MyDrugRep.com Joins California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, CAFP*F, eHealth Advisory Board.Business EditorsNEWPORT BEACH Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 29, 2000 MyDrugRep.com Will Assist Foundation in Developing eHealth Strategy MyDrugRep.com, an innovative new sales channel enabling the pharmaceutical industry to market its products and services to physicians, and the California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (CAFP CAFP Canadian Association of Financial Planners CAFP California Academy of Family Physicians CAFP Caribbean Agriculture & Fisheries Programme CAFP Common Area Fill Port *F) today announced that MyDrugRep.com will join the eHealth Advisory Board of the Foundation's Corporate Advisory Council. As an Advisory Board member, MyDrugRep.com will play an integral role in the formulation of the Foundation's ehealth strategic initiatives in conjunction with its technology committee. The Foundation and the California Academy of Family Physicians are seeking industry's advice to help family physicians cope with the rapid rate of technological change in the health industry in order to better serve their patients. "It's a great honor for us to be working with the CAFP*F to devise a technology vision for family physicians in California," said Quang X. Pham Quang X. Pham, a Vietnamese American, was born in 1964, in Saigon, South Vietnam. Early life During the invasion of South Vietnam by the Communist North Vietnamese Army, Quang, his sisters, and his mother left their ancestral homeland, while the Army of the Republic of , chairman and chief executive officer of MyDrugRep.com. "We're looking forward to helping craft ehealth initiatives, which both improve physicians' use of the Internet and advance the delivery of accessible, comprehensive health care to the people of California." MyDrugRep.com will provide its market-leading eBusiness suite of applications to the 7,000 members of the California Academy of Family Physicians. "Our goal is to improve and simplify how California physicians use Internet technology in their practices to better serve their patients," said Susan Hogeland, CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. , Executive Director of the California Academy of Family Physicians. "MyDrugRep.com has developed very useful physician service offerings, and we're confident its management team will bring great insight and expertise to our own ehealth initiatives." About CAFP*F The California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the California Academy of Family Physicians, a statewide professional association of family physicians. Family physicians provide comprehensive, continuous primary care for the entire family -- infants, children, adolescents, men, women (including obstetric ob·stet·ric or ob·stet·ri·cal adj. Of or relating to the profession of obstetrics or the care of women during and after pregnancy. obstetrical, obstetric pertaining to or emanating from obstetrics. and gynecologic gynecologic /gy·ne·co·log·ic/ (gi?ne-) (jin?e-kah-loj´ik) pertaining to the female reproductive tract or to gynecology. care) and seniors. Family physicians are residency A duration of stay required by state and local laws that entitles a person to the legal protection and benefits provided by applicable statutes. States have required state residency for a variety of rights, including the right to vote, the right to run for public office, the trained and most are board certified board certified, adj the status of a dental specialist such as an orthodontist who has become a board diplomate by successfully completing the certification program of the recognized certification board in that area of practice. in family medicine. About MyDrugRep.com MyDrugRep.com is an innovative new sales channel enabling the pharmaceutical industry to market its products and services directly to physicians via the Internet. With offices in Newport Beach, Calif., and Philadelphia, Penn., MyDrugRep.com delivers value to physicians and other healthcare professionals by providing access to over 200 pharmaceutical companies and their respective resources through one marketplace. The management team is composed of executives from leading companies in the pharmaceutical industry such as Bristol-Myers Squibb Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical corporation, formed by a 1989 merger between pharmaceutical companies Bristol-Myers Company, founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were , AstraZeneca, Genentech, Merck & Co. Inc., Medical Economics, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and McKinsey. For more information, visit www.mydrugrep.com. |
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