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Silicon Valley-based El Camino Hospital to Use Glowpoint to Showcase Live, Two-way HD Videoconferencing
HD Visual Communications can lead to faster decision making
HILLSIDE, N.J. February 1, 2007 Glowpoint, Inc. (OTC:GLOW.PK),
a leading broadcast-quality, IP-based managed video service provider, announced that it is providing the high-quality secure network that is required to showcase
high definition (HD) two-way video to the medical world at El Camino Hospital
on February 1.
During a live, two-way
video conference with the City of Hope Hospital in southern
California, cancer physicians will share data on cases involving difficult-to-treat liver
tumors. The HD technology allows physicians to remotely share
images at precise levels of detail, clarity, and resolution - not possible with
standard definition - from individual blood vessels in a surgical video to the granular
details on a pathology slide.
This real-time collaboration can lead to faster decision making,
said surgical oncologist Shyamali Singhal,
director of El Camino Hospitals Cancer Center. The high-definition visual communications technology allows us to share detailed
CT scans and pathology slides with physicians in other institutions. The implications
for physicians collaborative education are enormous as we can now remotely share
sharp, clear views.
With the introduction of HD two-way video
communications in the medical world, the need for an extremely high-quality, reliable
and secure service becomes critical, said Michael Brandofino, Glowpoints president and CEO. Glowpoint is pleased to have
been selected as the service for this application. Its a great way to show how
far this technology has advanced and we look forward to supporting various medical
applications with HD.
Our hope is to go beyond patient conferences and educational seminars, Singhal said. We hope to broadcast and view live surgical cases over the secure network, and share that information with some of the most preeminent medical institutions in the United States.
About Glowpoint
Glowpoint, Inc. (OTC:GLOW.PK) is a world-leading broadcast-quality, IP-based video-managed service provider. Glowpoint offers videoconferencing, bridging, technology hosting, and IP-broadcasting services to a vast array of companies, from large Fortune 100 enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses. Glowpoints managed-video services are available bundled with Glowpoints quality-network offering or as a value-added managed-video service across other networks. Glowpoint is exclusively focused on quality two-way video communications and has been supporting millions of video calls since its launch in 2000. Glowpoint is headquartered in Hillside, New Jersey. To learn more about Glowpoint, visit www.glowpoint.com.
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