Healthcare Industry Veterans Join MercuryMD's Board of Directors.Business Editors/High Tech, Health & Medical Writers RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , N.C.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 14, 2002 Jenkins and Powell to provide strategic guidance and industry knowledge MercuryMD, a company that integrates hospital data and delivers patient information to healthcare professionals' handheld devices, today announced the addition of two prominent healthcare veterans to the company's Board of Directors. Dr. Joseph Jenkins Joseph Jenkins (1818-1898) was an educated tenant farmer from Tregaron, Ceredigion, mid-Wales who, when aged over 50, suddenly deserted his home and large family to seek his fortune in Australia. , former vice chairman, 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. and president of Prime Medical Services, and Dr. Jim Powell  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and , the founder of national laboratory testing company LabCorp, recently joined MercuryMD's Board of Directors. During the past six months, MercuryMD has experienced tremendous growth that began with the company's closure of a successful second round of funding. The company also recently announced the addition of three new customers that represent 12 hospitals with more than 4,200 beds using MercuryMD's MData(TM) Enterprise System. These new customers are among the nation's top performing health systems: Moses Cone Health System, Baptist Health and WakeMed. MercuryMD's growth, overwhelming customer approval and potential to help eliminate some medical errors are what encouraged Jenkins to accept MercuryMD's offer to serve on its Board. "MercuryMD's client stories are the best testimony to the company's success," said Dr. Jenkins. "The physicians and hospital administrators with whom I have spoken have brought up the same themes: the ease of using the system, the efficiency of how MData saves the doctors crucial time throughout the day and the improvement of patient care by providing them with up-to-date information to make better clinical decisions." Powell agreed with Jenkins and added that the strength of the MercuryMD team also played a critical factor in his acceptance of a position on the Board. "MercuryMD was grown out of a basic need for more efficiency in the hospital. The company's founders were on the front lines of this battle for efficiency and created a solution that works," said Jim Powell, M.D. "Their dedication to bringing this solution to market has been demonstrated by their successes in winning prominent health care systems over larger competitors." "We are very pleased to have such extraordinary healthcare business leaders join our Board. They will complement and strengthen an already strong management team and Board of Directors," said Alan J. Ying, MercuryMD's CEO. "We look forward to their contributions and strategic leadership." In addition to Ying and William T. Lawson, MercuryMD's Chief Technology Officer, other existing board members include Chairman Tom Sloan, also chairman of Essilor Laboratories of America and Southern Optical Company; and John Ellison, president of the Ellison Companies. Dr. Jenkins is the former president and CEO of Prime Medical Services, Inc. and a current, active board member of the company. Dr. Jenkins also is a founding member, past president and current board member of the American Lithotripsy Lithotripsy Definition Lithotripsy is the use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones. The shock wave, created by using a high-voltage spark or an electromagnetic impulse, is focused on the stone. Society. In addition, he is a past president of the North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. Urological Association, the Carolina Urological Association and past chairman of the North Carolina Medical Society Legislative Committee. Dr. Jenkins recently served on the Cumberland County Cumberland County may refer to: In Australia:
Over the past two decades, Dr. Powell's notable positions include being the former president and CEO of the following companies: TriPath Imaging, AutoCyte, Laboratory Corporation of America, Roche Biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. Laboratories and Biomedical Reference Laboratories. Dr. Powell holds several distinguished positions within the community including places on LabCorp's and the U.S. Trust Company of North Carolina's Board of Directors and serving on the Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. at Elon University and as chairman of the Alamance Foundation. Dr. Powell received his undergraduate degree “First degree” redirects here. For the BBC television series, see First Degree. An undergraduate degree (sometimes called a first degree or simply a degree at the Virginia Military Institute Virginia Military Institute (VMI), at Lexington; state supported; chartered and opened 1839 as the first state military college in the United States. Although one of the leading U.S. and obtained his medical degree from Duke University where he served his first residency in pathology. Dr. Powell also completed pathology residencies and a fellowship at Cornell University Medical Center and Englewood Hospital. Additionally, Dr. Powell served as a Major in the United States Army United States Army Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with preserving peace and security and defending the nation. The first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1775, to supplement local Medical Corps at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research This article is about the U.S. Army medical research institute (not the hospital). Otherwise, see Walter Reed (disambiguation). The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is the largest biomedical research facility administered by the U.S. . About MercuryMD MercuryMD, Inc. integrates hospital data and delivers patient information to handheld devices for healthcare professionals. MData is an industrial-strength, enterprise system that leverages existing hospital IT investments. Patient data is delivered via existing network infrastructure to a simple and intuitive user interface designed specifically for handheld devices. The MData(TM) Enterprise System enables hospitals to decrease medical errors, improve patient care, and shorten length of stay by increasing physician and staff efficiency. MercuryMD sets realistic expectations and delivers on commitments that bring value to our hospital customers. For more information visit our web site at http://www.mercurymd.com or call 919-806-1700. Copyright (c) 2001 MercuryMD, Inc. All rights reserved. The MercuryMD logo, Data is the difference, and MData are trademarks of MercuryMD, Inc. |
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