High-Definition Telemedicine Cure4Kids staff supported the implementation of high-definition video equipment at St. Jude. Polycom Corporation has donated its latest high-definition teleconference equipment model UltimateHD™ to Medical Missions for Children (MMC) at St. Joseph's Children Hospital, New Jersey and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH). For many years, MMC and SJCRH/IOP have collaborated to broadcast medical information worldwide. From Polycom’s perspective, this is a significant opportunity for implementing their equipment for telemedicine. This is the first installation of high-definition equipment in hospitals. For SJCRH and MMC, it represents an opportunity to expand and improve our communication for patient care and research (domestic affiliates and national collaborative sites). We can now envisage projects (collaborative protocols) in diagnostic imaging and pathology, retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma and perhaps even brain tumors. The dedication ceremony that was held on March 22 was attended by Mr. Frank Brady, Chairman of MMC; Mr. Robert C. Hagerty, Chairman of Polycom; Dr. Joseph Mirro, Chief Medical Officer for St. Jude; Dr. Ching-Hon Pui, Chair Dept. of Oncology at St. Jude; and Dr. Raul Ribeiro, Director of the International Outreach Program at St. Jude. “The new technology represents a wonderful step forward for the St. Jude International Outreach Program,” said Raul Ribeiro, MD, the program’s director. “It will also enable us to disseminate high-quality educational content to our international partner sites.” “We’re on the forefront not only of medicine but of medical education,” said Joe Mirro, MD, the Chief Medical Officer for St. Jude.
Cure4Kids 2007 Annual Report
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