
May
1, 2000
Medicity, Inc. Receives
Investment
from Seaboard Ventures
Medicity
Offers the First Free, Physician-Centric Work Portal
with a New Model for Healthcare Communications
SALT
LAKE CITY, UT
- Medicity, Inc., the first secure
communications work portal for healthcare, announced
today that it has attained funding from Seaboard Ventures.
Medicity spans across enterprises, connecting individual
members to relevant healthcare communities with a
unique patent-pending communications environment.
Created by experts in physician work culture, Medicity
is tailored to the communications needs of physicians,
staff and healthcare professionals. This powerful
environment seamlessly integrates into the workday
through compelling and useful information, all at
no cost to the user.
"As the first workday-relevant healthcare connectivity
solution, Medicity has the potential to rapidly disseminate
to thousands of physicians," said James "Kipp" Lassetter,
Chief Executive Officer of Medicity. "Medicity is
creating the kind of online interaction between the
physician and their essential communities, resulting
in a paradigm shift in the way healthcare communicates."
"Utilizing
time-relevant communications as content, and the Internet
as a virtual meeting place, Medicity delivers tremendous
value to all members of the healthcare community,"
said Sheppard H.C. Davis Jr., Chief Executive Officer
of Seaboard Ventures, a Baltimore, Maryland-based
private equity and venture capital firm. "The company's
approach is unique, anf offers a physician-centric
environment where useful information, services, and
communications come together all at one online location."
Launching
this week at eHealthcareWorld in Las Vegas, Nevada,
May 1-3, Medicity is developing relationships with
other ehealthcare leaders. The company's growing user
base will continue to grow through a participation-by-invitation
marketing approach to capture physicians and their
supporting networks. This model has been established
through current users of Medicity who have circulated
the solution from doctor to doctor, organization to
organization.
"By
combining healthcare and Internet expertise with prominent
industry leaders, Medicity will create an enduring
brand within their space," said Davis of Seaboard
Ventures. "Medicity's leadership in advancing physician
communications for the healthcare industry will create
industry unification while serving as a catalyst for
change."
Medicity
Management
Medicity has assembled a seasoned
management team comprised of industry professionals.
The management staff includes:
James
Kipp Lassetter,
MD, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
-
General
Family Practitioner of 10+ years
-
Former
executive partner of Emphysis, a leading healthcare
information consulting firm
-
Founder
of an ambulatory care enterprise, which was sold to
a Fortune 500 company
David
Coyle,
President and Chief Operating Officer
-
Entrepreneur
of three successful healthcare technology startup
companies
-
Former
president of Synchronized Data Systems
-
Co-founder
of Emphysis, a leading healthcare information consulting
firm
About
Medicity
Medicity
is an eHealth infrastructure company that creates
secure communication networks and aggregates connectivity
solutions for healthcare communities. Medicity's patent-pending
technology empowers physicians and healthcare professionals
to create personalized virtual communication networks
based on important workday relationships, as well
as access their ASP, connectivity and other premium
service offerings of choice, regardless of vendor,
through a single logon and authentication process.
Medicity addresses the healthcare industry's need
to electronically link local healthcare participants
and provide effective, efficient and private information
sharing. The company is committed to building network
infrastructure for healthcare communities by providing
its members with unlimited access to personalized
content and productivity solutions. Headquartered
in Salt Lake City, Utah, Medicity, Inc. is a privately
held company created by a team of healthcare experts.
For more information about Medicity, contact us at
801.322.4444 or via email at publicrelations@medicity.com.
Visit the Medicity website at www.medicity.com.
About
Seaboard & Co. Ventures
Founded in 1992, Seaboard & Co.
Ventures provides private equity and asset management.
With offices in Baltimore, Maryland and Charleston,
South Carolina, Seaboard Ventures invests private
equity in a host of industries, including finance
and Internet-based and other technology-related businesses.
Seaboard Ventures is focused on selective long-term
investing and the alignment of interests with entrepreneurs
and growth companies. Seaboard & Co., through it constituent
funds, manages fixed income investments for both U.S.
and international institutions.
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