Mount Sinai School of Medicine (MSSMTV) and Fifth Floor Effects (5FX) Today Announce the Release of iARC™ and iARCmedia™, Interactive USB Based Educational Tools for the Healthcare Industry.
iARC™ is a powerful, interactive electronic educational tool using USB storage technology, combined with a revolutionary new "portable interactive storage" interface.
New York, NY (PRWEB) September 15, 2003 -- Mount Sinai School of Medicine
(MSSMTV) and Fifth Floor Effects (5FX) today announce the release of iARC™ and
iARCmedia™, their USB based “Portable Interactive Storage” device and kiosk
based delivery system. “iARC™ is a powerful, interactive electronic tool using
USB storage technology, combined with a revolutionary new "portable interactive
storage" interface. Imagine attending a conference or trade show and walking
away with PDF’s, brochures, bi-directional contact information, multimedia
content and more. iARC™ will serve the event/ symposia marketplace while also
raising the bar as an effective educational delivery tool that will continue
driving a positive ROI,” says Paul Frantellizzi, Director of Sales and Marketing
for Mount Sinai’s School of Medicine. iARC™ has an Internet based back end
interface for instantly and automatically updating content and information on
any web connected machine – it is easy to use, scalable and offers complete
demographic analysis.
“Our iARCmedia™ system is a USB media based kiosk
system that enables users to leave events with interactive media (movie
trailers, concert footage/ songs, lectures, promotions and links to event
sponsor web sites) all playable from the same intuitive and easy to use
interface,” says Frederick S. Bobrow, Director of Mount Sinai’s Educational
Technology for Continuing Medical Education. iARC™ will premiere at the XXI
Chemotherapy Foundation Symposium on November 12, 2003 - jointly sponsored by
the Chemotherapy Foundation, The Page & William Black Post-Graduate School
and the Division of Medical Oncology of the Mount Sinai School of
Medicine.
About: Mount Sinai School of Medicine (www.mssmtv.org)
MSSMTV is
the Mount Sinai School of Medicine's interactive distance learning program for
continuing medical education. It encompasses live and archived streaming broad
and narrowband video content; interactive on line quizzes and surveys; topic
specific discussion forums; private and public e-mailing and a repository for
all CME content. Within their mission to repurpose previously transitory CME
events, MSSMTV presents these programs on a continuous basis, 24 hours a day and
seven days a week. Mount Sinai currently produces over 240 hours of accredited
medical grand rounds, over 168 hours of nursing education CEU's and dozens of
major symposiums and workshops for live exhibition. We are actively
disseminating and reproducing these programs utilizing the Internet and CD ROM
to create what may be the most prolific media rich CME resource available to
health care providers worldwide. In addition to hosting a wealth of high quality
content, is Mount Sinai's experience as the most technologically advanced
multimedia production service in medical education. Featuring a network level
production facility; corporate level programmers, award-winning technology
architects and industry leading event producers, MSSMTV surpasses the academic
standard.
About: 5FX (www.5fx.com)
5FX (Fifth Floor Effects) is a leading
technology provider of Web and Multimedia Based CME solutions for enterprises
who want to automate and streamline their CME delivery and user evaluation /
testing process using Internet technology. Full CME services including
accreditation in collaboration with partner Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The
award winning staff @ 5FX, combined with proven, flexible industry and
cross-industry solutions, enable companies to lower CME unit costs dramatically
while broadening their reach to the health care community. 5FX offers
customizable solutions for every aspect of event and media production and
distribution, while maintaining a full range of equipment and software for all
formats. The following is a small sample of services that are provided:
•
CME Web development, online testing, and automated certificate fulfillment.
•
Capturing, editing and archiving all live or scripted content.
• Hosting,
duplicating, and distributing via Internet; as well as CD, DVD, VHS, Audio CD,
and more…
• Web Based Design, web based (flash) promotions.
• Live
multimedia staging, script writing, AV preparation and graphic
design.
For further information contact:
Mount Sinai School of
Medicine
TEL 800.965.4539 FAX 208.774.3584
e-mail protected from spam bots
/ www.5fx.com
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