2001 American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
"ATA President's Award"
Top Honor In Telemedicine

The American Telemedicine Association is pleased to announce that the 2001 ATA President's Award for the Advancement of Telemedicine has been awarded to the Arizona Telemedicine Program.

The award, sponsored by American Medical Development, Inc. (AMD) and Welch Allyn was established to recognize a project, program or institution that has made a substantial contribution toward the advancement of telemedicine within the United States. A panel of distinguished experts in the field of medicine and technology selected the Arizona Telemedicine Program from an extensive list of programs operating throughout North America. Specifically the Arizona Telemedicine Program was presented the award "In recognition of its historic contributions in the early development of telemedicine and its advancement worldwide."

Presented at the annual meeting of the ATA, June 3, 2001.

2001 TeleCon/Collaborate
First Place, "Best Return on Investment in e-Learning"

The TeleCon/ Collaborate Awards are an annual recognition of the best products, applications and services for conferencing, collaboration and e-learning. The award was presented to the Arizona Telemedicine Program in recognition of its extensive continuing medical education program offered to health professionals throughout Arizona. Through 2001, the Arizona Telemedicine Program delivered more than 9000 hours of continuing education to over 34 Arizona communities.

Presented at the annual TeleCon/Collaborate Conference, October 23, 2001

2002 United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA)
"Excellence In Distance Learning Programming Healthcare/Telemedicine"

The USDLA awards program was created to acknowledge major accomplishments in distance learning and to highlight those instructors, programs, and distance learning professionals who have achieved excellence in the field. This award was presented to the Arizona Telemedicine Program in recognition of the rich variety of educational programs for the rural telemedicine sites throughout the state of Arizona addressing the needs of the culturally diverse communities they serve. Through the program’s facilities and network, clinicians can participate interactively in Medicine, Pediatric, Psychiatry, Cardiology, Public Health and Nursing Grand Rounds distance learning programs.

Presented at the USDLA 2002 Distance Learning Awards ceremony held in conjunction with the 2002 e-Learning Conference and Expo, April, 2002.

2001 Health Management Technology
“What Works Awards”

 Best of the Best: IT Solutions in 2001 Health Management Technology announces winners from its annual What Works competition and recognizes best healthcare technology solutions. Each year, the editors of HMT are proud to impanel respected judges from among the user, vendor and consultant communities of healthcare IT to read and evaluate What Works case histories from that year. These judges determine for us the top three winners and honorable mention awardees from among the year’s contenders—in effect, the best of the best of healthcare IT. The Arizona Telemedicine Program was specifically recognized for bringing “...quality healthcare services to even the most remote sections of the state.”

 Judges scored each case on the following five weighted criteria:

Benefits to the user. Did the solution quantifiably help the organization solve its problem and achieve its goal? Were the results as expected or even greater? What were the unanticipated benefits? Was this the best solution for the particular situation?

Applicability. How applicable was the solution to other healthcare organizations with similar objectives?

Installation. Implementation and ease of adoption. How easily installed and implemented was the solution? To what extent did the vendor support and train staff during the transition period?

Updated:  July 24, 2001