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TECHNOLOGY EXCHANGE
Midwest Company Expands into Latin America
with Telemedicine Services
University Autnoma de Guadalajara looks to American Educational Telecommunications to help it become telemedicine gateway for Latin America
NORFOLK, NEBRASKA, July 9, 2002 American Educational Telecommunications (AET), a global provider of medical and educational telecommunications services, announced today the University Aut noma de Guadalajara in Guadalajara, Mexico has selected AET as its provider of telemedicine services for its school of medicine. AET will help the university position itself as the gateway for telemedicine services in Latin America.
With more than 25,000 students, the University Autnoma de Guadalajara (UAG) is Mexicos largest educational institution. It has its main campus at Guadalajara, with outreach programs throughout Mexico and Latin America.
The school of medicine will use AETs telecommunication services to deliver medical educational material and clinical resources to medical students in Latin America. The university also will connect rural physicians and their patients with the urban medical community. Physicians will use the AET telecommunications system to perform medical consultations with Latin American physicians and with physicians at leading medical institutions in the United States.
Through an AET-exclusive agreement, AET will provide UAG the study material for the United States Medical Licensing Exam (USMLE). Additionally, the university will market and provide AET telemedicine services to tourists in Mexico who may need -- or be concerned about needing -- medical treatment from their physicians at home.
"AET will allow UAG to become the gateway for telemedicine services in Mexico, Central and South America and will allow UAG to lead the market in telemedicine," said Dr. Ricardo Leon Borquez, Dean of the UAG School of Medicine.
To harness the applications of telecommunication technology, Leon said it was necessary for UAG to find a partner such as AET. He said UAG chose AET because of AETs experience in telemedicine in Egypt and because of its good reputation within the American medical community.
"AET is a serious company in the United States with an international approach. This is very important for us to know that AET has experience in this field," Leon said.
Dr. Keith Vrbicky, AETs chief executive officer and chairman, said the new venture with UAG fulfills AETs mission, which is to deliver medicine and education to under-served people. "In many countries, there is a tremendous need for medical and educational service in rural areas. Our technology is helping people fill that need in a cost-effective manner," he said.
About American Educational Telecommunications
AET is a global provider of telemedicine, telehealth and distance learning services. The company owns and operates a global telecommunications network that unites real-time intercontinental video and audio links, T-1 fiber connectivity and satellite communications transmissions. It delivers education, patient consultations and referral services to customers in the United States and other countries. AET has its headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, with offices in Norfolk, Nebraska and Cairo, Egypt. More information on AET can be found at www.aetmedical.com
AET Contact Information
Media: Chris Amundson, 1-402-841-4619, mailto:camundson@aetmedical.com
Investor and customer relations: Donald A. LaPoint, 1-314-994-7200, dlapoint@aetmedical.com
Government relations: Dr. Keith Vrbicky, 1-402-379-2322, kvrbicky@aetmedical.com
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