MCOL
AND KARGER JOIN FORCES TO INCREASE
MODESTO, CA ---February 8,
2000--- MCOL (mcol.com), the Internet’s managed care knowledge resource
company, today announced a partnership agreement with Karger Publishers,
Switzerland, to offer two of their premiere managed care publications to
MCOL’s members via the Managed Care Store at www.mcareol.com/mcolfree/mcolfre1/ykarger.htm.
The new titles are: Understanding Managed Care, a teaching resource which
provides a basic understanding of managed care, and Management of Aging: The
University of Geneva Experience which offers key insights on how to
implement geriatric programs.
Says Claire
Thayer, vice president, Research & Development for MCOL, “We take great
pride in recognizing that our members have set high standards for their career
and organization’s growth and development. These high quality resources will
join a vast array of publications available at the Managed Care Store to help
our members and web site visitors gain competitive advantage in this fast-paced
health care arena.”
Commenting on
their new association with MCOL, Peter Schaefer, director, Marketing for Karger
Publishers, Switzerland, “We announce with great pleasure Karger’s
cooperation with MCOL by presenting two publications for sale on their Website: Understanding
Managed Care by A.U. Rickel (Washington, D.C.) and T.N. Wise (Fairfax, VA)
and Management of Aging: The University of Geneva Experience by J.P.
Michel (Geneva) and P.R. Hof (New
York, N.Y.). With these two books and three American authors, we hope to reach
our American readership online through MCOL.”
Karger
employs more than 200 people at the Basel headquarters and has a worldwide
network of branch offices and distribution centers. The publishing house
produces 76 scientific journals and about 60 serial and non-serial book titles
per year, primarily in English. All journals and many of the books are also
available in electronic format, since Karger was among the first to recognize
the potential of the new media for publishing.
MCOL is a five-year-old healthcare Internet company delivering business-to-business managed care resources. MCOL has become the recognized Internet leader in the delivery of knowledge resources to professionals involved in managed care. MCOL business lines include: Membership-based services through Managed Care On-LineÔ and Global Health Resources.Com; e-Commerce through the Managed Care Store; and Business e-Solutions. MCOL is based in Modesto, California with additional offices in Portland, Oregon. For more information, please visit www.mcol.com/about.htm
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