American Medical Alert Corp. Announces the Appointment of Jack Rhian as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.Business Editors OCEANSIDE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2000 American Medical Alert Corp. (Nasdaq:AMAC AMAC Adults Molested As Children AMAC Assistance to Mine-Affected Communities AMAC Aircraft Monitor And Control AMAC Approximate Message Authentication Code AMAC American Military Arms Corporation AMAC Asset Management Assistance Center ), an innovative provider of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS a. 1. Light blue; grayish blue; - a term applied to different shades at different periods. ), announced the appointment of Jack Rhian, as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . Jack Rhian joins AMAC following his tenure as Executive Vice President at Transcare New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from 1995-1999. Previously, Rhian was a Principal at Nationwide Ambulance and received his Masters of Public Administration degree, specializing in health care, from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the . Rhian brings to AMAC more than 20 years of management experience in the provision of emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. and hospital and healthcare administration Healthcare administration is a term that typically refers to the Master of Health Administration (MHA)—also Master of Healthcare Administration— degree, which is a graduate professional degree that provides training in health policy, economics, project and . Howard M. Siegel, Chairman, President, and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AMAC stated, "Jack Rhian's experience strengthens our ability to pursue the Company's growth strategy that was built on the foundation of a management team with first-rate credentials. We anticipate that his appointment will bring us one step closer to achieving growth in our core business and planned diversification into several complementary home health care and vital sign monitoring initiatives. I am confident that Jack's experience and leadership skills will bode well for AMAC, as we attain distinction in the home health care industry and strive toward increasing market share and shareholder value." AMAC is a leading provider of medical response and 24-hour on-call-monitoring services to assist the health care community in providing at-risk patients with instant access to assistance from trained caring professionals. The company is vertically integrated with involvement in all phases of service delivery including product design and development, manufacturing and testing, field service and 24-hour monitoring. Through a diversified marketing and referral network, AMAC markets its products to over 500 hospitals, home care providers, physicians, ambulance companies, medical equipment suppliers, state social services agencies, health maintenance organizations, and directly to consumers. This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward looking statements are set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-KSB, the Company's Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-QSB, and other filings and releases. These include uncertainties relating to competition, technological development, and trademarks. |
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