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MMR Information Systems, Inc. to Enter Into Definitive Agreement With Unis-Tonghe Technology in China
| Source: MMR Information Systems, Inc.
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - November 19, 2009) - MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB : MMRF )
("MMR"), and Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd ("UNIS"),
announced that they will enter into a definitive agreement by the end of
this year to form a joint venture to build a customized version of MMR's
proprietary personal health record ("PHR") services
(www.mymedicalrecords.com) and professional document imaging and management
solutions in China. Luo Jianhui, Vice President and Chairman of Unisoft
Group, Unis-Tonghe Technology, and Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of
MMR Information Systems, Inc., made the announcement today following
meetings held last week at UNIS' corporate offices adjacent to Tsinghua
University in Beijing.
UNIS is a subsidiary of Unisplendour Corporation Limited (SHE: 00938)
(www.unis.cn), one of China's leading IT firms employing more than 25,000
people. MMR's technology will support a UNIS medical records development
project for China's 18,000 public hospital system and as many as 10,000
selected private hospitals throughout the country. China does not currently
have a method of electronically acquiring, storing or transporting
individual health records.
The meetings brought senior management and technology executives from MMR,
UNIS and Nihilent, MMR's technology partner in India, together for a
collaborative session on requirements to integrate the MyMedicalRecords
Personal Health Record and MMRPro system (www.mymedicalrecordsmd.com) into
a health IT platform that could be deployed throughout China's healthcare
market. MMR also provides electronic safe deposit box storage solutions
(www.myesafedepositbox.com) to the financial, legal and insurance
industries which UNIS will help MMR introduce in China.
"China is embarking on the greatest healthcare reform in its modern
history," Lorsch said. "The country will spend 180 billion RMB to create a
fully electronic predictive health information network, including a Chinese
version of MMR's popular Personal Health Record, integration of MMRPro and
wellness tools to be available throughout the country. There are as many as
28,000 hospitals in China's 4,000 cities that do not have systems that talk
to one another. By giving the Chinese population a copy of their own
Personal Health Record, it helps ensure that anyone going to any hospital
has the information necessary to obtain the best possible care."
MMR and UNIS are currently assembling technology and commercialization
teams to assist in the necessary development and integration that will
enable UNIS to launch the MyMedicalRecords platform by the 3rd quarter of
next year. The agreement between MMR and UNIS will allow MMR to utilize
the UNIS Cloud Computing Platform to facilitate the offering of the
MyMedicalRecords PHR to the Ministry of Health and other government,
financial, legal and medical entities in China.
According to Ravi Teja, who represented Nihilent at the meetings, "Nihilent
will work with UNIS to utilize MMR's underlying platform to create a system
that will meet the specific needs of the Chinese government. When the
system is fully deployed, it will allow individuals to maintain a portable
copy of their own Personal Health Record. It will also allow hospitals and
doctors to track patients and disease trends regionally and throughout
China.
This will assist the Chinese government in reducing healthcare costs and
managing disease trends such as H1N1 Influenza and the healthcare resources
to contain them, including deployment of medical personnel to areas in
need," Teja added.
About MMR Information Systems, Inc.
MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB : MMRF ), through its wholly-owned
operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. ("MMR"), provides secure and
easy-to-use online Personal Health Records ("PHRs") and electronic safe
deposit box storage solutions, serving consumers, healthcare professionals,
employers, insurance companies, unions and professional organizations and
affinity groups. MyMedicalRecords enables individuals and families to
access their medical records and other important documents, such as birth
certificates, passports, insurance policies and wills anytime from anywhere
using the Internet. The MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record is built on
proprietary, patented technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail
messages to be transmitted and stored in the system using a variety of
methods, including fax, phone, or file upload without relying on any
specific electronic medical record platform to populate a user's account.
The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is designed to give
physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to digitizing
paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real time.
MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an
integrated turnkey EMR solution for small to mid-size physician practices.
MMR clients include AFL-CIO, Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, Coverdell,
LegalZoom, The Latino Coalition, MedicAlert, NRA, Qvisory, XN Financial and
others. MMR is also an integrated service provider on Google Health. To
learn more about MMR Information Systems, Inc. visit
www.mmrinformationsystems.com.
About Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd
Unisplendour Corporation Limited www.unis.cn is principally involved in the
production and distribution of information and electronic products, as well
as the provision of information technology (IT) services. The Company's
businesses could be divided into five segments: information products
segment, software integration segment, digital products distribution
segment, communication technology segment and intelligent transportation
segment. As of December 31, 2008, the Company had one wholly owned
subsidiary and three partially owned subsidiaries including Unis-Tonghe
www.unis-th.com. Unisplendour Corporation Limited is traded in China under
the symbol SHE:000938.
About Nihilent
Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a
holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune,
India, Nihilent's executive team has over 350 person years of experience in
international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent's
operations span across North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia.
Nihilent's mission 'Change for Performance' encapsulates its commitment to
make change happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and
knowledge for achieving sustained performance for its clients. Nihilent has
taken several initiatives to partner governments across the world in moving
in the direction of good governance. www.nihilent.com.
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