DOCTORS TELEHEALTH NETWORK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Medical Director
- DTN 's New Medical Director
Dr. Quang Dinh Vo is DTN's new Medical Director. He brings to DTN a unique leadership and professional experience from working with several health maintenance organizations, government facilities, and private organizations. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He actively practices hospitalist medicine in the Long Beach area and serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the UCLA-Olive View Medical Center. His interest in telemedicine stems from providing medical services to California prison inmates, where telemedicine has recently celebrated its 100,000th consult. Dr. Vo realizes the great potential in which telemedicine can also bridge the physical gap between medical specialists and the remote and underserved areas of California. In an era of healthcare crisis, telemedicine is certain to advance to a more ubiquitous and fulfilling role.
Author: Kurt Grossman
E-mail: kurtgrossman@doctel.net
Homepage: http://doctel.net/
Further information:
Important for Healthcare Reform This is the KEY to "Meaningful Use"
Experience
Kurt has 25 years of business experience. Since 2000 He has focused on Telehealth. He has 5 US Patents pending in the area of clinical Telemedicine. He has been published in the American College of Physician Executives and presented at the annual convention of the American Telemedicine Association. He has led Doctors Telehealth Network since 2002 in Pennsylvania and California and provided Telehealth in Ohio and Washington. He invested millions of dollars personally to fund DTN through the R&D phase. He has successfully negotiated contracts with private insurance companies, Medicaid, Medicare, hospitals, individual physicians, and large physician groups. He is in charge of defining and implementing DTN's goal of connecting to a national health information network with Telemedicine, Telehealth, eHealth, Distance Learning, Electronic Medical Records, Open Scheduling, and Picture Archiving Communication & Storage. He has focused DTN on the rural Safety Net.