More Medsite news (sort of) today...
David Raine
Vancouver
Raytel Announces Co-Marketing Arrangement for Internet Site
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Story Filed: Thursday, September 16, 1999 6:49 AM EST
SAN MATEO, Calif., Sep 16, 1999 (BW HealthWire) -- Raytel Medical Corporation (Nasdaq:RTEL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Medsite.com for Raytel to offer Medsite.com's MedBookStore and MedSupplies at the Raytel Internet site, www.raytel.com.
Through this agreement, Raytel will offer to the 12,000 physicians who annually use Raytel's monitoring services the capability to purchase medical books and supplies at discount prices. Physicians will be able to select from over 90,000 books ranging in subject matter from medical and technical subjects to general interest, as well as a wide assortment of medical software and medical supplies, ranging from stethoscopes and specialty instruments to protective equipment and replacement parts. Raytel will receive a commission from Medsite.com for each purchase made through the Raytel Internet site.
Vikram Mittal, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, commented, "We are very pleased to offer additional services on our site to the physicians who use our other services. Over the next few weeks, we will continue to add more services and offerings targeted at our physician and patient base at www.raytel.com in order to make the site more valuable and useful to them."
About Raytel
Raytel ( www.raytel.com), headquartered in San Mateo, California, is a leading provider of services and efficient dissemination of technical information to physicians and patients with cardiovascular disease. These services include remote cardiac monitoring and testing services utilizing transtelephonic technology and various Internet initiatives, as well as cardiovascular centers of excellence and ambulatory diagnostic cardiovascular facilities.
Raytel provides monitoring services to over 12,000 physicians and 250, 000 patients annually. All of the 12,000 physicians will have the ability to access Raytel's Patient Management Database in order to access their test results and also make use of these other services being offered at the site. Raytel has a database of more than 500 different pacemaker models, which it relies upon in the preparation of this information. Last year Raytel provided services to more than 200, 000 patients throughout the United States. The cardiovascular centers integrate the diagnostic, therapeutic and patient management services associated with cardiovascular disease. In addition, the cardiovascular centers combine an acute care hospital with cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and other physicians to provide high-quality, cost-effective cardiac disease management through a set of diagnostic and therapeutic protocols. Cardiovascular centers represent an innovative method of delivering a high level of patient care at a competitive price. |
