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University of Chicago Medicine Partners with BroadcastMed to Launch Digital Education Center for Medical Professionals
[October 23, 2014]

University of Chicago Medicine Partners with BroadcastMed to Launch Digital Education Center for Medical Professionals


CHICAGO --(Business Wire)--

The University of Chicago Medicine is partnering with BroadcastMed Inc. to launch Learning at the Forefront, a new digital education platform for medical professionals.

The online portal, which already includes more than 80 presentations from dozens of leading UChicago Medicine specialists, is designed to be a resource for medical professionals and informed patients worldwide. Content on the website is accessible through free registration and will be continually updated as UChicago Medicine's world-class faculty weigh in on emerging topics in their respective specialties and sub-specialties. The educational resources available on the portal include new practice procedures, novel diagnostic and treatment options as well as research covering a wide variety of topics.

"We want to bring the depth and breadth of UChicago Medicine to our referring medical community," said Kenneth S. Polonsky, MD, dean of the Biological Sciences Division and the Pritzker School of Medicine and executive vice president for medical affairs at the University of Chicago. "Learning at the Forefront will enable to us to share our faculty's insights, techniques, procedures and expertise with their colleagues around the globe."

UChicago Medicine is the first medical center in Illinois to partner with BroadcastMed, which works with more than 40 leading medical facilities to develop comprehensive learning portals. The lectures and presentations from UChicago Medicine faculty will enhance the company's extensive portfolio of presentations.

"We are excited to partner with the University of Chicago Medicine in this exciting initiative," said Peter Gailey, president and co-Founder of BroadcastMed, which is based in Farmington, Conn. "The experience and expertise reflected in the content being developed will be an invaluable resource to medical professionals everywhere."

Learning atthe Forefront is founded on the core principle of creating a culture of collaboration by bringing together the best minds to medicine and science. For additional information, or to view the resource available on Learning at the Forefront, visit learning.uchospitals.edu.



About the University of Chicago Medicine

The University of Chicago Medicine and its Comer Children's Hospital rank among the best in the country, most notably for cancer treatment, according to U.S. News & World Report's survey of the nation's hospitals. The University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine has been named one of the Top 10 medical schools in the nation, by U.S. News' "Best Graduate Schools" survey. University of Chicago physician-scientists performed the first organ transplant and the first bone marrow transplant in animal models, the first successful living-donor liver transplant, the first hormone therapy for cancer and the first successful application of cancer chemotherapy. Its researchers discovered REM sleep and were the first to describe several of the sleep stages. Twelve of the Nobel (News - Alert) Prize winners have been affiliated with the University of Chicago Medicine.


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About BroadcastMed, Inc.

BroadcastMed, Inc. is a digital medical broadcasting company. We help the world's leading hospitals, medical device and medical education companies create and distribute trusted educational content to physicians, allied healthcare professionals and patients. Our clients rely on us to deliver measurable results by expanding their reach through the BroadcastMed Network. The Network includes affiliated broadcast channels feature educational content from some of the world's top hospitals and physician experts. Also among the BroadcastMed Network affiliates is ORLive.com, a leading digital destination for physicians. For more information visit www.broadcastmed.com.


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