About Us

Misson

To provide every individual and entity with the tools to understand, manage, and improve their health and healthcare.

Importance of Magnus

Can you remember what immunizations your children have had, or for that matter the results of your last blood work?
Have you ever tried to explain what procedures, shots, or medications you received several years ago?
Do you even know your blood type? Are you sure?

Most of us are not trained medical care providers and this information is not easy to remember, yet this is vital information that doctors need to know.

Magnus Health Portal® was formed on the premise that everyone has unique healthcare needs. We believe that to provide the best treatment available, doctors need access to your medical history. With Magnus Health Portal® you have a secure platform which organizes your records in a way both you and your doctor can understand.

History

Magnus Health Portal® was formed in 2005 with the intent of improving healthcare by allowing patients the ability to create and share their personal health records with healthcare professionals. A Radiation Oncologist from Raleigh, NC conceived the idea of a storage house for all of a patient's records. One day a patient came to him with his complete medical record scanned onto a CD. The treatment was able to quickly take a direct and pointed approach to that specific patient because the doctor was able to immediately review his entire medical history. No time was lost waiting for other practices to collect and send records for the physician to review. More importantly, the patient was actively involved in the decision making of his own treatment.

I think the patient-directed health record is an important step in getting the patient involved in their healthcare. So often I see patients who are not sure why or when a certain test was done. Having the patient involved in obtaining their information gets the patient informed and proactive in their treatment.
Dr. Charles Scarantino

Since the company's inception, Magnus Health Portal® has developed a coordinated software platform that consolidates thousands of points of healthcare information. This single platform is now able to deliver value to both individuals and to corporations. Our proprietary Msense™ software imports information from disparate medical information systems, Internet connected PC's, and paper records. These secure tools then search the data within the records, analyze them to provide current health status and active medical recommendations, and can generate real-time reports with the click of a button. Leveraging exclusive online user interfaces, the corporate or individual user can better understand and manage their own health information to meet their respective needs in a way that provides value and efficiency. Individuals and businesses both gain from this unique offering.

Management Team

Chas Scarantino, President, brings over five years of experience in the areas of business development, sales management and logistics. Through roles in business development and sales management, he played integral roles in market analysis, design, and rollout of branch store locations, including brick and mortar, inventory management, and hiring and management of employees. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina's Kenan Flagler Business School.

William Pittman, Vice President, has over fourteen years of experience in the areas of finance, management consulting, strategic planning, and business development. He has provided consulting services to two different start up companies, one of which was an Internet service company. His financial background includes business valuations, budgeting, operational analysis, management reporting, and extensive financial modeling. His managerial experience includes evaluating, hiring, supervising and mentoring employees. He holds an international M.B.A. from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina.

Erkang Zheng, Chief Technical Officer,brings seven years of experience in the areas of technology development, architect engineer, security architect, and management. He holds an MS in Computer Science from North Carolina State University and has served as CTO of P4 Technologies, Chief Security Architect of Stonewall Networks, and CIO of the Institute of Marine and Architecture Research. He has an extensive technology background and relevant experience in software development, on-line security and new product launches.

Advisory Board

Charles Scarantino M.D., Chairman of the Board, brings over thirty-five years of medical experience to the company. Dr. Scarantino is also a successful entrepreneur, having founded a medical device company, Sicel Technologies. Sicel Technologies develops telemetric systems that use miniature implantable wireless sensor technologies to continuously provide real time feedback about biological and physiological changes in cell and organ systems.

Kathy Blum, is currently the SVP of Customer Operations at Misys Healthcare Systems. Previously she was the President and CEO of TriVirix International a marketing and engineering company servicing the medical device market.