MediServe News

06.07.05

Smooth Operations

William Dyer, who led the creation of the U.S. data communications and Web hosting business unit of the Spanish global telecommunications leader Telefonica S.A., is now the Chief Operating Officer for MediServe Information Systems.

Over the last 20 years Mr. Dyer has founded two highly successful professional services firms - LSI Information Technologies and IAT, Inc. He is responsible for the restructuring and consolidation of a network, content delivery, software distribution, and the managed Web hosting company of Conxion / NaviSite. He also created the Managed Web Hosting business unit of the United States-based telecommunications company Broadwing, Inc. - Broadwing Managed Hosting.

The MediServe team looks forward to working with Bill over the coming months and years as the company continues to serve a growing list of clients.

More Expansion for MediServe

The steady growth that MediServe Information Systems has enjoyed in its three markets now has the company expanding to an additional location in Tempe, Arizona. Over the last two years the company bought out the neighbors, knocked down walls, added dozens of workspaces, and was still bursting at the seams. After looking at several options, MediServe decided to expand and move up. Up the road, that is.

To comfortably accommodate the entire MediServe family in an environment most conducive to efficiency, two office branches were created. You can now find the MediServe Information Systems Headquarters in the Park Garden Building at the Fountainhead Corporate Park, a short drive from the newly dubbed Services & Operations Center on Southern and Hardy. The Park Garden office adds an additional 7,691 square feet of work space in addition to approximately 13,800 the existing square feet of space at the Services & Operations Center.

Steady growth has been attributed to the success of the company in adding new clients, combined with the expansion of the MediLinks® product line to include MediLinks ED®, the company's new solution for Emergency Departments. The additional space will enable further expansion to support Respiratory Care and Rehabilitation development projects and customer service initiatives.

Serum Run

Kent Kantowski, Respiratory Therapist at Alaska Native Medical Center embarked on a great adventure with 25 people and 150 dogs in 18 days of traveling over 776 miles of snow. Kent participated in a reenactment of the Serum Run, an effort made in 1925 to bring the diphtheria serum from Nenana to Nome. Kent's first experience on the run was in 2002. The friendships he built and the inspirational landscapes he witnessed combined with the fulfillment of raising immunization awareness brought him back in 2005, this time as the trail boss.

Leading his team through unexpected challenges kept Kent's mind occupied. Arriving at one location to find the pre-shipped necessities had not arrived was bad, finding the missing shipment at the next stop was worse. As Kent and his team loaded the additional 350 pounds of necessities onto the dog's already demanding load to prepare for the 300 miles that awaited them, some may have been reflecting on the hardships the original Serum Run crew overcame to accomplish their noble mission.

Despite the occasional obstacles, Kent and his fellow Serum Runners were afforded the luxury of taking in breathtaking scenery that many of us will only ever see in pictures. Taking the time to reflect while camping on the Yukon River, surrounded by nothing but 6 feet of snow marked with fresh wolf tracks, Kent remembers thinking, "this is relaxing, knowing I can walk away for 3 weeks and not have to worry about my MediLinks is truly empowering." Will he embark on this adventure again? His answer is, absolutely.

For more information and pictures on the Serum Run visit www.serumrun.org.