Gift supports medical informatics program and alliance
Bob Hoyt and Ann Yoshihashi have donated $30,000 and all the book proceeds from "Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional" to support the University of West Florida Medical Informatics Program located in the School of Allied Health and Life Sciences, and to support the establishment of the Alliance for Medical Informatics. The mission of the alliance is to improve medical care, patient safety, medical education and research through the intelligent use of health information technology. The funds will be used to support medical informatics education and outreach in the U.S. and abroad.
Bob Hoyt and Ann Yoshihashi have donated $30,000 and all the book proceeds from “Medical Informatics: Practical Guide for the Healthcare Professional” to support the University of West Florida Medical Informatics Program located in the School of Allied Health and Life Sciences, and to support the establishment of the Alliance for Medical Informatics. The mission of the alliance is to improve medical care, patient safety, medical education and research through the intelligent use of health information technology. The funds will be used to support medical informatics education and outreach in the U.S. and abroad.
“UWF is committed to serving the educational interests of regional health care,” said George Stewart, director of the School of Allied Health and Life Science. “It is through the generous donations of time and funds by members of the health care community that the school will be able to achieve this goal.”
The Alliance will support training in information technology applications, establish outreach in medical informatics, pursue partnerships in medical informatics with sister institutions of higher learning and design innovative courses and programs in e-prescribing, patient safety and electronic health records. Among the most recent achievements made possible by these donations and the dedication and labor of Hoyt and Yoshihashi are: a PDA-based medical library program for Afghan physicians; a generic drug search engine (www.genericmedsearch.com) for the uninsured and underinsured; an online Certificate in Medical Informatics; a training initiative for Sacred Heart physicians in e-prescribing; and new workshops for health care workers on health information technology.
“Drs. Hoyt and Yoshihashi have demonstrated what the School of Allied Health and Life Science can accomplish in service to health care when provided with the needed resources and personnel,” said Stewart. “Such a donation is an investment in the educational and technological advancement of our regional health care community.”
For more information, contact Melanie Sutton at (850) 474-2650, e-mail msutton@uwf.edu or visit uwf.edu/sahls/alliance.
Written by Janice Cooper, University Marketing Communications
