MDvista, a Silicon Valley Internet healthcare company, develops next-generation telemedicine applications and services to deliver medical expertise and knowledge worldwide. MDvista’s vision is to expand the practice of medicine beyond the constraints of time and geography to create a vibrant global healthcare community.

Commencing operations in October 1999, MDvista has captured opportunities in the fast-growing telemedicine industry. Leveraging its world-class medical expertise, MDvista is developing products including Web-enabled remote monitoring applications, professional education for physicians, and diagnostic clinics.

• Remote Monitoring MDvista, in partnership with leading medical device manufacturers and physicians, develops Web-enabled applications for remote monitoring medical devices. Patient data, which is transmitted from remote devices in real time through the Web directly to the physician’s office, enhance the physician’s clinical capabilities and patient outcomes.
  
  MDvista offers highest-quality training courses for device-related technicians. In addition, for physicians with special interests in conditions for which MDvista is developing Web-enabled remote monitoring applications, e.g., sleep apnea, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, a comprehensive disease knowledge base with related continuing medical education (CME) courses is available online.
  
  
• Professional Education MDvista offers physicians proprietary online educational programs, developed by highly respected physician experts from leading schools of medicine such as Stanford, Harvard, Rush, and University of Chicago.
  
  MDvista’s online educational programs include:
  • MDvista Journal of Medicine^TM. Best-in-practice articles written and edited by 38 MDvista-affiliated physician editors for primary care physicians and specialists.
  • Remote monitoring courses and disease knowledge base. MDvista provides advanced technologist training courses for its medical device partners. An in-depth disease knowledge base on remotely monitored conditions, e.g., sleep apnea, cardiac arrhythmias, diabetes, complements MDvista’s remote monitoring applications.
  • Continuing medical education (CME). Online journal articles, e-lectures, and e-abstracts are conveniently available for CME credits. Physician users’ feedback comments are available for viewing.
  
  
  
• Diagnostic Clinics MDvista currently is developing state-of-the art diagnostic clinics in Asia, offering diagnostic imaging services such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound imaging, and computed tomography (CT) scans, performed on an outpatient basis. The images will be transmitted digitally via high-speed circuits to MDvista-affiliated physician experts at United States–based leading medical centers for remote diagnosis.

Well established, long-standing professional (particularly with the medical community), governmental, and business relationships in the United States and Asia have led to business expansion in the US, Greater China, and the Philippines.

MDvista invites physicians worldwide to see how these next-generation telemedicine applications—remote monitoring applications and devices, Web-based professional education, and diagnostic clinics—will add important benefits to professional practice and growth. MDvista welcomes users’ comments and suggestions.