Mary DeVany

Mary DeVany is the Outreach Specialist for the Great Plains Telehealth Resource and Assistance Center (GPTRAC), within the Institute of Health Informatics at the University of Minnesota. She has been involved with telemedicine activities since 1993 when she served as the state-wide telemedicine activities coordinator for the State of South Dakota. Since then she has served as the Director of Avera Telehealth (winner of the 2009 ATA's President's Award - Institutional Award) and before that as the Telemedicine Coordinator for Sanford Health. Mary currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Center for Telehealth and E-health Law. She has served on the Telehealth Taskforce of the American Bar Association, was a member of the Health Care Practice Taskforce of the National Governors' Association State Alliance for e-Health (2007-2008) and previously served as Board member and President of the Polycom User Group. She is also a member of the American Telemedicine Association. Mary has presented on various telehealth topics and has written and contributed to several articles regarding telehealth program implementation and applications.