Press Release:
Based on current projections, ATA 2010, May 16-18 in San Antonio, Texas will, once again, be the largest meeting on telemedicine and telehealth ever held. The gathering is the 15th annual meeting of the American Telemedicine Association and serves as an international focal point for health care professionals, administrators and representatives of technology, telecommunication and healthcare service entities.
The growth in registration and participation on the exhibit floor is a strong indicator that the market for telemedicine is continuing its expansion, despite downturns in the economy. The meeting will feature over 300 educational presentations and 200,000 square feet of exhibits, double the size from the previous year.
The surge of interest in the meeting also reflects strong upward trends in the use of telemedicine in all phases of healthcare from intensive care to chronic care monitoring to health and wellness applications for mobile devices. No longer confined to remote areas, telemedicine services are expanding rapidly in urban and suburban areas with the creation of metropolitan-wide networks of health services and direct to consumer applications using the Internet and mobile devices.
The American Telemedicine Association is the leading resource and advocate promoting access to health care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology. ATA’s members include representatives from traditional medicine, academic medical centers, technology companies, medical societies, government and others to overcome barriers to the
advancement of telemedicine. Established in 1993, ATA is headquartered in Washington, DC. For more information about ATA or the ATA 2010 meeting, go to www.americantelemed.org.
Contact:
Ben Forstag
Director of Communications
American Telemedicine Association
202-223-1721
bforstag@americantelemed.org
