ITW has enjoyed support and collaboration from leaders in the technology industry and academia. The program was developed by the Department of Radiology, University of Vermont College of Medicine and Fletcher Allen Health Care in conjunction with industry partners General Electric Health Care, Philips Health Care, McKesson Corporation and Pegasus Lectures, Inc. Other collaborators include Princeton University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Fletcher Allen Health Care
Fletcher Allen Health Care (FAHC) is both a community hospital and, in partnership with the University of Vermont, the state’s academic health center. FAHC has provided substantial support to ITW through supporting the significant contributions of two founding members: Dr. Kristen DeStigter and Dr. Brian Garra.
General Electric Healthcare
GE is dedicated to helping you transform healthcare delivery by driving critical breakthroughs in biology and technology. Our expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is enabling healthcare professionals around the world to discover new ways to predict, diagnose and treat disease earlier. We call this model of care, “Early Health.” The goal: to help clinicians detect disease earlier, access more information and intervene earlier with more targeted treatments, so they can help their patients live their lives to the fullest.
McKesson
As a provider of enterprise medical imaging and healthcare information technology solutions, McKesson’s Medical Imaging Group (MIG) enables healthcare facilities, of all sizes and complexities, to manage the massive amount of specialized imaging applications that come from dealing with today’s medical imaging department. McKesson’s RIS/PACS and CVIS are industry leading solutions, designed to improve radiology and cardiology departments’ workflow, break down the communication barriers and improve access to patient information by the entire care team.
McKesson and it’s PACS solution, Horizon Medical Imaging, supports the ITW mission by providing medical imaging software expertise as well as allowing ITW to use one of its proprietary software technologies as a basis for developing the software for sharing medical images worldwide. For more information visit www.allaboutPACS.com.
Pegasus Lectures, Inc.
Pegasus Lectures, Inc. provides physicians, sonographers, and ultrasound students with leading edge ultrasound seminars and products for ultrasound instruction, continuing medical education, and credentialing preparation worldwide. Areas of specialty include ultrasound physics, adult, pediatric, and fetal echocardiography, cerebrovascular, peripheral arterial, peripheral venous, and visceral vascular examinations, abdomen, small parts, OB/GYN, and breast ultrasound. As an organization, Pegasus’ core mission is to improve patient care through innovative and exceptional seminars and products. Since its inception in 1994, Pegasus has consistently donated time, materials, and expertise to organizations with the mission of improving healthcare in developing countries. The management of Pegasus Lectures has made a special commitment to aiding ITW in its mission. At Pegasus Lectures, we believe that everyone worldwide deserves a decent life and quality healthcare. For more information visit www.pegasuslecturesinc.com.
RAD-AID
RAD-AID International is a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to radiology in developing countries and optimizing the role of medical imaging in public health initiatives. In pursuit of this mission, RAD-AID focuses on five main areas of service; (1) Clinical education, (2) business and entrepreneurship leadership for new health care leaders in developing nations, (3) optimizing information technology for limited resource regions, (4) public health for population-based health programs requiring imaging (such as infectious disease and cancer screening, and (5) research of health care systems for quality and economic analysis. RAD-AID manages a growing network of partnered medical organizations and is a proud partner of ITW. Please join us on our web site, blogs, and facebook system for more information, projects, and activities at http://www.rad-aid.org.
Philips Healthcare
Philips, another world leader in healthcare innovation and services, has committed to support ITW’s mission through consulting expertise and in-kind equipment donations. Philips supported pilot studies substantially through equipment and financial donation.
