Swinfen Charitable Belief, UVA Well being, Telemedicine AI, and MITRE Collaborate on Safe World Well being Telemedicine

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McLean, Va., and Bedford, Mass., December 14, 2023 – To additional help entry to international well being providers, the Swinfen Charitable Belief, UVA Well being, Telemedicine AI, and MITRE introduced a brand new collaboration to allow medical cyber infrastructure safety assessments and testing for Swinfen’s next-generation telemedicine platform, OpenTelemed. This collaboration additionally will incorporate instructional sources and cyber know-how coaching for the Belief’s intensive community of well being professionals throughout 427 hospitals and clinics in 96 international locations.

In its long-standing mission to construct the world’s free medical lifeline, the Swinfen Charitable Belief and its volunteer consultants present telemedicine providers to resource-scarce and susceptible sufferers in underserved international locations by means of connections with their suppliers, who themselves study from among the most interesting medical specialists on this planet.

“Our mission is an easy one in idea,” mentioned Katherine Davies, trustee, Swinfen Charitable Belief. “We provide a digital hospital that by no means runs out of beds, has no political grasp, and welcomes each affected person, freed from cost. By this collaboration and by increasing the attain of our care community, we hope to harness the technological functionality to assist forestall hurt and supply care. We use telemedicine to shut distances and create hope by means of medical care and training.”

“Straightforward and safe entry to medical care is important, and with this collaboration, we’re enabling extra docs to attach with one another throughout the globe to allow them to safely deliver their sufferers the most effective medical care wherever they’re,” mentioned Charles Clancy, senior vice chairman, normal supervisor, MITRE Labs, and chief know-how officer, MITRE. “Swinfen has spent a long time constructing a trusted community for docs, particularly in distant and rural areas, and we’re honored to be part of the answer to maintain that community safe.”

“We’re delighted to increase our long-standing collaborations with Swinfen Telemedicine by means of its partnership with MITRE and Telemedicine AI,” mentioned Dr. Karen Rheuban, director, UVA Middle for Telehealth. “This collaboration will protect the legacy of the late Lord Roger and Woman Patricia Swinfen to supply humanitarian entry to care by way of telemedicine and increase the data and capability of suppliers in underserved international locations and battle zones.”

“We look ahead to increasing our nonprofit telemedicine platform and know-how choices in partnership with MITRE’s experience, and to deploy it for better influence and scale with UVA and Swinfen Telemedicine,” mentioned Sankalpa Ghose, founder, Telemedicine AI. “We hope the following technology of our platform makes it even simpler and extra sturdy to facilitate medical data alternate and knowledgeable take care of these most in want worldwide.”

Organizations that want to become involved within the collaboration or Swinfen Charitable Belief ought to contact [email protected]. To study extra about MITRE’s work in securing vital infrastructure, go to mitre.org/cipic.

About MITRE

MITRE’s mission-driven groups are devoted to fixing issues for a safer world. By our public-private partnerships and federally funded R&D facilities, we work throughout authorities and in partnership with business to deal with challenges to the security, stability, and well-being of our nation. Study extra at https://www.mitre.org/.

About Swinfen Charitable Belief

Swinfen Telemedicine has labored for greater than 20 years to supply lifesaving data by means of international telemedicine. We’re the longest-running nonprofit telemedicine community on this planet and have linked well being professionals throughout greater than 400 clinics in 96 international locations. Our providers are completely free and supported by beneficiant donors. Our platform and community allow individuals to unfold medical data and assist their communities. Study extra at swinfentelemed.org

About UVA Well being

UVA Well being is a tutorial well being system that lately expanded to incorporate 4 hospitals throughout Charlottesville, Culpeper, and Northern Virginia, together with the UVA Faculty of Medication, UVA Faculty of Nursing, UVA Physicians Group, and the Claude Moore Well being Sciences Library. With greater than 1,000 inpatient beds, roughly 40,000 inpatient stays yearly, and greater than 1 million outpatient encounters yearly at UVA Well being, greater than 1,000 employed and impartial physicians present high-quality, complete, and specialised care to sufferers throughout the Commonwealth and past. Based in 1819 as simply the tenth medical college in America, the UVA Faculty of Medication—with 20 scientific departments, eight primary science departments, and 6 analysis facilities—persistently attracts among the nation’s most outstanding researchers to develop breakthrough remedies to learn sufferers around the globe. These analysis efforts are backed by greater than $200 million in grant funding. UVA Well being Youngsters’s is acknowledged because the No. 1 hospital in Virginia for youngsters by U.S. Information & World Report, with 9 specialties rated among the many high in America. Greater than 230 UVA physicians are honored on the Greatest Medical doctors in America listing. For extra info and sources, and to comply with on social media, go to uvahealth.com.

About Telemedicine AI

Telemedicine AI is a well being know-how agency specializing in international well being platforms. With greater than a decade of expertise in tasks around the globe, together with among the first efforts to deploy telemedicine on cell gadgets and thru the cloud, our engineering practices stability cutting-edge know-how with real-world necessities. In partnership with Swinfen Telemedicine and others, we’re constructing the next-generation platform for international telemedicine. Study extra at telemedicine.ai.