LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - November 2, 2010) - Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MMRGlobal, Inc. (
Lorsch, delivering his introductory remarks the morning after Election Day, will address industry leaders and senior executives from North America's leading provider organizations and physician practices. He will discuss the vast challenges and criticisms being levied at government over next step solutions in health IT, specifically those targeted at streamlining solutions for electronic conversion of paper-based records.
"I'm honored to be asked to both chair and speak at length on the challenges and opportunities in healthcare technology," Lorsch said. "In addition to hearing from national thought leaders on health IT strategies and qualifying for stimulus funds, the Summit represents an opportunity for individual and institutional investors to take advantage of the momentum created by health IT initiatives."
Throughout the morning, Lorsch will introduce healthcare decision-makers, including Keynote Speaker Betsy Thompson, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Region IX, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and a Keynote Panel moderated by Health Affairs Senior Editor Mary Rubino and comprised of Adam Clark, Director of Scientific and Federal Affairs, FasterCures and member, ONC HIT Policy Committee; Emad Rizk, MD, President of McKesson Health Solutions; Ashish Jha, MD, Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard School of Public Health; Theresa Cullen, MD, Chief Information Officer, Indian Health Service and Rear Admiral, U.S. Public Health Service; Charles Kennedy, MD, VP of Health Information Technology at Wellpoint; and Curtis N. Dikes, Senior Advisor, Healthcare Transformation, Cisco Systems.
This is the second time that Lorsch has been asked to be a Chair at the Fall Health IT Summit. Several months ago, he spoke at the Health Technology Investment Forum in New York City where he illustrated the significant consolidation opportunities for investors in the Electronic Health Records and Electronic Medical Records industries as a result of the federal government allocating over $42 billion for healthcare IT over the next several years.
In addition to the keynote addresses, this conference will include panel sessions, on-stage interviews, interactive roundtables and exhibitions displaying the latest health IT solutions including hardware, clinical systems, remote management solutions, mobile devices, and revenue cycle management in addition to electronic medical records.
About MMRGlobal, Inc.
MMRGlobal, Inc., 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, financial institutions, 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. MMRGlobal'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 through an integrated patient portal. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an integrated turnkey EMR solution for healthcare professionals. MMR is also an integrated service provider on Google Health. To learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. and its products, visit www.mmrglobal.com.
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