Frontline Medical Communications (FMC) has announced that Peter Frishauf is joining the Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Peter is a digital health consultant, entrepreneur, business leader, and pioneer, and is best known as the founder of Medscape. He is widely regarded as an innovator, whose enthusiasm motivates and inspires others. His career began in medical publishing as founder, CEO, and Director of SCP Communications, where he used technology to create an "electronic newsroom," produce medical meetings, and become an accredited CME provider--leading to the launch of Medscape.
He was Director of MedPage Today and advised Everyday Health in its acquisition of the company in 2010. Peter was an active member of the Healthcare Marketing and Communications Council, and served as its President. In 2013, Peter was inducted into the Medical Advertising Hall of Fame.
Currently, Peter works with several digital medical communications companies serving physicians and patients. He is Chairman of Crossix Solutions, Inc., a health care analytics firm that has grown substantially since its inception in 2004, and is Director at Context Matters, Inc., a health economics data and technology company. He is an advisor to Enhanced Medical Decisions, a company whose platform extracts and analyzes clinical data in electronic health records, generating deep insights into patient health. He is an editorial board member of the open access, peer-reviewed Journal of Participatory Medicine and a co-host of the Patient Power health issues radio show.
Working to improve life in New York City, Peter was founding director of NYC Health Business Leaders, whose mission is to showcase and spur innovation among health-related entities. He works with numerous other NYC-based organisations as well, including VisionHero, Inc., which he co-founded to help eliminate serious injury and death due to traffic incidents among teens.
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