BOCA RATON, Fla., Dec. 29, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MedeFile International, Inc. (OTCBB:MDFI), a leader in portable electronic medical records management, today announced that it has added three new members to its Board of Advisors. The new Advisory Board members are former Healthcare Commissioner (NY State) Barbara DeBuono, Richard Farren, and Louis Hyman.
Barbara A. DeBuono, M.D., M.P.H. is Visiting Professor at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in the Departments of Health Services Management and Leadership and Global Health. She is also currently serving as Interim Chair of the Department of Prevention and Community Health. Previously, Dr. DeBuono served as Executive Director, Public Health and Government at Pfizer Inc. and was responsible for creating and managing public-private partnership programs in public health innovation, education, and research. Dr. DeBuono served as Commissioner of Health for the State of New York in the first term of Gov. George Pataki, having previously served as Director of Health in Rhode Island in the cabinet of Gov.Bruce Sundlun. In both roles Dr. DeBuono led efforts to develop Medicaid Managed Care and SCHIP programs and crafted HIV, immunization and breast and cervical cancer prevention policies. She has served on many health policy boards, among them the Advisory Committee to the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, the Center for Health Policy Development, and the Partnership for Prevention. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians. She has been published extensively in numerous peer review journals, including Journal of the American Medical Association, The New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Public Health Policy, and American Journal of Public Health.
Richard L. Farren has been a member of the New York City law firm McLaughlin & Stern, LLP since 1990. In the health care field, he has represented a number of major New York City hospitals in administrative proceedings, a number of physicians in all aspects of their practice, a Medical HMO, several diagnostic and treatment centers in administrative law matters, a company specializing in electronic medical record billing for physicians in various matters, including antitrust and unfair competition concerns, the organization of an independent practice association for skilled nursing facilities in New York State, and the medical staff of a prominent New York City hospital in connection with its reorganization in a Federal Chapter 11 proceeding. Mr. Farren is a 1965 graduate of the Phillips Exeter Academy, a 1968 graduate of Yale University with a cum laude B.A. in history and a 1971 graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard Law School Yearbook for two years.
Louis Hyman is currently Executive Vice President of SigmaCare, a company whose mission has always been to help administrators and clinicians within long term care organizations provide higher quality of care for residents through innovative technology and professional services. Mr. Hyman's healthcare information technology expertise was developed through his more than 14 years in strategic technology roles. He has developed successful healthcare connectivity solutions, physician practice management systems, electronic prescribing applications and computerized order entry tools for physician practices, payers and nursing homes. Prior to joining SigmaCare, Mr. Hyman held executive and senior management positions at iDeal Technologies, Inc., WebMD and LaPook Lear Systems, Inc., after launching his career as a systems engineer with IBM Corporation. Mr. Hyman graduated summa cum laude with a BS in computer science from St. John's University and is regarded as a luminary in the healthcare information technology field. His work has appeared in several healthcare industry publications and is a consistent presenter at a number of the nation's top healthcare information technology events.
Mr. Farren stated, "MedeFile has the unique ability to create a full longitudinal Personal Health Record for all its members. It is imperative in this day and age that individuals be pro-active rather than reactive. MedeFile empowers people to become more knowledgeable about their own health. With the government's push toward digitizing medical records, I am thrilled to be working with MedeFile's team to help strategize and grow this relatively new service in an enormous market. Both the public sector and the private sector alike will benefit from MedeFile's service. MedeFile is the Personal Health Record that people can simply navigate and it allows them immediate access to all of their medical information from multiple sources. I believe that MedeFile will become a household name and play an integral role in the lives of the individuals that use their services."
"In the midst of Health Care reform, we are extremely pleased and proud to add these remarkable individuals with years of experience and knowledge in the various fields of healthcare to our team," said Milton Hauser, CEO of MedeFile International. "MedeFile is committed to healthcare reform and is making significant strides to change the general public's image and knowledge of personal health records in today's society. We believe these new members of our advisory board will significantly help our team continue to develop opportunities and strategic planning within the personal health record market."
About MedeFile International, Inc.
Headquartered in South Florida, MedeFile has developed a proprietary system for gathering and digitizing medical records so that individuals can have a comprehensive record of all of their medical visits. MedeFile's primary product is the MedeFile system, a highly secure system for gathering and maintaining medical records. The MedeFile system is designed to gather all of its members' actual medical records and create a single, comprehensive medical record that is accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Representing an advanced, yet easy-to-use, approach to portable, electronic medical records management, MedeFile combines state-of-the-art technology and the Internet to make medical data instantly accessible to each MedeFile subscriber and his or her authorized healthcare providers from anywhere in the world. In addition to accessing one's medical records through MedeFile's secure Internet portal found at www.medefile.com, members can carry their entire medical history and emergency information wherever they go on a unique device called a MedeDrive - a proprietary USB drive designed to be carried on a keychain. The MedeDrive plugs into any USB port of a Windows-based PC; and because MedeDrive automatically loads its own viewer, users do not require any special programs or software to view data. MedeMobile provides on-the-go subscribers with the ability to enjoy even greater flexibility and access to their personal health information wherever and whenever they need it. MedeMinder is an electronic 'reminder service' that utilizes email (and concierge phone service if desired) to assist its subscribers in remembering scheduled doctor appointments, expiration dates on prescriptions and/or time-sensitive treatment protocols. For more information about MedeFile and its annual subscription-based programs, please visit www.medefile.com.
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