{"375741":{"#nid":"375741","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech President visits Rome","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech President Dr. G.P. \u0022Bud\u0022 Peterson visited Rome on Tuesday.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe purposed of the visit was to see firsthand the impact that Tech has in the Rome and Floyd County community, especially as it relates to the MyJourney Compass project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMyJourney Compass is a federally funded pilot project to put healthcare information in the hands of patients through mobile technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech worked with Floyd Medical Center, Harbin Clinic, Redmond Regional Medical Center, Cancer Navigators, and the Northwest Georgia Regional Cancer Coalition to bring the project to Rome.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETuesday he sat down with stakeholders at Redmond Regional Medical Center to discuss how the system has impacted the quality of life for cancer patients.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGreater Rome Chamber of Commerce President Al Hodge, State Representative Katie Dempsey and State Senator Chuck Hufstetler were also in attendance for the meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has recently increased its presence in the community by also opening a field office at Georgia Highlands College\u2019s Heritage Hall in Rome.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-09 18:16:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:24:00","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"culture map","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/wrgarome.com\/common\/page.php?feed=1\u0026id=25191\u0026is_corp=1","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-22T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}