Alexian Brothers Hospital Network Signs Agreement With MyMedicalRecords.com to Offer On-Line Personal Health Records to Patients

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - August 1, 2007) - Alexian Brothers Hospital Network (ABHN), headquartered in Arlington Heights, IL, has entered into an agreement with Los Angeles-based MyMedicalRecords.com, the leading provider of on-line Personal Health Records ("PHR"), to provide an on-line Personal Health Record for patients being discharged from ABHN facilities, including Alexian Brothers Medical Center, Elk Grove Village, IL; St. Alexius Medical Center, Hoffman Estates, IL; and the network's multiple Occupational Health locations across Chicago's suburbs.

The Service will be called "Alexian Brothers Hospital Network On-Line" and will be powered by the MyMedicalRecords.com ("MMR") PHR engine.

Under the program, scheduled to begin this year, patients will be offered an Alexian Brothers Hospital Network On-Line Personal Health Record during their stay in the hospital. There is no cost to the patient for the service, and the PHR holds information for up to 10 members in the family. The account will be initially populated with the patient's discharge records, which will include information about prescribed medications as well as other ongoing care instructions. Patients could then use the ABHN On-Line service to store and manage personal health and medical records they receive from any of their physicians or other continuing care providers.

In addition to maintaining personal health and medical records, the service includes a suite of useful tools, such as the ability to set up a prescription database that alerts members of adverse drug interactions, the ability to create and print out a complete family medical history, as well as calendar reminders for doctor appointments, prescription refills and when to take medications. Calendar reminders set up in ABHN On-Line seamlessly integrate with Microsoft Outlook®.

"The goal of the program is to help make patients more aware of, and take greater control of, their continued healthcare after they leave the hospital and to be better able to manage the healthcare of their entire family," said Dr. Anthony Cutilletta, ABHN Vice President of Medical Affairs. "ABHN On-Line will help Alexian deliver the most comprehensive care to our patients, whether they are in or out of the hospital."

The service also features a special log-in that allows an Emergency Room physician or Emergency Medical Technician to access the latest and most vital information about a user, such as recent test results, prescriptions and allergies, in the event of a medical emergency in which the user cannot communicate.

"Alexian Brothers and MyMedicalRecords.com have been working together in response to the government's goal to have Personal Health Records for all Americans," said Robert H. Lorsch, MyMedicalRecords.com CEO. "Alexian Brothers is leading the way in their community by providing information to their patients that assures the best of care in or out of the hospital."

The service is bilingual, English and Spanish, so it supports the needs of the larger community that accesses the Alexian Brothers Hospital Network.

A Mayo Clinic Study reported the fact that the majority of patients discharged from the hospital lack basic awareness of their health situation. The study, which looked at 43 patients discharged from a municipal teaching hospital, indicated that 62 percent of patients did not know the purpose of their medications, 86 percent did not know the common side effects of the drugs they take and 58 percent were unable to give their diagnosis.

ABHN On-Line users receive a personal telephone number, which can be used both for voice and fax messaging. Personal health and medical records can easily be faxed into the user's password secured account by their providers. The system then converts the fax into a PDF file which can be read with free Adobe® software. In addition, images such as x-rays, scans and ultrasounds can be uploaded directly from the PC desktop. Because ABHN On-Line is a Web-based service, users can retrieve their records from any Internet-connected computer in the world.

The product also provides users with a personal, secure PIN protected voice mail box, which allows doctors to leave private messages.

Information sent in and out of user accounts is secured by 256-bit encryption technology. The MyMedicalRecords.com portal that receives voice and fax messages is the same that handles transactions for Fortune 500 financial and insurance companies. In addition, MMR maintains redundant data centers in different geographic locations, so that the system is available in the event of an outage.

In addition to offering ABHN On-Line for its discharged patients, the hospital system plans to offer the PHR as a complimentary benefit for its 5,000 employees. That program is expected to commence in September.

ABOUT MYMEDICALRECORDS.COM

MyMedicalRecords.com is a privately held corporation based in Los Angeles that empowers consumers to have greater control over their health and well-being by providing easy-to-use, private and secure Web-based storage of personal health and medical records and other vital documents. For more information visit www.mymedicalrecords.com.

Microsoft Outlook® is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

ABOUT ALEXIAN BROTHERS HOSPITAL NETWORK

The Alexian Brothers Hospital Network is comprised of Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital in Hoffman Estates, and the Alexian Rehabilitation Hospital in Elk Grove Village. Together these four hospitals are known for advanced medicine and providing unsurpassed treatment and care to the nearly two million residents of Chicago's northwest suburbs.

Contact Information: CONTACT: Bobbie Volman 888-808-4667, Ext. 129