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ATA 2005 Innovation Award
Press Release - April 19, 2005
Denver, CO - iNTERFACEWARE Inc. is pleased to announce that they are the proud recipient of the 2005 Innovation Award, one of the ATA President's Awards for the Advancement of Telemedicine.
This award is provided annually by the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) in order to recognize substantial contributions toward the advancement of telemedicine. The Innovation Award specifically recognizes advances in the sector through one or more of the following:
- Innovative new technology development or adaptation
- Novel use of technology leading to innovative health applications and social services support at the individual or community level
- Creative strategies for removing barriers to implementation and adoption
- Innovative approaches to fostering partnerships and collaboration
- Innovative ways responding to needs of end-users, improve ergonomics
- New ideas, concepts, formulation and paradigms, and new ways of thinking "outside the box"
The winner is chosen by an award committee, which is composed of recognized authorities in the field of telemedicine, and carefully selected by the ATA President. iNTERFACEWARE was selected by this committee from an impressive list of nominees, due to the significant advancements iNTERFACEWARE has brought to the healthcare sector. iNTERFACEWARE's products have been effective at providing a simple and easily integrated solution that solves the cumbersome and difficult problems often associated with the transition to the standardized HL7 world. By providing a standard solution to a non-standard problem, iNTERFACEWARE is truly one step ahead when it comes to the world of healthcare systems integration.
iNTERFACEWARE, based in Toronto, Ontario, is a successful healthcare integration software company. It was founded in 1997 by Eliot Muir, an innovative entrepreneur, with an extensive background in Information Technology in a variety of industries including banking and healthcare.
iNTERFACEWARE develops middleware for the healthcare industry, and has been very successful in the healthcare HL7 integration market, due to their innovative and leading edge products, Chameleon, an HL7 toolkit, and Iguana, an HL7 interface engine. Backed by these solid products, iNTERFACEWARE continues to improve and evolve the healthcare industry one step at a time by effectively simplifying the move from analog record keeping techniques, towards more effective digital and electronic healthcare records management.
The American Telemedicine Association is the leading resource and advocate promoting access to medical care for consumers and health professionals via telecommunications technology. As one of the most prestigious telemedicine associations, the ATA seeks to bring together diverse groups from traditional medicine, academic medical centers, technology and telecommunications companies, e-health, medical societies, government and others to overcome barriers to the advancement of telemedicine through the professional, ethical and equitable improvement in health care delivery.
Established in 1993 as a non-profit organization and headquartered in Washington, DC, membership in the Association is open to individuals, companies and other organizations with an interest in promoting the deployment of telemedicine throughout the world.
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Medical Innovation Awards Announced; Awards Go to Two Companies, Awards Presented During ATA 2005 in Denver, Colorado
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) announced today the winners of the 2005 Innovation Awards For Telemedicine. The 2005 awards will go to InTouch Health for the development of mobile robots used in healthcare delivery and iNTERFACEWARE for software tools that allow new medical devices and systems to easily communicate with each other. The awards will be presented on April 19th at "ATA 2005" in Denver, Colorado. (con't)