American Medical Alert Corp. Announces the Appointment of James F. Lapolla to the Board of Directors.Business Editors OCEANSIDE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2000 American Medical Alert Corp., (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :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 ), developer of two-way voice Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS a. 1. Light blue; grayish blue; - a term applied to different shades at different periods. ) announced the appointment of James F. LaPolla to the Board of Directors to fill the vacancy created by the resignation, for personal reasons, of Leonard Herz. Mr. LaPolla's background encompasses extensive experience in the home healthcare arena. Mr. LaPolla's experience includes the design, implementation and refinement of healthcare management systems, administrative policies and operational procedures The detailed methods by which headquarters and units carry out their operational tasks. . Mr. LaPolla currently serves as the President of both Home Health Management Services Inc., one of the largest suppliers of in-home attendant services to 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 City's senior and disabled communities, and Innovative Health Consulting, Inc., a health care consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . In addition, Mr. LaPolla is a director of the National Association of Home Care and a member of the Home Health Aide Advisory Board and World Health Organization. Howard M. Siegel, Chairman and President of AMAC stated "I am most pleased with the appointment of James LaPolla to our board of directors because of his keen insight in negotiating, procuring and monitoring managed care and private health care contracts. Mr. LaPolla's experience will serve to assist AMAC with the development and implementation of the H-Link program." H-Link, as previously announced, is AMAC's new initiative to expand its healthcare services division to include on-call response services and the communication components of disease management via vital sign monitoring. American Medical Alert Corp. is a leading provider of Personal Emergency Response Systems (PERS) in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Since 1981, AMAC has been dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for people with health limitations by providing communication services facilitating independent living and peace of mind. Revolutionizing the PERS industry with the first system to incorporate two-way voice communication, AMAC continues to set industry standards with innovative technology and new services designed to consistently enhance the needs of both subscriber clients and healthcare providers. The Company markets PERS to hospitals, home healthcare providers, state social services social services Noun, pl welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs social services npl → servicios mpl sociales agencies, licensed distributors, health maintenance organizations, and the general public. Certain statements in this press release should be construed as forward looking projections involving potential risks and uncertainties. Important factors causing 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 relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc competition, technological development, and trademarks. |
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