UCCS Nursing School Uses Latest Telemedicine Technology with New Students
CENTENNIAL, CO—September 9, 2013. Doctorate of Nursing Practice students are experiencing 21st Century health care right from the start at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. This year’s orientation featured the use of secure, “medical grade” teleconferencing which allowed students and faculty to participate in the session from remote locations.
Gail Katz, an assistant professor at UCCS’ Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, was one of the faculty members who participated in the session via the secure teleconference provided by Virtual Care Works, a leading telemedicine provider based outside of Denver
“It was amazing! Not only was the picture and sound quality far better than other videoconferences I’ve been on, but we were able to share examples of real patient data like x-rays on the screen as well because the technology meets or exceeds HIPAA security rules,” said Katz.
Dean Nancy Smith was equally enthusiastic about the successful orientation and the integration of the Virtual Care Works platform.
“I am proud that we are bringing the latest and greatest from private sector technology into our approach, and exposing our students to the ways that health care professionals really interact with each other. I look forward to more opportunities to use telemedicine solutions in our curriculum,” Smith said.
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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