Summarizing the results of the First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and eHealth “ARMTELEMED:

As we are summarizing the results of the First Armenian International Congress on Telemedicine and eHealth “ARMTELEMED: Road to the Future” we would like to share with you some of the statistics pertinent to the event, and to discuss the main outcomes and achievements thereof. To remind you, the Congress that took place on October 14-16 in Yerevan, Armenia, was co-hosted by Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM), Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University (RAU) and Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE), under the auspices of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Armenia, and the two principal global NGOs in the field of telemedicine and eHealth: the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH) and the American Telemedicine Association (ATA). As became absolutely clear from unanimous feedback by the faculty, participants and guests as early as on the days of the congress and immediately thereafter, the event met its objectives, proved an unequivocal success, and marked an historical milestone in development of Healthcare Information and Communication Technologies in Armenia and in the region.