MedCenterDirect CEO Rob White Interviews with Bloomberg Forum.Business Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000 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 a Leading e-Healthcare Company Discusses MedCenterDirect's Cost Management Solutions, Partnerships with New Enterprise Associates and HP, and the State of the Healthcare Industry MedCenterDirect.com (MCD MCD Minor Civil Division MCD McDonalds (restaurant) Mcd Macedonian (linguistics) MCD Municipal Corporation of Delhi MCD Magnetic Circular Dichroism MCD Mad Cow Disease ), a leading cost management system/e-procurement portal for the healthcare industry, today announced that Rob White, the company's chief executive officer, was interviewed on Monday, July 31 in a Bloomberg Forum. Accessible through Bloomberg terminals The Bloomberg Terminal is a computer system that enables financial professionals to access the Bloomberg Professional® service through which users can monitor and analyse real-time financial market data movements and place trades. under the company's proposed Nasdaq ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors MCDC MCDC Minuteman Civil Defense Corps (US civilian border patrol) MCDC MultiCultural Development Center MCDC Modified Condition Decision Coverage MCDC Multiple Condition Decision Coverage , White discusses the company's vision for cost-management in the healthcare industry, recent funding from leading venture capital firm New Enterprise Associates, MCD's technology and services relationship with Hewlett-Packard Company and the company's approach to building its organization. MCD has currently deployed its integrated cost management solution to over 700 HEALTHSOUTH and National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC NACHC National Association of Community Health Centers (Washington DC, USA) ) facilities throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . By end of year 2000, MCD cost management solutions will power approximately 2,000 healthcare facilities in all 50 states. Collectively the MCD network has access to over 5,000 HEALTHSOUTH and NACHC healthcare facilities across the country. About MedCenterDirect.com: MedCenterDirect is an e-procurement company giving healthcare providers innovative, cost-effective ways to purchase healthcare products and supplies. MedCenterDirect's fully integrated cost management platform links clinicians and administrators with suppliers in a clinically focused, efficient procurement process. By electronically streamlining purchasing and inventory control, it allows caregivers to focus on higher quality patient care and administrators to lower costs, improve inventory turns and ensure purchasing contract compliance. It also provides a new financial management tool enabling comprehensive analysis of cost per procedure by a physician, a facility, or an entire health care network. Additionally, caregivers will be able to review and evaluate products on their own schedules. Suppliers will have the chance to display new equipment and techniques and avoid costly marketing expenses. |
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