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MMR Information Systems' Medical Advisor Dr. Arnold W. Klein Authors Guide on Personal Health Records
| Source: MMR Information Systems, Inc.
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - October 30, 2009) - MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB : MMRF )
announced today that it is offering a free guide to Personal Health Records
("PHRs") by Dr. Arnold W. Klein, a world-renowned Beverly Hills
Dermatologist, through its MyMedicalRecords PHR website
www.mymedicalrecords.com. The Company made the announcement in response to
the White House declaring the H1N1 "Swine Flu" virus a National Emergency.
"We believe that as a good corporate citizen, we should help educate the
public as to why having a Personal Health Record is so important," said
Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMR Information Systems, Inc. "The
expanding Swine Flu pandemic makes access to a family's health information
from all their providers possibly the difference between life and death,
especially in an Emergency Room situation. Only 11 million doses of Swine
Flu vaccine have shipped as of mid-October, far short of the 120 million
doses that the government projected to have available at this time. The
H1N1 threat means that there is a good possibility that a patient being
treated for the virus will see multiple providers or even be hospitalized,
adding even greater urgency for the need to have copies of medical records
readily available."
"The MyMedicalRecords PHR is provider-agonistic," Lorsch emphasized. "A
MyMedicalRecords PHR can accept medical records from any doctor, hospital,
laboratory, radiology clinic or other provider. Each account covers up to
10 family members so both faxed and uploaded records can be maintained from
everyone's doctors, making it easier and more efficient for all members to
share information between their multiple healthcare providers. This is
vitally important because it means a family can have one central repository
where it can store medical records for parents, children -- even
grandparents. Because the Swine Flu has especially impacted children, and
seniors remain the most vulnerable to seasonal flu, being able to store and
quickly retrieve information for different family members is of great
value."
To get the free guide to Personal Health Records, consumers can visit
www.mymedicalrecords.com and click on Dr. Klein's "Free Guide to Selecting
a Personal Health Record" link on the home page.
Arnold W. Klein, M.D. has served on the Medical Advisory Board of MMR
Information Systems, Inc. since 2007.
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.