Medical news-gathering site ProMedNetwork announced its launch this week. The site offers medical professionals access to the latest news and information in the way of free audio and video content produced by and for health care professionals. The company sees its main audience being EMTs, nurses, physicians, technologists, psychologists, medical residents and other health care providers.

The ProMedNetwork boasts news gathered from a broad range of health care industry information sources, and include podcasts, Internet radio and (Web) TV programs. An “advanced feature” of the site allows the user to listen to the podcast, radio or video program while still surfing the Internet or continuing work on the computer.

Jamie Davis, managing director of the ProMed Network says the site already reaches 100,000 medical professionals a month nationwide.  Mobile medical reference software company Lexi-Comp is the official commercial launch sponsor of the ProMed Network.

Podcast service provider RawVoice provides the server infrastructure for the website, along with access to their new media statistics measurement service, and Raw Voice’s “Podcast Advertising Management System.” Raw Voice CEO Todd Cochrane praises ProMed’s sponsorship deal, saying that it ” validates our knowledge that vertical markets work well in the new media space.”