Corporate Profile for Cardium Health, dated July 5, 2002.Business Editors The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services.
Published Date: July 5, 2002
Company Name: Cardium Health
Address: 34 Hopmeadow Street, PO Box 1085
Simsbury, CT 06070 USA
Main Telephone
Number: 860-408-1300
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.cardiumhealth.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Charleen R. Ernst
Chief Financial
Officer: David M. Audibert
Investor Relations
Contact: x
Business number: x
E-mail address: (optional) x
Public Relations
Contact: Drake Manning
Business number: 860-408-1300
E-mail address: dmanning@cardiumhealth.com
Industry: Health/Medical, Disease Management
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: x
Market Makers: (if public) x
Company description: Cardium Health, founded in 1996, is a privately held disease and health management company, offering secondary cardiovascular prevention, diabetes management This article is about the management of diabetes mellitus. For more on the disease itself see diabetes mellitus. Diabetes is a chronic disease with no cure as of 2007. It is associated with an impaired glucose cycle, altering metabolism. , primary prevention, and smoking cessation smoking cessation Public health Temporary or permanent halting of habitual cigarette smoking; withdrawal therapies–eg, hypnosis, psychotherapy, group counseling, exposing smokers to Pts with terminal lung CA and nicotine chewing gum are often ineffective. and relapse prevention programs to the large self-insured employer and managed care markets. The company is actively engaged in expanding its disease and health management programs to address other significant chronic diseases affecting today's workforce. Cardium Health's core focus is on reducing direct and indirect medical costs for its self-insured employer and managed care clients, while improving the health and wellness of participants in its disease and health management programs. Cardium Health's programs are based on proven clinical care guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. , easily integrate into employers' back-to-work and wellness initiatives, and enhance existing health and benefit plans. Supported by the company's proprietary ASP asp, popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). technology platform, DM Track(SM), Cardium Health employs a team of highly trained health care and disease management specialists that coordinate the delivery of comprehensive, personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. care plans for its program participants. Cardium Health continues to produce significant clinical and financial outcomes for its clients, evidenced by its invitation to present program outcomes at both the Centers for Disease Control consortium on Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and the Institute for Health and Productivity Management Annual Conference. Cardium Health's heart disease prevention program and clinical outcomes earned one of its clients the 2001 C. Everett Koop Charles Everett Koop, (born October 14 1916 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American physician. He served as the Surgeon General of the United States from 1982 to 1989, under Ronald Reagan's presidency. Award for Healthcare. Additionally, the company's 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. has earned the 2002 Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the National Association of Women Business Owners The National Association of Women's Business Owners (NAWBO) is an organization in the United States founded in 1975 that has the purpose of networking the approximately 10. , Connecticut chapter. |
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