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Dr. Robert C. Johnson to Serve on MedicAlert Board of Directors

Posted on: Thursday, 14 July 2005, 06:01 CDT

TURLOCK, Calif., July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- MedicAlert(R), the leading nonprofit healthcare informatics organization, recently welcomed Dr. Robert C. Johnson as its newest board member. As a director of the board, he will work closely with the board's chairman, Barney Tresnowski, and other board members to further MedicAlert's mission.

Dr. Johnson is a widely known expert and sought after speaker in the pharmacy and healthcare management industry. He is currently the Assistant Dean and Adjunct Professor at Midwestern University College of Pharmacy, Glendale Arizona. In addition, he is president of R.C. Johnson Associates, a health care management consulting firm.

As the retired Chairman and CEO of PCS Health Systems, Dr. Johnson was responsible for managing health care coverage for over 51 million Americans. He oversaw prescription benefit plans for more than 30,000 clients and managed data collection and claims processing of over $7 billion dollars of prescription drugs. He also served as Corporate Vice President for Government Affairs for the McKesson Corp., a Fortune 100 company. Dr. Johnson is the past president of the American Pharmacists Association and he also served on the Medicare Drug Coverage Advisory Commission of the Center for Medicare/Medicaid Services. He has also provided advisory and consulting services to various organizations and agencies, including the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

"I am very familiar with the MedicAlert Foundation and proud to be part of it once again," said Dr. Johnson. "The foundation has built a reputation in the last fifty years as the preeminent leader in emergency medical information, and I look forward with enthusiasm and confidence to the future of MedicAlert(R)."

"We are delighted to have the depth of knowledge and experience that Dr. Johnson brings to our organization," said Paul Kortschak, president and CEO of MedicAlert(R).

MedicAlert(R) is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors from the healthcare and business industries.

About MedicAlert(R)

The MedicAlert Foundation is a nonprofit healthcare informatics organization dedicated to providing services to our members that protect and save lives. MedicAlert(R) services are built around a repository of health information that enables members to manage their personal health records while maintaining security, privacy and confidentiality. As the trusted third party custodian of comprehensive personal health information, the MedicAlert(R) repository can connect to and provide critical medical information between patients, providers, payers, and first responders 24 hours a day anywhere in the world. The premium we place on patient confidentiality has earned the trust of 4 million members and the healthcare community worldwide.

MedicAlert(R) is committed to providing technology-based solutions and is an active member and a leader in developing interoperability standards with all the major Healthcare IT standards organizations. The MedicAlert(R) repository uses web service interfaces to support standard Electronic Health Records (EHRs), including electronic drug prescriptions and for patient record interoperability. These activities will ensure the rapid development and deployment of standards to improve the quality of care, lower healthcare costs while increasing patient safety.

MedicAlert(R) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1956 with a mission to protect and save lives, is headquartered in the United States and has international affiliates in nine countries. Additional information about MedicAlert(R) is available at http://www.medicalert.org/.

MedicAlert Foundation

CONTACT: Ramesh Srinivasan of MedicAlert, +1-209-669-2407, orrsrinivasan@medicalert.org

Web site: http://www.medicalert.org/

Source: PRNewswire

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