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The Brazilian Telehealth initiative enables videoconferencing, diagnosis, second opinion, continuous and permanent education, and web conferencing by linking university and teaching hospitals via the Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP, www.rnp.br), Brazil’s national research and education network. Three national projects operate under the Brazilian Telehealth Initiative: the Telemedicine University Network, RUTE (Rede Universitaria de Telemedicina www.rute.rnp.br); the Brazilian Health Open University www.unasus.org.br; and the National Telehealth Primary Care Program, Brazil Telehealth www.telessaudebrasil.org.br.  RUTE is an initiative from the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (MCTI), and the other two are Ministry of Health initiatives.  Today, there are eHealth Centers in 61 university and teaching hospitals, including one at the Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA).

BIO:Dan Housman is the founder and Chief Technology Officer of Recombinant Data Corporation. He has worked as a consultant and builds technology to bridge complex gaps and establish new solutions in such areas as collaborating on clinical and genomic data sets across organizational boundaries in academic medical centers, pharmaceutical organizations, government, and private research initiatives. Mr. Housman earned a B.S. in chemistry and biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995. He is a member of the Healthcare Data Warehousing Association and the American Medical Informatics Association. Mr. Housman has developed informatics solutions for Partners Healthcare, the University of Minnesota, and UCLA as well as a number of cancer centers including the Kimmel Cancer Center, Dana Farber, the

University of Michigan Cancer Center, and City of HopeLuiz Ary Messina has more than 40 years experience in Computer Sciences, teaching, researching, developing, and commercializing software. He has successfully secured funding for innovative Telehealth projects from the European Union together with state and municipal agencies, university hospitals, international research organizations, enterprises ,and city halls.  He graduated as an electronic engineer from the University of Brasilia, and holds a doctoral degree from the Technological University of Darmstadt, Germany, where he was assistant professor from 1982 to 1988.  Dr. Messina began developing and coordinating RUTE in 2005.  He often speaks to international audiences on  the importance of the model adopted in Brazil, which is based on connecting universities, research institutions, and university and teaching hospitals  to the  National Research and Education Network.

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Topic: The Translational Medicine Mart (tranSMART)

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