Medworxx and Medcom/Trainex Form Health Education Content Distribution Venture
TORONTO, ON and Cypress, CA, June, 2008 – Medworxx, the makers of a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge, announced their partnership with Medcom/Trainex, the largest producer/distributor of nursing education video programs in North America. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, Medworxx will offer Medcom/Trainex’s online health education courses to its current and prospective client base which include some of the most prominent healthcare providers in North America.
“The addition of Medcom/Trainex’s comprehensive online nursing education catalog to the Medworxx Learning Management System greatly enhances our overall value proposition in this quickly evolving marketplace“, said Dan Matlow, President & CEO at Medworxx. “We are constantly striving to add value to our customers through technology and healthcare specific best practices.”
“We are very excited about our partnership with Medworxx. They will be opening up an entirely new market for us in Canada, where we have not had a presence in the past. In addition, their Learning Management System has tremendous functionality and we’re proud to be able to work with a leading product and a company that has such an excellent reputation“, said Mike Zoradi, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Medcom/Trainex.
Medcom/Trainex includes “Care Alerts” in many of its online courses so learners can apply the knowledge they obtain online, in the clinical setting, thereby fueling contextual collaboration that is well aligned with clinical workflow and business operations.
“Medcom/Trainex’s 40 year track record and the fact that they have won numerous industry excellence awards for their hard work make them an ideal Medworxx partner. Today’s knowledge workers want on-demand access to multiple media types and as learner-centered web platforms gain more prominence in the healthcare industry, it is important for us to provide learners with highly interactive and easy to navigate online course content on a variety of meaningful topics. Medcom/Trainex provides that”, said Sina S. Amiri, Manager of Business Development at Medworxx.
About Medcom
For over 40 years, Medcom-Trainex has been a leading producer and distributor of multimedia healthcare education—from online courses and award-winning videotapes, to interactive CD-ROMs and textbooks. Our products are produced primarily for healthcare professionals, and we also offer materials for patient education. We are the largest producer/distributor of nursing education video/DVD programs in North America, and our programs have won over 50 major awards for excellence, including the prestigious Emmy award.
Today, with corporate offices located in Southern California, the Medcom library contains over 700 online, DVD, closed captioned, video, print, and CD-ROM titles that we either produced, purchased or distribute. A leader in the multimedia arena of health education, Medcom continues to grow and lead the way in technology driven education with interactive video and internet-based educational products.
Medcom/Trainex is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation*
Medcom/Trainex is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the California Board of Registered Nursing (provider number CEP 9888), and the Florida Board of Nursing (provider number FBN2818).
*Accreditation refers to recognition of educational activities only and does not imply Commission on Accreditation approval or endorsement of any product.
About Medworxx
Founded in 2004 and publicly traded on the Toronto Venture Exchange, Medworxx (MWX: TSXV) makes a strategic software platform that hospitals use to communicate, aggregate, and analyze knowledge. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Medworxx products are used by more than 400,000 people at over 250 hospitals across North America. Medworxx: our market is healthcare, our vertical is knowledge. For more information, visit www.medworxx.com.
The statements made in this Press Release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ materially from the Company's expectations and projections. The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed this press release and neither approved nor disapproved the information contained in this press release.
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