Orange sponsor of ARMTELEMED Road to the Future
Today the First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and eHealth “ARMTELEMED: Road to the Future” started in Yerevan and will continue until October 16. The congress is organized by Association of Telemedicine (AATM), jointly with Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU) and Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), under the auspices of the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health (ISfTeH) and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). Orange is the general sponsor of the congress.
The use of Information and Communication Technologies is transforming healthcare delivery to such extent as to allow many speaking of “Healthcare Revolution”. The agenda of the congress will address questions such as the global experience in this field, its eventual application in Armenia, challenges and problems of the domain.
Bruno Duthoit, Orange Armenia CEO, said: « It’is at the core of our Group’s CSR strategy : make use of our technologies to serve public interest and utility, including healthcare. We are participating to this congress not only with financial support, but also with our international experience. We have invited Patrice Cristofini, one of the best specialists of e-health, who will have presentations today and tomorrow and will try to pass our Group’s experience acquired in many countries».
The congress will feature two days of plenary and scientific sessions, panel discussions and round tables, with keynote presentations by world-famous experts in telehealth and related technologies, as well as an educational track (one-day seminar of the International School of Telemedicine and eHealth), and an exposition of local and international companies.
The event is a first-of-the-kind in Armenia and in the entire region.