CTIA, West Wireless Health Institute, Qualcomm, and CommNexus San Diego Present: San Diego - The Nation's Hub for Wireless Healthcare

CTIA, West Wireless Health Institute, Qualcomm, and CommNexus San Diego
Present: San Diego - The Nation's Hub for Wireless Healthcare

San Diego - poised to become the epicenter for a rapidly emerging and
convergent industry - wireless healthcare

SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- San Diego, with one of
the nation's largest life science and wireless clusters, is poised to become
the epicenter for a rapidly emerging and convergent industry - wireless
healthcare. Recognizing the potential to leverage the region's remarkable
resources, the West Wireless Health Institute was launched in 2009 with a $45
million commitment from the Gary and Mary West Foundation. Scripps Health and
Qualcomm are collaborating closely as the Institute's healthcare affiliate and
technology sponsor.

"San Diego-The Nation's Hub for Wireless Healthcare" event, October 6, 2009,
will be lead by The West Wireless Institute's Gary West, Founder and Chairman,
as well as their Chief Medical Officer, Eric J. Topol and Chief Wireless
Officer, Donald Jones, who will discuss their vision for the West Wireless
Institute - to move emerging wireless health technologies quickly into the
hands of doctors, healthcare organizations and consumers, while ensuring that
life-enhancing and lifesaving devices are safe, secure, and cost-effective.
By bringing together the best minds in science, technology, engineering and
medicine, the West Wireless Health Institute aims to play a pivotal role in
advancing wireless health research and education.

With wireless health gaining momentum in the wireless world and San Diego
poised to become the center of the wireless community, this will be a
significant event in the wireless industry and will be attended by high level
executives in the technology industry.

About the West Wireless Health Institute
Launched in 2009, the West Wireless Health Institute is one of the first
medical research organizations in the world supporting the exploration and
application of wireless technologies to advance human health and wellbeing.
The Institute's health care affiliate, Scripps Health, and its technology
sponsor, Qualcomm, are leaders in their respective fields. With their support,
the Institute is fostering an unprecedented convergence of science, medicine,
engineering and technology to change the way healthcare is delivered. The
Institute aims to move emerging wireless health technologies quickly into the
hands of doctors, healthcare organizations and end-users - ensuring along the
way that life-enhancing and lifesaving devices and products are safe, secure,
reliable and cost-effective. www.westwirelesshealth.org

About CommNexus San Diego
CommNexus San Diego, formerly the San Diego Telecom Council, is a non-profit
network of communications industry companies, defense industry companies,
service providers, professional trade organizations, and local government. By
introducing both national and international markets to the emerging
technologies in the San Diego region, CommNexus positions San Diego as a world
center for innovation in communications technology. CommNexus' core programs
and on-line services, which include over 50 networking and technical events
per year, funding & business development assistance to more than 100 companies
annually, and an award-winning website & on-line portal, have formed a vast
communications community in the San Diego region that is constantly growing.
CommNexus San Diego works to accelerate the formation, growth, and success of
communications technology and service companies in the San Diego region.
www.commnexus.org

Contact: Andrea Parker
CommNexus San Diego
Tel: 888-92-NEXUS
Email: aparker@commnexus.org
Website: www.commnexus.org

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Andrea Parker of CommNexus San Diego, +1-888-92-NEXUS, aparker@commnexus.org