Leading Nurse Practitioner Presents Virtually at National Conference

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Secure video conference enables Margaret Fitzgerald to speak at Symposium in Copper, CO

CENTENNIAL, CO—(July 30, 2013):  Renowned speaker Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald was able to present at the 2013 National Nurse Practitioner Symposium in Copper Mountain, CO despite being two time zones and thousands of miles away.  Attendees were able to listen to and interact with Dr. Fitzgerald through a secure videoconference platform provided by Virtual Care Works

Dr. Fitzgerald is known for creating the most up-to-date, evidence-based NP certification exam preparation available and is a popular speaker for continuing education among nurse practitioners.  Her talk, “Hot Topics in Drug Therapy: New Products, New Uses, New Warnings” was extremely popular with symposium attendees. 

“I’m so happy that we’re using the technology to make something like this possible,” said Vicki Brownrigg, an attendee of the Symposium and an Assistant Professor , Clinical Teaching Track at University of Colorado-Colorado Springs Beth-El Nursing School.  “It was like having her in the room with us, the picture and sound quality were fantastic and we were able to interact and ask questions easily.” 

Virtual Care Works platform offers secure, “medical-grade” communications tools that allow health care professionals to communicate securely and without fear of violating HIPAA regulations. 

About Virtual Care Works    

Virtual Care Works (VCW) provides secure, “medical-grade” communications solutions for health care providers.  The VCW platform includes tools to converse with colleagues and patients via videoconference, exchange medical data and images via secure email or text and collaborate across a secure, HIPAA-compliant network.  Healthcare organizations of all types and size benefit from the safety and security VCW offers, and use the VCW platform to avoid the significant fines ($10k per violation, up to $1.5m annually) and penalties that come with mishandling health information.  VCW partners with other industry leaders such as Dell, Juniper Networks, Level 3 Communications and Vidyo to provide their medical-grade communications platform.  VCW has members nationwide and is headquartered outside of Denver, CO.

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For more information or to schedule an interview with Keith Clay, Chief Technology Officer at Virtual Care Works, please contact Jodi McGee at 610-888-2043 or jodi.mcgee@virtualcareworks.com.

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