MediZaar.com is Changing Medical Purchasing Habits; King of Prussia Company Saves Healthcare Professionals Time and Money.KING OF PRUSSIA King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , Pa. -- MediZaar.com announced today that its database of medical products now exceeds 11,000 products. MediZaar.com is an increasingly popular web site that healthcare professionals are using to save time and money when purchasing medical products. The free site provides an electronic catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. that doctors and healthcare professionals use to quickly locate products from hundreds of manufacturers and distributors. MediZaar.com's value is that it provides, in a single location, detail product and pricing information on products from a wide range of manufacturers and distributors. "Our goal is to provide the healthcare community with an objective, unbiased source of information so that healthcare professionals can make quicker, more informed and more cost effective purchasing decisions," said Jim Restivo, Chief Executive Officer of Blue Angle Technologies. Mark Snyderman, Assistant Vice President of Planning and Outpatient Services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples for Rome Memorial Hospital, Rome, New York Rome is a city in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 34,950 at the 2000 census. It is in New York's 24th congressional district. The city is named after the Italian city of Rome. , said: "MediZaar saves me a lot of time by making it easy to obtain detailed technical information on a wide range of products in a single sitting." MediZaar.com is aimed at purchasing agents Noun 1. purchasing agent - an agent who purchases goods or services for another agent - a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations , material managers, operating managers, and physicians who work for hospitals, outpatient clinics, and private practices. The site makes it easy for a visitor to quickly identify products in a particular category, which range from anoscopes to ultrasound ultrasound or sonography, in medicine, technique that uses sound waves to study and treat hard-to-reach body areas. In scanning with ultrasound, high-frequency sound waves are transmitted to the area of interest and the returning echoes recorded . Visitors can obtain detailed product information and specifications on each product. They can also obtain prices from an average of over four sources for each product and, if they wish, purchase the products directly from distributors that are linked to the site. "MediZaar.com provides a great resource for researching products," Snyderman said. "The other day I went to the site to look for phlebotomy Phlebotomy Definition Phlebotomy is the act of drawing or removing blood from the circulatory system through a cut (incision) or puncture in order to obtain a sample for analysis and diagnosis. chairs. I checked the dimensions of each chair and found three or four that fit my needs without having to meet with sales reps or shuffle through catalogs." "MediZaar.com employs a staff of professional catalogers who review and organize vast amounts of medical product information to provide users with the most efficient and up-to-date information resource on the web," Restivo said. "One interesting aspect of our site is that because of its browse (1) To view the contents of a file or a group of files. Browser programs generally let you view data by scrolling through the documents or databases. In a database program, the browse mode often lets you edit the data. See Web browser. catalog, users often discover products they weren't even aware of before visiting. The pricing information, which is updated daily, is also very useful, especially considering that there are variances of over 50% on some of the products on the site." MediZaar.com also allows visitors to view comments and reviews made on the products by other visitors to the site. The site currently features over 11,000 products with more than 50,000 prices. A medical review board consisting of physicians and respected healthcare professionals with extensive clinical experience provides direction and oversight
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About MediZaar.com MediZaar.com is a free web site providing the healthcare community with an objective, unbiased source of information so that healthcare professionals can make quicker, more informed and more cost effective product purchasing decisions. For more information, visit MediZaar at http://www.MediZaar.com or call (610)-337-1405. |
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