Mountain View, CA, May 28, 2003
IMPAC Medical Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ:IMPC), a leading provider of information technology
solutions for healthcare specialties, announced the formation of a
Medical Oncology Advisory Board to assist IMPAC in identifying,
developing, and refining features and products used to improve the
delivery and management of cancer care.
“At IMPAC, we believe the participation of the professional
community is essential to our continued success in helping to
better manage the process of delivering cancer care,” said Joe
Jachinowski, president and CEO of IMPAC. “The advisory board will
help us gain an increasingly better understanding of treatment
strategies and the clinical and administrative work processes that
are streamlined by the IMPAC system,” he added.
The advisory board consists of a team of physicians, nurses,
pharmacists and administrators who specialize in medical oncology.
The board meets two times per year in addition to frequent focus
groups, and membership is rotating. Members of IMPAC’s Medical
Oncology Advisory Board currently include:
Coastal Hematology & Oncology PC: Gail Wright, MD
Hematology-Oncology Associates of Central New York: Jonas
Congelli, RPh, and Thomas Maher, MD
Hinsdale Hematology Oncology Associates: Karen G. Louie, MD and
Michele K. White, practice administrator
Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center: Alana Vaughn, practice
administrator
Northeast Medical Center: Carey Kaylor, RN and Jeannette C.
Mills, PharmD
Oncology Hematology Associates of Central Illinois: April
Hammer, RN, chief clinical officer
Oncology of Wisconsin: Ronald Hart, MD
South Carolina Oncology Associates: Valerie Baldwin, RN,
William Butler, MD, Robert Smith, MD, and Frank Sobash, CEO
About IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc.
IMPAC Medical Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of specialized
IT solutions that streamline both clinical and business operations
to help improve the process of delivering quality patient care.
With open integration to multiple healthcare data and imaging
systems, IMPAC offers a comprehensive IT solution that includes
specialized electronic charting, full-featured practice
management, clinical laboratory management, and outcomes
reporting. Supporting over 1500 installations worldwide, IMPAC
delivers practical solutions that deliver better overall
communication, process efficiency and quality patient care. For
more information about IMPAC Medical Systems’ products and
services, please call 650-623-8800 or visit www.impac.com.
The statements contained in this press
release that are not purely historical are forward looking
statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the Company's
expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding
the future. Forward looking statements include statements
regarding the Company's business strategy, timing of, and plans
for, the introduction of new products and enhancements, future
sales, market growth and direction, competition, market share,
revenue growth, operating margins and profitability. All forward
looking statements included in this document are based upon
information available to the Company as of the date hereof, and
the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward
looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from the
Company's current expectations. Factors that could cause or
contribute to such differences include the Company's ability to
expand outside the radiation oncology market or expand into
international markets, integrate its products successfully with
related products and systems in the medical services industry,
reliance on distributors and manufacturers of oncology equipment
to market its products, and other factors and risks discussed in
the Company's Final Prospectus dated November 20, 2002 and other
reports filed by the Company from time to time with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. |
