About Video Press, Univeristy of Maryland School of Medicine

National distributor of health-related programs

Video Press is the national distribution publisher for educational and professional training titles produced by MedSchool Maryland Productions. Through this distribution system, Video Press interfaces with all nursing homes, hospitals, and professional training programs in the country as well as with high schools, community colleges, 4-year colleges and universities. Currently, over 10,000 institutions are using our DVDs for staff development and for professional education.

Video Press, until recently functioned both as a producer and a publisher. With recent restructuring, Video Press now focuses exclusively on distribution, with productions being produced by the same award winning team under the new MedSchool Maryland Productions label.

MedSchool Maryland Productions have received the highest national acclaim including an Oscar®, a Peabody, Emmy Awards and extensive recognition from health professional organizations. Our work has been commissioned and shown by HBO, HBO Family, Discovery, TLC and Discovery Health. Recently our distribution efforts have expanded to include web-based video distribution which involves both the production of video for the web and creative approaches to website development.

Our production repertoire features not only long format documentaries but also PSAs, fundraising programs, public relations programs, tribute pieces and programs for community outreach, education, professional education and training. In addition, we do public awareness campaigns which include video for the web and website development. Our work is distributed nationally by cable, public television stations and the internet.
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A National Presence

Broadcast
Through broadcast and cable, Video Press programs have reached many millions in the United States and have been aired in over 50 countries world wide. These Video Press documentaries have included King Gimp, Love, Josh, Bong and Donnell, The Critical Incident Series, The Med School Series and The Critical Hour Series.

Non-broadcast
Video Press retains exclusive distribution of some of our most nationally recognized titles. This includes exclusive distribution rights of the Academy Award® winning documentary King Gimp and the follow-ups, The King’s Miracle and the King of Arts. Other nationally recognized disability titles are published under our Stars of Inclusion series. In the field of Alzheimer’s disease, Video Press is the exclusive distributor of the documentary Grace and the newly released Alzheimer’s Disease, The 36 Hour Day.

Clients

Video Press clients include Discovery, HBO, TLC, federal agencies, national professional organizations, social services providers, medical school faculty, foundations, and hospitals. During 2008, we produced video for The Lasker Foundation, and The Abell Foundation and in 2009, we’ve been commissioned to produce special programming on individuals with developmental disabilities and educational materials for Baltimore City foster parents. We welcome inquiries from individuals and organizations with funding who wish to commission programs.

Contact us at 800-328-7450
videopressmail@som.umaryland.edu

Better My World

Video Press demonstrated a new channel of communication to inner-city teens with a violence prevention outreach campaign which included the development of music videos, ringtones, and digital wallpapers available for free download from the Better My World website (bettermyworld.org).

The Critical Hour
A 16 episode series for Discovery produced in 2004-2006, features care provided by the R Adams Cowlely Shock Trauma Center. Broadcast on Discovery.

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