Bruce A. Houtchens, MD, Prize in Biomedical Informatics and Telemedicine

Sponsor:  Family and Friends for Dr. Bruce A. Houtchens

Presentation includes:  A gift and $2,000

The award recognizes the graduating student with the best expression of original ideas and research efforts in the application of computer, communication or information technology to health care.

Nomination and Selection Process:

The award’s recipient is the winner of the paper competition based on the criteria noted above.

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History:

This award is named in memory of Bruce A. Houtchens, M.D., a surgeon, physicist, mathematician, and aeronautical and astronautical engineer. His main interests included trauma surgery/critical care, space medicine, and clinical application of telemedicine and medical informatics. The award was established to open new horizons of medical technology, and to seek better ways of integrating medical technology into medical education and clinical practice.

The Bruce A. Houtchens, M.D., Award in Medical Informatics and Telemendice is presented to the student who won the paper competition for the best expression of original ideas and research efforts in the application of computer, communication or information technology to health care.

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