Telemedicine at Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare

Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare staff and volunteer doctors consult with doctors at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine about a critical care patient admitted recently.

By Jennifer Browning

Last week Hospital Bernard Mevs Project Medishare (HBMPM) volunteers participated in a teleconference with Miami doctors regarding a critical care patient who arrived at HBMPM.

HBMPM has teleconferencing capability and have participated in telemedicine meetings with teams in Miami. The system in Miami is located at the Ryder Trauma Center. The teleconferencing system was donated by Cisco Telecommunications.

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Miami HEAT visits Project Medishare field hospital

By Jennifer Browning

Yesterday, Alonzo Mourning and Erik Spoelstra of the Miami Heat, Rudy Gay of the Memphis Grizzlies, and several representatives from Target were among those joining a new batch of volunteer relief workers going to Haiti to work with Project Medishare.

The group toured the tent hospital, helped distribute items to families including Shelter Box tents. The Shelter Box donation was an additional one from the 10 tents that were donated to those who participated in the Cisco Teleconferencing Project.

After the distribution, the group visited Bernard Mevs hospital in order to see the permanent structure where Project Medishare will operate starting today.

Earlier in the week during an interview on 790 The Ticket, Mourning spoke about the important work Project Medishare is doing in Haiti. The Miami Heat legend has been a huge supporter of Project Medishare’s efforts since the January earthquake. To listen to Mourning’s interview on The Ticket click here.

Children hold care packages donated to families at the Project Medishare field Hospital. Photo by Jennifer Browning.

Representatives from Target distributed items to familes at the Project Medishare field Hospital. Photo by Jennifer Browning.

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Miami Dolphin to visit Project Medishare field hospital

By Jennifer Browning

Miami Dolphins are headed to Haiti today to visit the Project Medishare field hospital. The Dolphins, Sun Life Financial and Project Medishare will present 13 ShelterBox tents to the 13 families that participated in the Haiti Connect Project that began April 4.

Four alumni, Vice President/Senior Advisor Nat Moore as well as Sean Hill, Bryan Salter and Bobby Harden, are leading a contingent to Port-au-Prince bringing relief supplies.

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Visiting families via teleconference system emotional for many

A teleconferencing system shows people in Miami's Little Haiti waiting to talk to their relatives at the field hospital in Port-au-Prince. The videoconference system was provided by Cisco Telepresence. Photo by Michael Trainer.

By Jennifer Browning

All last week The Miami Dolphins, Sun Life Financial and Cisco Systems teamed up with Project Medishare/UM Global Institute to reunite 12 Project Medishare patients with their families. Nine of the patients were children who came to South Florida for medical care. Three other patients in Haiti spoke to family members in Miami using a videoconferencing system.

For the families at the hospital it was a very emotional reunion. Many were intrigued that they could physically see the person they were communicating with.

The teleconferencing event kicked of on Easter Sunday at Notre Dame D’Haiti Catholic Church. The church hosted a free outdoor concert in the church’s backyard. The telecommunication initiative enabled Haitian families in Little Haiti to connect with relatives in Haiti through videoconferencing from Cisco Telepresence.

Click here to read more about how this teleconferencing technology helped bring patients closer to their loved ones, and how it touched the lives of these families.

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New videoconferencing technology connects families between Little Haiti and Port-au-Prince

By Jennifer Browning

Notre Dame D’Haiti Catholic Church this Easter will host a free outdoor concert in the church’s backyard. The event, sponsored by the Miami Dolphins/SunLife Stadium Haiti Relief Fund and organized by the Project Medishare and the UM Global Institute, will kick off a new telecommunication initiative enabling Haitian families in Little Haiti to connect with relatives in Haiti through videoconferencing from Cisco Telepresence.

Starting Monday through Saturday, families in Miami and Haiti can schedule times to use the videoconferencing system.  Notre Dame will host the new facility in Little Haiti, while Project Medishare’s Field Hospital in Port-Au-Prince will serve as the corresponding videoconferencing facility.

Celebrities such as artist Romero Britto and Dolphins quarterback Chad Henne will meet and greet families as they contact their loved ones in Haiti. Savannah Buffett, the daughter of singer Jimmy Buffett, will moderate the morning and afternoon videoconferencing sessions.

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