LAS VEGAS, Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to news this morning by Metiscan, Inc. (Pink Sheets:MTIZ), a holding company focused on growing its organization by making key acquisitions and developing companies and emerging technologies, patients could soon be given the opportunity to review their personal diagnostic imaging reports online. Metiscan's wholly owned subsidiary, FirstView EHR, has entered into a partnership with The Estate Vault to use its comprehensive electronic online repository for consolidating and protecting medical, personal, financial, and legal records.
Via the partnership, the two firms will collectively create a HIPPA compliant electronic interface, linking synergistic systems together such that patients will have direct access to their imaging reports. Metiscan anticipates that the partnership will provide the company with the opportunity to potentially generate in excess of one half million dollars in new revenues over the next 3 years. Additionally, it will offer FirstView the ability to position its service to include delivery of the patient record directly to the patient as part of its workflow.
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About Metiscan: Metiscan, Inc. is a holding company focused on growing its organization by making key acquisitions and developing companies and emerging technologies. Previously, Metiscan had been focused on healthcare related businesses and is currently pursuing acquisitions and opportunities related to healthcare and non-healthcare products and services. Metiscan operates FirstView EHR, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, that provides end-to-end IT services for diagnostic imaging facilities including web based electronic healthcare records (EHR), workflow efficiency, PACS administration, long-term archiving, professional IT services and strategic consulting. Metiscan operates Schuylkill Open MRI, Inc., a majority owned subsidiary that is an independent diagnostic testing facility (IDTF) providing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) services.
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