MyMedicalRecords.Com Says 'Take the Challenge' As the Nation's Health Care Leaders Gather in Washington D.C.
Posted on: Wednesday, 9 November 2005, 12:00 CST
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- As the nation's health care leaders convene in Washington, D.C. today and tomorrow for the 2005 World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress, where one of the most significant topics of discussion will be the importance of electronic health records, MyMedicalRecords.com is inviting consumers to "take the MMR challenge" by offering a 30-day free trial that allows individuals and families to create a virtual safe-deposit box for storing and managing medical records and vital documents online today.
While government officials plan to spend billions of dollars and hope to develop a national system of digitizing medical records by 2014, MyMedicalRecords.com is nine years ahead of the game, offering a practical and easy-to-use Web site that allows people to maintain actual images of medical charts, prescriptions and other health records, as well as insurance policies, passports, drivers licenses and other vital documents, for only pennies a day.
"People need to take charge of their medical records and secure their vital documents in order to protect themselves from potential harm and inconvenience," said Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MyMedicalRecords.com. "Our goal is to simplify the process by offering everyone the opportunity to experience how simple it can be."
Lorsch, accompanied by Dr. Michael Nobel, member of the prestigious Nobel Prize family and Chairman of the Nobel Family Society's Board of Directors, will introduce keynote addresses at the 2005 World Health Care Innovation and Technology Congress on "The Electronic Health Record and the Role of Governments" -- featuring David Brailer, National Health Information Technology Coordinator for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Richard Granger, Director of Information Technology for the United Kingdom's National Health Service -- and "Innovations for Advancing and Supporting Health Care Improvement" -- featuring Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House and founder of The Center for Health Transformation, Herbert Pardes, President and Chief Executive Officer of New York Presbyterian Hospital and Reed Tuckson, Senior Vice President of Consumer Health and Medical Care Advancement of UnitedHealth Group.
"While a committee, responding to the President's call for action, is working to develop a standardized means for Americans to have digital medical records, MyMedicalRecords.com offers a viable resource today," said Nobel, a longtime healthcare industry advocate who serves on the boards of several international companies in the fields of cancer diagnostics and treatment, medical information, environmental protection, satellite communications and financial services. "The harm caused by the recent hurricanes in the South recently demonstrated the need for online records management."
To participate in the 30-day trial offer, log onto http://www.mymedicalrecords.com/ and enter the promotion code trymmr. For more information, visit the Web site, or call 1-888-808-4667, Ext. 129.
MyMedicalRecords.com allows people to store, manage and share virtually any type of document in a standard .PDF format that can be easily viewed and shared with doctors, police, firefighters and other emergency personnel from any personal computer in the world.
Each subscriber is given a private, toll-free number that they can use to fax important documents to a secure, password-protected account. Unlike competitive products that require users to manually enter data, documents faxed to MyMedicalRecords.com are automatically converted to a .PDF file and moved to the subscriber's account.
The company was co-founded by Robert H. Lorsch, a Los Angeles entrepreneur and philanthropist who, as a cancer survivor, knows firsthand the need to manage your own medical information.
MyMedicalRecords.com is HIPAA compliant and exceeds the security standards used by most banking and financial institutions. Information can only be entered by fax or uploaded from a subscriber's personal computer.
Contact: Michael Buchanan/Terry Wills Wills Communications, Inc. (310) 524-0200
MyMedicalRecords.com
CONTACT: Michael Buchanan or Terry Wills, both of Wills Communications,Inc., +1-310-524-0200, for MyMedicalRecords.com
Web site: http://www.mymedicalrecords.com/
Source: PRNewswire
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