting as the "Local Service Provider" for the NHS in London, responsible for providing every care professional with access to patient records, as well as other clinical applications and ICT services to underpin improved patient care. These activities are a central part of the NHS in England's "National Programme for Information Technology" -- the world's largest concerted ICT healthcare solution currently being delivered on a national scale. BT's track record of successful programmes for the NHS includes the NHSnet and Messaging Service, NHS Direct, NHS24 and NHS Numbers for Babies.
In the year ending 31 March 2004, BT Group's turnover was GB pounds 18,519 million with profit before goodwill amortisation, exceptional items and taxation of GB pounds 2,013 million.
For more information, visit www.btplc.com.
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