WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - May 6, 2010) - Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMR Information Systems, Inc. (
Among the elected officials and political dignitaries who participated alongside national business leaders at the two-day Summit were Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Karen Mills, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration; Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), Senator Robert Menendez (D-New Jersey), and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska); and Congress members Eric Cantor (R-Virginia), Mike Pence (R-Indiana), Pete Sessions (R-Texas), and Xavier Becerra (D-California). In remarks at a general session on Corporate Governance, Hector Barreto reminded the audience that the Latino community represents an estimated 50 million consumers with as much as one trillion dollars in annual purchasing power.
Newt Gingrich, who founded the Center for Health Transformation after serving as House Speaker, keynoted the opening session. Immediately prior to the session, Hector Barreto, who is also a member of the Board of Directors of MMR, and Bob Lorsch spent time with Gingrich updating him on the progress of MMR since he was last introduced to it two years ago. As a recognized expert in healthcare, Gingrich is interested in seeing that all Americans have access to relevant and valuable tools such as a personal health record to improve care and lower costs.
According to Lorsch, "The Company looks forward to working with Mr. Gingrich, Coalition Sponsors, and the House and Senate leaders who attended the Summit by demonstrating the ways MMR's products and services can empower patients to better manage their health, resulting in greater cost efficiencies and better outcomes."
"As a result of our relationship with MyMedicalRecords, we have the good fortune of welcoming Kodak as a Latino Coalition sponsor," said Barreto. "Kodak has created innovative document imaging solutions that along with MMR can help transform healthcare with secure, easy-to-use and bilingual professional and personal health record products for physicians and patients across the country."
Barreto, who is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of AltaMed, a Federally Qualified Community Health Center which has been granted stimulus funds under HITECH by the Department of Health and Human Services, continued, "I would encourage physician groups and healthcare facilities that serve the Latino community, such as AltaMed, to utilize personal health record services to reduce costs and provide a more efficient standard of care."
"MMR's easy-to-use and ready-to-use healthcare products give Latino entrepreneurs a valuable tool for both motivating and enabling their employees to live healthier lives and therefore better control healthcare costs," added Lorsch. "We look forward to working further with The Latino Coalition to provide MMRPro to healthcare facilities and the MyMedicalRecords PHR to employers as a benefit for their employees."
About MMR Information Systems, Inc.
MMR Information Systems, 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, 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 healthcare professionals. MMR is also an integrated service provider on Google Health. To learn more about MMR Information Systems, Inc. and its products, visit www.mymedicalrecords.com and view the videos at www.mymedicalrecordsonline.com/videos.
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MMR Information Systems, Inc.
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