Verizon Health Care IT Experts to Present at mHealth Summit on Dec. 6

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon health information technology experts will present at the mHealth Summit in National Harbor, Md., on Dec. 6.  During their presentation, "What Mobility Innovation Means to Health Care," Verizon's Dr. Peter Tippett and Tracy Hulver will highlight new health care mobility use cases and discuss best practices to integrate identity and access management techniques into health care mobility strategies.

BACKGROUND: The mHealth Summit has become the global convener of the mHealth ecosystem, bringing together leaders from across the world to encourage dialogue and advance collaboration in the use of mobile technology to improve health outcomes.  The mHealth Summit is presented by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health in partnership with the mHealth Alliance, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, and the National Institutes of Health.

Verizon Connected Healthcare Solutions, the company's health care practice group, leverages its IT expertise and Verizon's world-class networks to provide secure, innovative solutions to help transform patient-care delivery, better manage costs, enhance access to services and maintain health data privacy.

SOURCE Verizon