American Medical Alert Corp. Announces Medical Advisory Board and Appoints Chairman
June 15 2011 - 11:33AM
Business Wire
American Medical Alert Corp. (NASDAQ: AMAC) a provider of
healthcare communication services and advanced telehealth
monitoring technologies, today announced the inception of a Medical
Advisory Board and the appointment of Joseph F. Renzulli, II, MD,
FACS, as the Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board.
The AMAC Medical Advisory Board will provide insights that will
contribute to AMAC’s continuous effort to innovate and expand the
use of technology solutions that meet patient, hospital, and
pharmaceutical industry needs and improve patient care, comfort,
and quality of life. As Chairman of the Medical Advisory Board, Dr.
Renzulli will be responsible for identifying and recruiting a team
of leading medical experts to serve on the Medical Advisory Board.
Once in place, the Medical Advisory Board members will monitor
trends in healthcare delivery where technology driven communication
solutions can transform individual patient care, enhance clinical
trial recruitment and subject retention, and ensure patient centric
contact solutions that have a positive impact on outcomes.
Additionally, the Medical Advisory Board will provide guidance to
AMAC management on how to respond to changes in patient care
protocols and new healthcare-related legislation including how to
best serve newly formed accountable care organizations.
“We are pleased to have Dr. Renzulli join our team” said Jack
Rhian, AMAC’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “He brings a
dynamic that will attract the highest quality medical experts
across multiple disciplines to our Medical Advisory Board, and
their contributions will help AMAC develop product offerings that
are innovative, relevant, and highly responsive to our customers’
needs.”
Dr. Renzulli is Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Warren
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode
Island. He is a member of the prestigious Alpha Omega Alpha medical
honor society, diplomat to the American Board of Urology and Fellow
of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Renzulli received his
undergraduate and medical degrees from Boston University. He
completed his residency in general and urological surgery at Yale
University School of Medicine. He has specialty training in general
urology with a specific interest in urologic oncology, robotic, and
laparoscopic surgery. He has performed over 400 robotic surgeries
and was the co-founder of the robotic surgery program at The Miriam
Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.
About American Medical Alert Corp.
AMAC is a healthcare communications company dedicated to the
provision of support services to the healthcare community. AMAC’s
product and service portfolio includes Personal Emergency Response
Systems (PERS) and emergency response monitoring, electronic
medication reminder devices, disease management monitoring
appliances and healthcare communication solutions services. AMAC
operates nine US based communication centers under local trade
names: HLINK OnCall, North Shore TAS, Live Message America, ACT
Teleservice, MD OnCall, Capitol Medical Bureau, American
MediConnect, Alpha Message Center and Phone Screen to support the
delivery of high-quality, healthcare communications.
Forward Looking Statements
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involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking
statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “estimate”,
“anticipate”, “continue” or similar terms, variations of those
terms or the negative of those terms. Important factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by
such forward-looking statements are set forth in the Company’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Company’s
Quarterly Reports on Forms 10-Q, and other filings and
releases.
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