Category Archive: LISTA in the News

Mar 28

AT&T Exec Blames FCC for T-Mobile Layoffs By Brad Reed IT World

James Cicconi knows whom T-Mobile workers should blame for their company’s recently announced layoffs: the FCC. Cicconi who serves as AT&T’s senior executive vice president for external and legislative affairs, wrote a post for AT&T’s Public Policy blog today that again attacked the FCC for its role in shooting down the failed $39 billion merger …

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Mar 26

LISTA President and CEO Jose A. Marquez-Leon Selected Politic365 Game Changers 2012 Non-Profit Leader.

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On behalf of the Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA) and its Board of Directors, we would like to congratulate LISTA President and CEO Jose A. Marquez-Leon for being selected one of Politic365 Game Changers 2012 Non Profit Leader. The Politic365 Game Changers 2012 Awards honored the top 365 bi-partisan, multi-cultural minority business …

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Mar 08

Doctors Need Spectrum… STAT!

LISTA, HTTP and our members often discuss the transformative potential of technology. We promote technology, innovation and broadband connectivity because it empowers communities, reveals new possibilities, and changes lives. But technology can also improve health, quality of care – and save lives while saving the health care system dollars. Health IT has had a dramatic …

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Mar 07

Will mHealth Revolutionize Healthcare? by Jose Marquez

As it appeared in the Huffington Post. You almost certainly have a cell phone (83 percent of Hispanics do, according to a recent study), and it’s probably a smartphone with capabilities far beyond talking and texting. Perhaps you use it for social networking, checking the weather or sports, or games. But have you thought about …

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Mar 01

Access to Health IT Critical to Medical Advancement in Latino Communities

Medical and Technology Professionals explore topic at LISTA LatinoHIT’s  EHRInsight’s 2015 Kickoff in Washington, D.C. Over 75 distinguished medical and technology professionals gathered at the EHRInsight 2015 seminar series in Washington, D.C. to discuss the expansion of Electronic Health Records (EHR), telemedicine, mobile health, and health information technologies in the Latino community. The two day event, hosted …

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Feb 27

Meet Dr. Geeta Nayyar, Chief Medical Information Officer, AT&T February 29th in Washington DC

LISTA’s National Latino Alliance for Health Information Technology respectfully requests your attendance for our EHRInsights2015 Workshop taking place in Washington DC. This event will take place on Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm at. The Office of Mayor Vincent C. Gray at 2000 14th Street NW 2nd floor, Washington DC 20009 As …

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Feb 22

Save the Date: Join us and Celebrate Congressman Charles Gonzalez Illustrious Career. February 29th 2012

Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association and the National Latino Alliance on Health Information Technology Announce Congressman Charles A. Gonzalez as their “Lifetime Achiever Award” Recipient. LISTA and LatinoHIT to Launches EHRInsights2015 in Washington, D.C. New York, NY − February 22, 2012. Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (www.a-lista.org) and the National Latino …

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Feb 15

New TechNet Sponsored Study: Nearly 500,000 “App Economy” Jobs in United States

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TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today released a new study showing that there are now roughly 466,000 jobs in the “App Economy” in the United States, up from zero in 2007. The study, sponsored by TechNet and conducted by Dr. Michael Mandel …

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Feb 13

Time Warner to Cut 155 Positions in Albany.

Time Warner Cable is cutting 155 jobs in Albany and the closure of the Sealed Air Corporation plant in Glenville will eliminate 70 jobs in the region. Sealed Air says it is relocating the work to other North American facilities. According to notices filed with the state Department of Labor, the Time Warner jobs are …

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Feb 13

Upcoming Senate Cyber Bill: No SOPA Here Folks…by Jessica Herrera-Flanigan

In the last couple of days, a number of blogs and stories have popped up questioning whether the Senate cybersecurity legislation to be introduced next week incorporates the ill-fated SOPA/PIPA legislation or is somehow going to harm the Internet as many claimed SOPA/PIPA would. Now, I have reviewed the drafts of the cybersecurity bill. I …

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