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23 Dec 2011
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VitalMax Vitamins Partners With Vitamin Angels With Every Purchase Vitalmax Makes A Donation To Fight Global Malnourishment

VitalMax Vitamins Partners With Vitamin Angels With Every Purchase Vitalmax Makes A Donation To Fight Global Malnourishment












Delray Beach, Fla., (PRWEB) December 22, 2011

In partnering with Vitamin Angels, an organization with a proven record of combating child mortality and malnutrition, Vitalmax Vitamins hopes to make a significant contribution to the cause.

“Many people are surprised to learn that one third of all childhood deaths are attributable to undernutrition,” says Al Serin, President and Founder of Vitalmax Vitamins. “Vitamins do save lives, and we hope that our contributions can help give each child the chance that he or she deserves.”

Vitamin Angels’ mission is to reduce child mortality worldwide by connecting essential nutrients with infants and children younger than 5. Essential nutrients enable young immune systems to fight infectious diseases, helping children attain good health and the opportunity to lead meaningful and productive lives.

Worldwide, an estimated 190 million children, who are younger than 5, suffer from vitamin A deficiency (VAD), which is a major underlying cause of child mortality and blindness. But one simple vitamin A capsule every six months can prevent VAD blindness and reduce child mortality by about 24 percent in at-risk populations. Multivitamins provide many essential micro nutrients and help reduce the effects of undernutrition and malnutrition.

Vitalmax Vitamins will donate 25 cents for every bottle of Vita Vision, Accu-Hear, Advance Heart, Advance 7 and Vita Greens that it sells.

Vitalmax Vitamins is committed to increasing the longevity and quality of life of our customers. We believe in natural, safe alternatives and strive to provide the most advanced nutritional formulas at affordable prices. Vitalmax Vitamins believes that education is fundamental to prevention and wellness. Our online natural health education site, http://www.HealthyAnswers.com, offers a wealth of information, written by top physicians and medical experts.

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20 Dec 2011
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Train For EHR Expands Its EHR Training Course

Train For EHR Expands Its EHR Training Course














Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2011

Train For EHR expands its Electronic Health Records (EHR) training course.

Train For EHR has added two new modules to its online Electronic Health Records training course: Personal Health Record (PHR) Administration and an EHR Implementation. These additions will help students become even more valuable to the medical practices that employ them.

The ability of an EHR to share information with a patient’s electronic Personal Health Record is one of the “Meaningful Use” criteria established by HHS to determine a medical practice’s eligibility for incentive payments to offset the cost of EHR adoption. Personal Health Records are already covered in the didactic portion of the Train For EHR course, and this new module will give students the opportunity to work with a ‘live’ PHR in conjunction with the course’s ‘live’ EHR. Students will gain valuable hands-on experience as they explore the PHR’s functionality and learn how to help both patients and the medical practice share information seamlessly. Interoperable EHRs and PHRs will enable patients to easily provide an up-to-date medical history, all current and past medications, test results from other providers, and all the vital information needed by each health care provider to properly treat the patient. It also saves time and administrative costs at the practice level, since practices will no longer have to follow up with other providers for important medical information about their patients.

EHR implementation, itself, is perhaps the most important aspect of managing the transition from an analog to a digital environment in health care. This new module covers the major issues that medical practices must consider as they begin this transition – which goes far beyond simply choosing an Electronic Health Record system. The new course module includes an overview of the important workflow changes that practices must understand in order for their EHR to deliver qualitative and quantitative benefits. It also offers a clear picture of what health care providers (and those who work for them) should expect and prepare for, and gives students a firm grasp of EHR implementation ‘best practices.’

Train For EHR’s 90 hour training course is not vendor-specific. Instead, it uses a holistic, ‘vendor-neutral’ approach to give students a broad understanding of how EHRs work in ambulatory settings (like physicians offices and clinics) and empowers students to quickly understand and become proficient in whatever EHR system the employer chooses. This course is priced below other courses that do not offer practical, hands-on experience on Train For EHR’s CCHIT-certified EHR, and its modular structure makes it flexible enough for independent, online students, blended environments, or classroom-based-instructor-led situations.

Train For EHR currently offers its online EHR training course to career colleges, technical schools, community colleges and allied health training schools, as well as individual students. To learn more, visit our website at: http://www.trainforehr.com

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28 Nov 2011
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Eylea Treatment Available for Leading Cause of Blindness in Elderly ? Wet Macular Degeneration Stabilized for 95% of Patients with Fewer Treatments

Eylea Treatment Available for Leading Cause of Blindness in Elderly – Wet Macular Degeneration Stabilized for 95% of Patients with Fewer Treatments











Eylea for age-related macular degeneration


Hicksville and Hauppauge, NY (PRWEB) November 28, 2011

The Retina Group of New York announced the availability of Eylea, the latest in a series of anti-VEGF medications for all patients with the wet form of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The safety and effectiveness of Eylea was evaluated in two clinical trials involving 2,412 adult patients with wet AMD. The studies showed that Eylea was as effective as Lucentis in maintaining most vision in 95% of patients and improved vision in over 30% of patients. Eylea was approved by the FDA on November 18, 2011 and is now available to patients for treatment by the Retina Group of New York in their Hicksville and Hauppauge offices.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of severe visual loss in patients over 65. The macula is the center portion of the retina and is used for straight-ahead vision. It is the only part of the retina capable of providing the fine vision necessary for reading and detailed work. The macula is subject to many conditions, and most of these cause symptoms of difficulty reading, distortion or blind spots. Macular degeneration is an age-related condition occurring almost exclusively in seniors and there is a dry form and a wet form. The more common dry form causes pigmentation of the macula, similar to aging spots on the skin, is slowly progressive, and accounts for only about 15% of severe central visual loss. It can be slowed with fish oil, Vitamins C, E, zinc, lutein and xanthine contained in green and colored vegetables. The wet or exudative form of macular degeneration is less common but accounts for about 85% of visual loss and is the leading cause of blindness in seniors. This form results when abnormal blood vessels growing under the retina start leaking. Without treatment, these leaking blood vessels almost always cause scarring with irreversible central visual loss but not total blindness.

According to James M. Maisel, Chairman of the Retina Group of New York, “Eylea, a VEGF Eye Trap, offers patients with AMD the same excellent results and safety profile of Lucentis with half as many treatments, at a lower cost. In addition, many retinal specialists do not adhere to the monthly treatment recommendations that yield the best visual results with Avastin and Lucentis. Compliance with treatment regimens may be logistically easier and yield better outcomes for patients with Eylea treatment at two month intervals than for patients who receive Lucentis or Avastin at greater than monthly intervals. Treatment at regular recommended intervals may suppress abnormal blood vessel growth under the retina that can continue to grow with prolonged treatment intervals currently employed by many retinal specialists. Treating the abnormal blood vessels to prevent growth as determined with an angiogram and computer imaging has been proven to yield better results than treating when there is a leak with retinal swelling, detected by precise laser imaging. Once these abnormal blood vessels are established, they may bleed with irreversible visual loss and this may occur more frequently when doctors try extending treatment intervals. Although we have not had any contamination issues from our supplier with the off-label drug Avastin that also proves effective for exudative age-related macular degeneration, the single dose unit of Eylea also minimizes the risk of contamination. While Avastin is much less expensive at $ 50 per treatment, we believe that all three of these drugs and the treatments will continue to be covered by most insurance plans.”

Rodney P. Coe, M.D., another retinal specialist with the Retina Group of New York, states that “Eylea is an important treatment option for exudative age-related macular degeneration. It is effective in trapping the VEGF molecule that has been implicated to cause vision loss not only in AMD, but should also prove to be effective for other serious eye conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and strokes in eye (branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal vein occlusion). We now have several such drugs that are proven to be safe for use in the eye and suitable for off-label use until approved for other potentially blinding conditions such as diabetic retinopathy and vein occlusions. Because they work by different mechanisms, we can tailor treatment and even combine them to achieve maximum response.”

About The Retina Group of New York

The Retina Group of New York is composed of Board Certified Ophthalmologists with additional subspecialty training in vitreous and retinal surgery and medical retinal diagnosis and treatment. The group provides eye care for patients with retinal problems such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, retinal vascular disease, retinal detachments, vitreoretinal interface disorders, surgical complications, uveitis and second opinions.

The Retina Group of New York has provided tertiary vitreoretinal care to patients in Nassau and Suffolk Counties since 1986 at its offices in Hicksville and Hauppauge. Both locations are fully equipped with in-office laser capabilities, cutting edge diagnostic imaging, and integrated electronic records. The group holds staff privileges at seven area hospitals and teaching appointments at the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, and Nassau University Medical Center.

Dr. Maisel, founder of the Retina Group of New York, is a Board Certified ophthalmologist who completed his fellowship in vitreous and retinal surgery at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He was a Corporate Advisory Board member for the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation Medical Advisory Board. He was also a member of the AAO Instrument and Device and Low Vision Committees and has received research grants from the U.S. Public Health Service and the National Institute of Health. Dr. Maisel represented the National Society to Prevent Blindness at the ANSI Z-80 committee where he helped establish many ophthalmic industry standards. He served as an editor of EyeCare Technology Magazine, authored numerous professional journal articles, and lectures nationally on retina, medical informatics and practice management topics. Dr. Maisel is also the chairman of ZyDoc Medical Transcription, a medical informatics company. In addition, he has been a clinical investigator, consultant, educator, or advisory board member for Pfizer, Novartis, EyeTech, TopCon, Genentech, Alimera, and Allergan.

A Board Certified Ophthalmologist, Rodney P. Coe, MD, MS is a native New Yorker who grew up in a family of physicians in Brooklyn, NY. He attended the prestigious Regis High School in Manhattan, where he graduated with Honors. Driven by a strong interest in the sciences and technology, he went to Boston College and graduated in the Honors Program, with a major in Biology and a minor in Computer Science. Further integrating his interests, he received a Master of Science in Computers in Biological Research from New York University. His academic and personal interests led him to the field of Medicine, and he was granted the Excellence in Ophthalmology Award while in medical school. It was natural for Dr. Coe to be drawn to the specialty of Vitreoretinal Disease and Surgery, a field that is constantly at the cutting edge of technology. He has presented his research in Ophthalmology on a national level. Dr. Coe has extensive expertise in the most advanced diagnostic and treatment modalities for the medical and surgical treatment of diseases of the retina, macula, and vitreous. Dr. Coe’s educational background includes: Vitreoretinal Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC); Residency in Ophthalmology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Internship in Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital; and Doctor of Medicine, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine.

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07 Nov 2011
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Healthhound.org has a New p90x Review Page

Healthhound.org has a New p90x Review Page











Henry The Health Hound


Houston, TX (PRWEB) November 05, 2011

One the leading figures behind the new page, Linda Wagner, said that “when any new health and fitness program hits the market with a bang like p90x has done, there is always a lot of talk about the product. The problem with the internet though, is that there is a lot a misinformation in the reviews out there so we wanted to put the record straight. We wanted to let the people speak. That is why we set up a special p90x review page for people who have actually purchased the product. They can leave their comments on the page as to what they thought of the product after purchasing.” Linda went onto say that “we intend to set up similar pages for a number of other health and fitness products out there.”

According the site’s visitor counter, the number of people that are arriving on the new page is growing daily. Word of the new page has spread on the health and fitness forums on the web and people are keen to go to healthhound.org and share their experience of using the product. One commentator on the site remarked that he was “really happy to find a solid, trustworthy site where he could share his views on p90x with other people.”

After going through a number of different comments on the p90x review page, the team at Health Hound discovered that many people were looking for the p90x system to give them the six pack abs that they always wanted.

The team at Health Hound have therefore come up a report of their own on how to get a six pack. It is currently available for free download at http://www.healthhound.org/p90x/.

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25 Aug 2011
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Impressive Growth in 2011 for eHealth Global Technologies

Impressive Growth in 2011 for eHealth Global Technologies












Rochester, NY (PRWEB) August 25, 2011

The Rochester, New York based company is leading the way in digital medical information sharing, with its eHealth Access™ Record Retrieval Service as well as eHealth Connect® Diagnostic Image Exchange. eHGT now provides record retrieval services to almost 70 academic facilities representing 50% of the top 100 hospitals in the U.S, and overall has seen a 25% increase in its customer base just since the beginning of 2011.

Four Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have recently adopted the eHealth Connect Diagnostic Image Exchange Service, and when these implementations are completed eHGT will provide image sharing for approximately 6 million patients, over 5,000 users, and over 55 healthcare facilities. In the second half of the year, it is expected that several more HIEs, including 20 or more participating healthcare providers will begin using this innovative offering, including the first statewide image exchange. It is projected there will be in excess of 3 million imaging exams managed by eHGT’s image exchange services in 2011. eHGT’s growth has been so substantial that their employee base has increased 80% from 2010, and is expected to double by year end.

eHealth Connect provides instant access to full-resolution diagnostic-quality images anytime, from anywhere they are needed, enabling medical professionals to provide faster diagnosis and treatment. The service benefits all stakeholders by enhancing the quality of care, improving patient safety, and improving the efficiency of healthcare delivery while reducing the cost of care. eHealth Connect puts the patients’ care first by unifying all their external health images and records.

Many of the most prestigious hospitals in the U.S. rely on the eHealth Access Record Retrieval service to help them streamline the process of collecting external patient information – allowing care providers to see patients sooner, with more complete medical records including diagnostic images. This improves the coordination of care for the entire medical team, ultimately benefiting patients, payers and providers. eHealth Access transforms the ordeal of tracking down referral care records, which can often drag on for weeks, into a quick, simple turnkey service that can be obtained with a click of a mouse.

eHGT is proud to announce their client base includes 13 out of the 17 hospitals that were selected to the prominent Honor Roll of the Best Hospitals according to the 2011-2012 U.S. News & World Report. This honor is reserved for medical centers that demonstrate clinical excellence within multiple specialties. According to U.S. News & World Report, “Just 17 of the nearly 5,000 hospitals evaluated for the 2011-12 rankings qualified.” eHGT would like to congratulate their clients on this impressive achievement.

“Our commitment is to provide the best possible services for the coordination of patient care, by leveraging the best possible technology and the best possible people,” stated Michael Margiotta, chief executive officer. “We are excited about our growth, and are energized by the continuing acceleration of our business, as more and more healthcare institutions learn about the value we deliver,” he added.

About eHealth Global Technologies, Inc. (eHGT)

eHGT is a leading medical record retrieval and diagnostic image exchange service provider, serving 50% of the nation’s top 100 hospitals and leading health information exchanges (HIEs). The company’s services include eHealth Connect® Diagnostic Image Exchange and eHealth Access™ Record Retrieval Service. Our services utilize innovative health information technology to access medical records and diagnostic images in any format, and then securely deliver them to providers and clinicians in a digital format to improve continuity of care. Web: http://www.eHGT.com

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06 Aug 2011
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Orion Health Partners with NextGate for Centralized, Comprehensive Patient and Provider Registries

Orion Health Partners with NextGate for Centralized, Comprehensive Patient and Provider Registries












Santa Monica, California (PRWEB) May 18, 2011

Health Information Exchanges under pressure to ensure quick and accurate correlation of patients and their health records now have access to the intricate logic necessary to compare and link patient and provider data. Fast access to a complete Electronic Health Record (EHR) that correctly matches the patient is essential to minimizing patient risk and maximizing the efficiency of healthcare delivery. Orion Health and NextGate today announce a partnership to include NextGate® MatchMetrix® EMPI and MatchMetrix Provider Registry in the Orion Health Health Information Exchange solution.

Chris Ward, Orion Health Senior Vice President of Global Marketing says organizations engaging in health data exchange can’t risk matching a patient with the wrong health record. “Orion Health technology facilitates the secure exchange of more than 35 million patients’ data including some of the most innovative ehealth programs in the world. Our customers demand excellence and NextGate sets the standard for indexing, registry, and master data management solutions that form the basis of successful health information exchanges.”

NextGate’s registry products help HIEs to simplify the administration of enterprise data and deliver a complete and accurate view of a patient’s health records through the Orion Health Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution. This platform for exchanging patient information between organizations and across regions enables a shared view of the patient records and provides a foundation for community care and disease management solutions.

Richard Garcia, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at NextGate further emphasizes the connection between accuracy and patient outcomes. “Accurate patient and provider record matching is increasingly important in light of new health information exchange and accountable care initiatives. Automating the matching process reduces the potential for error and decreases the time healthcare workers must spend searching for data, resulting in improved patient care. With NextGate MatchMetrix, Orion Health is delivering the patient and provider registry components that are critical to the success of an HIE solution and improving patient care.”

The Orion Health Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution provides a platform for exchanging patient information between organizations and across regions to enable a shared view of patient records and provides a foundation for community care and disease management solutions. The HIE offers a collection of components featuring physician and patient portals, an integration engine, enterprise master patient index (EMPI), provider registry, data repository, customizable notifications, and analytical and quality reporting tools. The application helps physicians manage disease programs by automatically coordinating care tasks between multiple healthcare providers and enabling clinicians to set up care plans that are consistent with “best-practice” guidelines.

With over 17 years of experience in building and implementing master index solutions, NextGate is the leader in matching and linking patient and provider information in the absence of a common identifier, allowing providers to achieve a single view of their patients. NextGate’s EMPI uses advanced intelligent matching statistical algorithms to identify, index, and resolve related patient records spread over disparate applications in different organizations. It builds a comprehensive master index of patients and links them together under an Enterprise ID. The Provider Registry creates a comprehensive and trusted master registry of all information about Providers and the services they are authorized to deliver.

About NextGate

NextGate is a products and services company that delivers Master Data Management, EMPI, Provider and other Enterprise Registries, and Service Oriented Architecture based solutions to Healthcare and other industries. Capitalizing on over 17 years of development experience at Software Technologies Corporation, SeeBeyond, and Sun Microsystems, NextGate created MatchMetrix EMPI to provide an accurate, affordable, user-friendly, and easily implemented enterprise index to help organizations identify and manage their patient data. The same algorithm, data stewardship GUI, and components used in the EMPI are used in NextGate’s other MDM products for Providers, Terminology, Encounters, Insurance, Citizens, and other entities in other domains. NextGate’s customers include Geisinger Health System, Boston Medical Center, Hartford Hospital, Caritas Christi Healthcare System, MidMichigan Health, Southern Illinois Healthcare, and Indian Health System. Follow NextGate on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/NextGate or Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/NextGate. More information can be found at http://www.nextgate.com.

About Orion Health Inc.

Orion Health™ is the leading Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution provider with expertise in clinical workflow and integration technology for the healthcare sector. Orion Health’s easy-to-use solutions and applications improve patient care and clinical decision making by enabling the exchange of healthcare information among disparate systems and providing integrated health data in a single, unified view. By extending existing healthcare information systems, the Orion Health™ Rhapsody Integration Engine and workflow solutions provide healthcare workers with easy access to patient data and trends, and reduce errors and omissions by streamlining information transfer. Orion Health HIE also supports Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) continuing their goal of improved care coordination, cost savings and better quality of care.

Worldwide, Orion Health has deployed health information communities involving over 35 million patients with hundreds of thousands of active clinical users including Maine’s HealthInfoNet, Alberta Health Services and Spain’s IB Salut. Orion Health’s partners include leading health system integrators and IT vendors such as Accenture, Allscripts, Oracle, Philips and others. Orion Health has more than 1,000 clients around the world, including Lahey Clinic, Ochsner Health System, UCLA Medical Center, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Spain’s IB Salut, South Eastern Norwegian Regional Health Authority, New Zealand Ministry of Health. Orion Health is a preferred Canada Health Infoway Solution. More information can be found at http://www.orionhealth.com.

Orion Health and Rhapsody are registered trademarks of Orion Health Inc, its parent/or its affiliates. Other names used may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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21 Jul 2011
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Records For Living, Inc. Releases Demo Version of HealthFrameTM – The Family Health Organizer

Records For Living, Inc. Releases Demo Version of HealthFrameTM – The Family Health Organizer










Sudbury, MA (PRWEB) June 22, 2005

Records For Living, Inc. is releasing a fully-functional demo version of HealthFrameTM – a state-of-the-art personal health record (PHR) management system that compiles health and wellness-related information gathered throughout an individual’s entire life.

“Patients are mostly unaware of the value of maintaining personal electronic health records,” says Simone Pringle, President and Founder of Records for Living, Inc. “We believe in the importance of raising consumer awareness for PHRs, improving patient access to their health information and helping individuals become more involved in their health care decisions. Consumers will be encouraged to use the evaluation copy of HealthFrame as a first step to understanding the benefits of becoming more involved healthcare consumers.”

HealthFrameTM enables a consumer to consolidate information from multiple organizations and health care providers, including hospitals, medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, nutritionists, personal trainers, and all others involved in care.

Furthermore, HealthFrameTM allows the consumer and his or her health care providers to access that information quickly and easily, ensuring that health care decisions are based on complete and accurate information at all times.

The personal and societal benefits of PHR use have been recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services (http://www.hhs.gov/healthit/), as well as The American Medical Informatics Association’s national initiative to promote the use of Electronic Health Records for patient safety (http://www.got-ehr.org) and The American Health Information Management Association (http://www.myphr.com/).

Comparative review of personal health record software solutions

There are a number of personal health record offerings in the market today, with no comparative analysis done by trusted independent parties. Consumers often need to make personal health management decisions without the benefit of prior personal experience or unbiased reviews. Often purchases are made on the basis of price or whether the solution is being offered by the individual’s current health care provider. Consumers are not being given the chance of choosing based on the quality of the solution.

“If it’s your medical record information, why don’t you have it?” asks Pringle. “Many personal health record products in the market still retain the ownership of medical record information with providers or at a central repository. This leaves unresolved many of the problems caused by today’s healthcare information management. Health and wellness information is still not consolidated and the consumers still have limited access and little control over what is actually being tracked on their behalf.

Healthcare consumers need to ask tough questions when making this important decision:

• Can I influence the content of the information being stored in my personal health record?

• If I switch providers, how easy will it be for me to retain (without loss of information) my personal health record?

• If I belong to an HMO and I see a specialist at a local hospital, is my personal health record information split in multiple sites? Who’s coordinating the information exchange?

• Many personal health record web sites have gone out of business in the past few years (including hospital and HMO-based solutions). What will happen to my personal health information if the internet based record management system is terminated?

• Is my personal health record limited to illness and disease management or can I track wellness management, such as physical fitness programs, and dieting?

Using HealthFrame’s demo version, consumers will appreciate the quality of our solution.”

HealthFrameTM

The HealthFrameTM concept mirrors that of the popular and user-friendly personal financial planning and management software tools that have been used successfully by consumers for years. HealthFrameTM supports all aspects of health and wellness management and allows consumers to track their health and care, improving the quality of the health care they receive. HealthFrameTM:

• easily and conveniently summarizes health information from different sources

• allows the consumer to verify that all information is accurate and up-to-date

• tracks critical health information including progress on health indicators (e.g. weight, cholesterol, blood pressure)

• provides a prompt, up-to-date view of an individual’s entire health picture

• allows consumers to carry with them critical, life-saving health information

• automatically creates a customized medical reference library based on the individual’s conditions, diagnoses, and medications, which the individual can use to inform health care decisions

• helps reduce health care costs by identifying duplicative tests and encouraging preventive care

• simplifies the tracking of medical expenses for taxes or insurance

Availability

The evaluation version of HealthFrame may be downloaded from http://www.HealthFrame.com or from many shareware sites (e.g. CNET, versiontracker.com, etc). The full product version of HealthFrame has been available since April 25, 2005 and may be purchased for $ 49.95 from http://www.HealthFrame.com or from authorized distributors.

Customers who use the demo version and then choose to purchase HealthFrame will be able to preserve medical record information tracked during the evaluation.

About Records For Living, Inc.

Records For Living, Inc. is a pioneer in the personal information management industry and is focused on providing solutions to a broad range of health care issues.

Records For Living, Inc. has released HealthFrameTM as an innovative solution to personal health management. Records For Living, Inc. also provides professional services to our health care provider partners to support the improved exchange of medical record information between providers and patients.

Records For Living, Inc. may be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.RecordsForLiving.com or via email at info@RecordsForLiving.com.

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12 Jul 2011
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Companies Collaborate to Demonstrate Secure Medical Record Interoperability

Companies Collaborate to Demonstrate Secure Medical Record Interoperability











Sudbury, MA (PRWEB) February 13, 2006

MedCommons and Records for Living, Inc. announced today that they will collaborate on a live demonstration of secure health record exchange using the Commons eXchange Protocol (CXP) and the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) industry standard for interoperability.

The demonstration will show the exchange of sample patient records using the MedCommons medical record transport service, The Commons, and Records for Living’s HealthFrame™ personal health record (PHR). The demonstration can be viewed live at the HIMSS ‘06 Annual Conference & Exhibition held at the San Diego Convention Center from February 12-16, 2006. MedCommons will be hosting the demonstration at Booth # 7411.

Continuity of Care Record (CCR)

The Continuity of Care Record (CCR) standard is an international standard designed to organize and make transportable a set of basic information about a patient’s health care in a manner that is accessible to both clinicians and patients. Developed by American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM), one of the largest voluntary standards development organizations in the world, the CCR incorporates the most relevant administrative, demographic, and clinical information facts about a patient’s health.

According to Dr. David Kibbe, Director for the Center for Health Information Technology of the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP), “… using the CCR standard could create basic interoperability among PHRs and EHRs and other HIS systems across the country in a very short time, leading to greater convenience for patients and consumers who would no longer have to hand-write administrative and clinical information into the ‘clipboard’ at every new doctor’s or hospital visit.”

Commons eXchange Protocol (CXP)

The Commons eXchange Protocol (CXP) is an Internet-based public domain transfer protocol for connecting any patient to any health care provider.

“The ability to create and access an authoritative personal health record is important in both emergency and chronic disease situations,” says Adrian Gropper MD, Chief Science Officer for MedCommons. “Increasing copayments and enhanced mobility are driving a new generation of powerful PHRs such as HealthFrame. CXP connects PHRs to the patient portals of health care providers such as hospitals, physician offices, laboratories, and diagnostic imaging centers.”

Interoperability Demonstration

The Commons, produced by MedCommons, is a private and secure way for patients to transfer, for free, specific portions of their personal health record to any health care provider with access to the Internet, using open and standardized digital documents that are readily accessible to both patients and physicians. MedCommons is currently in beta and will be available for general release in Q2 2006.

HealthFrameTM, a market leading personal health record software tool, is designed to provide consumers with healthcare decision support and record tracking. The newest version of HealthFrameTM, to be released in early spring 2006, will utilize CCR and CXP to provide seamless electronic record exchange with healthcare providers and will add advanced decision support tools consumers need to make better informed healthcare decisions.

By interfacing the HealthFrameTM and MedCommons technologies, the demonstration will illustrate interoperability and the participating systems’ ability to interpret the exchanged information and adding value to their target users’ experience.

“HealthFrameTM and MedCommons will demonstrate the exchange of child immunization records, a patient’s medication history, and treatment records, among many other usages,” says Simone Pringle, President of Records for Living. “The demonstration will illustrate the ease and practicality of the electronic transmission of personal health information between patients and their healthcare providers, using CCR and CXP.”

About Records For Living, Inc.

Records For Living, Inc. is a pioneer in the personal health information management industry. Records For Living, Inc. has released HealthFrameTM as an innovative solution to personal health management. Records For Living, Inc. also provides professional services to our health care provider partners to support the improved exchange of medical record information between providers and patients.

Records For Living, Inc. may be reached at http://www.RecordsforLiving.com or via email at info@RecordsForLiving.com.

About MedCommons

MedCommons develops, markets and sells a national network for sharing authoritative patient medical information amongst doctors, hospitals and their patients MedCommons medical record transport service, The Commons, is the first standards- based patient and physician-accessible network connecting Personal Health Records (PHR), Electronic Health Record (EHR) and national healthcare IT systems. To facilitate enterprise integration, MedCommons also supports Liberty Alliance standard single-sign-on protocols and DICOM standard radiology images.

MedCommons Inc. may be reached at http://www.MedCommons.net.

Contact: Fred Wasch    Contact: Simone Pringle

MedCommons, Inc.    Records For Living, Inc.                                     978-460-0539

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