Technology >> CEO Interviews >> August 21, 2000
MARK LEAVITT, MD, PhD founded MedicaLogic in 1985. Under his leadership as CEO and Chairman, the company was listed on the Inc. 500 roster of Americas fastest growing private companies for four consecutive years, followed by a successful initial public offering in December 1999. During the first half of 2000, MedicaLogic merged with Medscape and acquired privately held companies Total eMed and AnywhereMD. Today, he continues his guiding role as Chairman of the Board of the integrated company, now the industry leader in online health records, news and information, with more than 10 million patient records in digital form and top-rated Websites for physicians and health consumers. The company currently employs over 1,000 people at its offices in Hillsboro, OR; New York, NY; Nashville, TN; San Francisco, CA; and in field outposts throughout the country. His education includes a BS degree from the University of Arizona, and a Doctorate from Stanford University in Electronic Engineering. After working six years in that field, he studied medicine at the University of Miami, performed postgraduate work at the Oregon Health Sciences University, and received Board Certification in Internal Medicine and in Geriatrics. After practicing internal medicine full-time for 10 years in Portland, Dr. Leavitt served two years as Medical Director of Information Systems for Providence Health System. In that capacity he led a project to create a comprehensive electronic patient record system integrating data from all care settings for Sisters of Providence facilities throughout Oregon. He is a popular and acclaimed keynote speaker on the topic of online health records for national meetings of the American Medical Informatics Association, the Health Information Management Systems Society, eHealthcare World, the Medical Group Management Association, and many others. He has served on blue ribbon panels, including the National Healthcare Policy Forum and the Jackson Hole Group. He was a speaker at the Wall Street Journals Technology Summit 1999 on the topic of Healthcare and the Internet, and in 2000 he testified before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress at its summit on the high tech economy. He is a Director and Secretary of The eHealthcare Association, a senior member of HIMSS, and has served as the Oregon Chapter President for both HIMSS and the Society of Internal Medicine. Profile
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