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MMR BLOG Posted by Robert Lorsch 06/09
Natural Knowing
I am often asked why I do things the way I do. I think the answer is Natural Knowing. By any standards I am a self-made person who has seen a modicum of success in my life. I have made money and have caused tens of millions to be given to charity. However, I think the measurement is how I use my “Natural Knowing”.
For those of you who follow MMRGlobal it’s no secret that the last five years of my life have been as challenging as any. Yet every day, I get up and put one foot in front of the other. never quitting and “Naturally Knowing” that having a Personal Health record will soon be as common as having a credit report or a credit card.
That is why I believe in what we are doing at MMRGlobal. Every day brings new adventures and the beginning of many journeys. Some take much longer than we ever thought they would, but so far this company hits consistent singles and ultimately reaches home plate at least once in every inning.
People who know me personally know me know that I am a fighter. And when the going gets tough, I get tougher. Since Memorial Day (or in less than two weeks), this Company has made two major announcements, the essence of which has gone unnoticed.
First, we had a very successful MUSE convention. We participated in a joint dinner with three Strategic partners, including Alcatel Lucent. As we said earlier we are getting close to announcing the first hospital to launch MMR Patient View and the MMR Stimulus Program (both part of MMRPro) in Interbit customer hospitals.
We announced a Joint Venture Agreement with VisInc. In Australia. We believe this agreement can also represent the first step into Russia. What people do not understand is that the Australian government is fast tracking Personal Health Records at an unprecedented rate. Remarkably, MMR Global owns a significant number of the underling patents already issued in Australia and other Pacific Rim countries. As it stands, these patents are necessary to comply with the government’s agenda. This intellectual property could easily make MMR a dominant player in the eHealth industry throughout the Pacific Rim. Australia alone is expected to do as much $2.6 US in eHealth in2012.
Additionally, Vistime will give MMR the ability to deliver real-time 3D viewer for retrieval viewing of large files, including medical imaging systems such as MRIs, scans and sonograms, over any Internet connection, including dial-up. I cannot even imagine what that can mean to the power of an MMR Personal Health Record.
This partnership, along with Chartis and China, continues to enlarge our footprint around the world, opening new territories and exposing our Personal Health Record products to millions worldwide.
Two days ago, we announced that we have identified an effort by a small group engaged in what we believe to aggressive and perhaps illegal shorting of our stock, thereby lining their pockets at the expense of our long-time shareholders. We have implemented efforts to bring this to the attention of the regulators and hope that by shining a spotlight on their actions, these parties will go away to make havoc on a less aggressive management team. In any event, we never stop focusing on revenue and building our business with our strategic partners, including Kodak.
If your natural knowing told you that MMR was the place to be this summer you probably sense fireworks on the 4th of July.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90077, Tel. 310-476-7002, Fax 206-374-6136
www.mmrglobal.com
$972,988 sales in 2010
vs
$619,249 sales in 2009
As of March 1, 2011, the registrant had 242,294,780 shares of common stock outstanding
"Today I left at 7 am EST on my way to Verizon headquarters in Basking Ridge, New Jersey. This is where the lawyers tell me I have to be quiet; however, this is the first day of the most exciting days of the rest of my life."
"Unfortunately, the lawyers keep me from sharing the inside scoop and what keeps this “Energizer Bunny” going, but I can share the big picture from the last several weeks."
new MMRF Blog 02/23 http://blog.mmrglobal.com/
We Have Given Up Our Whole Life To Be The Person We Are Now. Was It Worth It?
Posted by Robert Lorsch | Filed under Posts by Robert Lorsch
In my case, Yes!
Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our lives, and to say mine is exciting is an understatement. Today, we are in the final day of the HIMSS Conference. It’s 2AM and I finished the day spending a few minutes with Wil Yu, from the National Coordinators office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Everyone from medicine, government and technology is here. The convention floor reminds me of the first COMDEX convention when I represented Microsoft and Roland Hanson and he and I launched the “Mouse.”(http://www.thehmccompany.com/rowland.html) Roland is now a member of the MMRGlobal Board of Advisors. Click here to view article.
There is no question of the importance of Health IT on the world stage when the two highest ranking officials in health care, The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services and David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for the Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services, join together to make the closing keynote remarks at HIMSS.
As I get ready for the third and final day of the show, I will go straight from the show to the airport for a flight to Boston. Then tomorrow, I will host at least thirty-five institutional investors at our second Investor Roadshow.
Until I leave the show, I will also continue to use every available moment meeting with investment bankers and other strategic partners about numerous opportunities, including Dell, Microsoft, multiple wireline and wireless carriers, and many others, and Google, of course.
The first two days of our HIMSS adventure has been nothing short of phenomenal and absolutely packed (www.himssconference.org). Our booth is directly across the hall from Google Health. As a result, we are seeing everybody who is anybody. In fact, visit www.mmrglobaltoday.com and see pictures of the action for yourself.
Ralph, AJ, Joy, Eric and Muhammad are working the trade show floor with support from Rich Lagani, Sunil, Kira and I, demonstrating MMRPro and our Personal Health Records products and services. Kira is even helping manage the traffic flow in the booth. And if you have not seen it, the new MMRPro video is getting great reviews. Shorter and more comprehensive than before, you can watch it at www.mmrprovideos.com The Kodak team of Jim, Rich, Jody, Megan and Bryan are also demonstrating Pro and the latest in MMRPro advanced high speed scanning capability. If you were a fly buzzing around our HIMSS booth you would be blown away by “the action.”
Meanwhile Rich Lagani is spending his time meeting with health insurers and financial institutions who are interested in us based on the Company’s existing relationship with Chartis. These business development opportunities take time; however, they can lead to gigantic results.
Sunil has walked at least 100 miles meeting with every possible strategic partner CTO at the show, from Microsoft to McKesson, to Apple, to Intel and Lucent, to name a very, very, very few. Combining MMR and Kodak’s leading edge technology as a back end in support of all these major players in health IT helps insure that our advertising slogan, “The Future of Your Health at Work Today,” stays “at Work” tomorrow.
Sunil, Ralph, Rich and I have also all been meeting with middleware providers who already support thousands of hospitals looking for a robust PHR. This is a very big opportunity. All of these developers and providers represent opportunities for MMR to offer its Personal Health Record to fulfill “meaningful use,” as is required for Personal Health Records, into their existing hospital clients where they control the future of that hospital’s care.
Attendees are feeling the heat from the mandate to offer Personal Health Records by 2014. And the lines around strategic opportunities are getting brighter. 4medica, provider of the industry’s leading cloud software-as-a-service (SaaS) lab results and clinical integration platform, announced at the show that they are providing 27,000 providers with access to more than 30 million unique electronic lab samples and patient records.
Visitors this year are here to buy, not just look. In fact, Spalding Surgical showed up and bought a second MMRPro system, and based on that, another surgery center bought one right at the show.
Oleg Bess, 4 Medica CEO, was my neighbor at www.LorschLand.com for ten years. Who knows what a good neighbor policy could bring to these two emerging growth companies.
So was it worth the read?
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pic 94 looks like they made a huge sale
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MMR Photos from HIMSS ....
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MMR Flyers like this are being plastered all around HIMSS
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Hector is a jerk for selling so cheap $0.07 selling as a Director, Gross !!!
What has this guy brought to MMR exactly
The year of The Rabbit already means business in China. “Fortune 500 company, Alcatel Shanghai Bell Visit MMRGlobal Joint Venture partner to Unis-TH. http://www.mmrglobal.com/
Excerpt from Unis-TH website in China and MMR http://www.unis-th.com/webzgth/zjzgth/sj.jsp?code3=328)
MMR CEO Robert Lorsch arranges for a January 18, 2011visit in Chi...na to Unit-TH. SVP China Enterprise Market Group , Shi Xiaoming, Director Yong Chen and Sharon Chen from Alcatel Shanghai Bell , fortune 500 company, visit Unis-TH Service Center in Beijing.
Unis-TH CEO Luo Jianhui, Manager of Healthcare Wang Junchao met with Shi Xiaoming and his party and had in-depth discussion on technology, future business development of each company and opportunities of long-term cooperation in the medical field. President Shi Xiaoming was very willing to work with companies such as Unis-TH in the financial, operational and technical cooperation.
After the Spring Festival, Lucent, MMR and Unis-TH will have further discussion regarding the cooperation in order to achieve win-win situation, so as to promote China healthcare information industry.” Mr. Luo is planning on traveling to the HIMSS conference for meetings with MMRGlobal to discuss growth and expansion of the relationship with UNIS and the US.
MMR BLOG UPDATE Feb 7th
To Learn Anything You Must Put Aside The Safety Of Your Ignorance
http://blog.mmrglobal.com/
I want to thank everyone for the enthusiasm and positive comments about my blog, particularly over the last several weeks. In fact I have had several requests from publisher’s networks to publish my blogs on a regular basis for newspapers throughout the country. Although after some of the events of last week, it’s a tempting offer (specifically speaking of the political climate in the middle east), I am convinced the big potential is to take on full time spiritual blog writing after my mission on earth with MMRGlobal is complete.
So who is Bob Lorsch anyway? There is a sign on my office wall that says, “To be Average Scares The Hell Out Of Me”. If any of the readers of this blog have any interest in actually learning facts about MMRGlobal or Bob Lorsch, I am always available to discuss facts vs. fiction at 310-476-7002.
This week, we are at T minus 10 on the countdown to HIMSS where we expect to announce the details of our comprehensive Concierge Medicine launch, Consumer Sweepstakes, Favorite Things Emmy Program and expanded relationship with Kodak. In my spare time I am also working on biotech licensing opportunities worldwide. In addition this coming weekend I am in Orlando at Kodak’s KES meeting in Orlando.
Also, as a result of MMR’s relationship with Lucent in the United States, last week, Unis posted photos on their website of a first meeting between Lucent and Unis in China to discuss Lucent’s interest in the MMR-UnisTH China Joint Venture and possibly becoming an active participant. The value of having Lucent as a potential strategic partner in China could represent a tremendous opportunity.
And since many of you are new to this Blog and may not have known me personally for the past 30 plus years, I thought you would be interested in the following along with a copy of my bio. Click here to view article.
On May 15, 06 for those of you who subscribed to AOL you saw this on the AOL home page on that day.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch is a Los Angeles businessman, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He founded MyMedicalRecords, Inc. in 2005, leading the company through a merger with the biotechnology company Favrille, Inc., completed in January 2009. Mr. Lorsch was elected Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the combined company, which was renamed MMR Information Systems, Inc. and officially became MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTC: MMRF) in June 2010. The name was chosen to more accurately reflect the company’s business as a worldwide provider of its MyMedicalRecords consumer and professional products for the healthcare industry. These include the MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record (www.mmrvideos.com) and the MMRPro professional solution for physicians and small hospitals (www.mmrprovideos.com). Additionally, MMR’s MyEsafeDepositBox provides secure storage solutions to the insurance, legal and financial services industries (www.myesafedepositbox.com).
As a result of MMR’s merger with Favrille, the company also acquired intellectual property assets, including data and tissue samples from the FavId® vaccine clinical trials to treat B-cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma and an anti-CD20 antibody that was developed as a potential candidate for the next generation Rituxan®.
Mr. Lorsch also heads up the private equity and consulting firm, The RHL Group, Inc., (www.rhlgroup.com) with diverse interests in e-commerce, entertainment, and biotechnology. For over 20 years he was in the telecommunications and marketing services industries. From 1994-1998, he was Chief Executive Officer of SmarTalk TeleServices, Inc., leading the company he co-founded for $5000 plus about $400,000 in credit card debt and built it into one of the largest providers of prepaid telecommunications products and services in the world. SmarTalk had a market cap of nearly $1 billion when it moved to Ohio in January of 1998 and Bob retired into eight years of Philanthropy. Prior to that, he partnered with Pacific Bell Information Services to build a voice mailbox system that became part of the WinFax product offerings.
In the 1980s, Mr. Lorsch built and headed the Lorsch Creative Network (LCN), a full-service advertising and sales promotion agency specializing in marketing campaigns for “blue chip” national and international clients, including the ABC, CBS and NBC television networks, Campbell’s Soup, Procter & Gamble, Marvel Entertainment, Johnson & Johnson, Taco Bell, Northrop Grumman, and McDonald’s Corporation, among many others.
Mr. Lorsch also founded Natural Products for Pets, Inc., which he launched in 2001 as the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of the Dancing Paws product line. Offered at major retail specialty stores and on the Internet at www.dancingpaws.com, Dancing Paws is a popular pet nutrient system that is produced at human dietary supplement plants requiring FDA approval. One of the company’s leading products is “Breath-A-Licious,” a dental treat for dogs that is an industry best-seller.
Known early on for his innovation and marketing acumen, one of Mr. Lorsch’s out-of-the-box campaigns was chronicled in the book Barbarians Led by Bill Gates: Microsoft from the Inside, which recounts the first launch of Microsoft. In it, he is described as “a marketing mastermind…a magician who believed anything was possible and simply wouldn’t take no for an answer,” and where in one week “Microsoft had reinvented and redefined the idea of promotion.” Another innovation involves his efforts starting in 1981 to sell advertising on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station to benefit NASA research programs. He has continued to maintain the currency of his copyrighted proposals and has provided expert testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space, expanding the scope of his programs to include future missions to the Moon and Mars.
Mr. Lorsch’s support of science and technology was recognized in 1998 by Vice President Al Gore in his dedication of the new California Science Center in Los Angeles, where the Robert H. Lorsch Family Pavilion stands as the gateway to the museum in historic Exposition Park.
Mr. Lorsch is a Member of the Board of Trustees of the California Science Center at Exposition Park, also having served a four-year term on the State-appointed Board of Directors; Member of the Board and of the Executive Committee of D.A.R.E. America; Member of the Board of Governors of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Member of the Board of Governors of the Los Angeles Police Historical Society; and Member of the Board of the Sheriff’s Youth Foundation. He has also served as a National Vice President and President of the Executive Committee/Western Region of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Further, he has been a major supporter of the John Wayne Cancer Institute; the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation; and the Thalians Mental Health Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Mr. Lorsch has received numerous awards and proclamations for his public spirit. He was recognized in 2006 by the U.S. Small Business Administration with its “American Spirit Award” for his efforts in disaster preparedness since the early 1980's and MyMedicalRecords.com’s contribution to disaster preparedness in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He has also received the prestigious “C” Flag Private Sector Initiative award from the White House during the Reagan administration for his work in raising millions for financing state and local earthquake preparedness education. His efforts for this cause, which include serving on numerous earthquake preparedness committees, have also earned him awards from the City and County of Los Angeles, the State of California and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
On June 5, 2002, Mr. Lorsch was recognized by the City of Los Angeles when the Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution commending the entrepreneur/philanthropist for his outstanding charitable work and business leadership, and further honored him by creating “Bob Lorsch Day.”
Mr. Lorsch has helped raise millions of dollars for charitable organizations through a combination of direct giving and by creating cause-related marketing programs for national advertisers from which organizations like the Special Olympics have benefited.
For his philanthropy, he has been recognized by the following charitable organizations: the anti-drug, anti-violence organization D.A.R.E. America honored him in 1998 with its coveted Future of America Award at a dinner where he was named D.A.R.E.’s “Man of the Year.” He was instrumental in raising over $2 million for this organization at the dinner, which represents the most successful fund raising event held by D.A.R.E. and is among the most successful money-raising events honoring an individual in the Los Angeles area. The Muscular Dystrophy Association honored Mr. Lorsch in 1999 with its esteemed Humanitarian of the Year award; the Southern California Chapter of the Asthma & Allergy Foundation of America named him Humanitarian of the Year 2000; and Starlight Children’s Foundation (now the Starlight/Starbright Children’s Foundation) honored him in April 2002 with the Golden Wish Award at its 19th annual gala hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis.
In October 2003, Mr. Lorsch was honored by the Wildlife WayStation with its “Paws of Fame” Humanitarian Award in recognition of his philanthropy and unselfish dedication to the world-renowned animal sanctuary. In 2009 he received the Humanitarian Award from the charitable organizations Therapeutic Living Centers for the Blind and Love Across the Ocean.
Mr. Lorsch has been a featured speaker on personal health records and telecommunications at forums nationwide, including MIT. He has also been highlighted in hundreds of national and international newspapers and magazines and has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows. His career of combining entrepreneurship and philanthropy was the focal point of one of the seven keys to success in the 2007 book, “The Millionaire Zone,” authored by ABC Radio Host and AOL Family Financial Editor Jennifer Openshaw. His entrepreneurial spirit was also profiled on AOL’s Money & Finance Web portal (“From High School (Almost) Dropout to Having $100 Million”) and in the 2007 book, “The Engine of America,” written by Hector V. Barreto, former head of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90077, Tel. 310-476-7002, Fax 206-374-6136
www.mmrglobal.com
Follow me on Twitter at PHREMRGURU
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MMRGlobal Letter to Stockholders
MMRGlobal, Inc. On Tuesday February 1, 2011, 1:57 pm
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 02/01/11) - MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTC.BB:MMRF - News) (www.mmrglobal.com)
Dear Stockholder:
It has been reported that meaningful use incentives could be threatened as the new Republican majority in the House of Representatives moves to deliver on its campaign promises to cut spending. That's why last year MMR created its own Stimulus Plan for physicians, which should favorably impact sales of MMRPro regardless of the outcome of health reform. In fact, MMR's Stimulus Plan could end up being the only such available program, a state of affairs that would be very beneficial to MMR.
In the midst of partisan wrangling, a national survey was released by the Markle Foundation yesterday showing that PHR adoption is on the rise and there is overwhelming agreement among both doctors and patients for sharing information electronically to improve patient care by reducing medical errors and slashing avoidable costs. Among the findings: Three in four doctors want to be able to share information with other professionals electronically, nearly half of the doctors would prefer computer-based means of sharing records with their patients (only 5 percent do so today), and74 percent of them said patients should be able to share their information electronically with their doctors and other practitioners.
This represents a unique opportunity for MMRGlobal. Since MMRPro is a cost effective gateway to a comprehensive EMR, we are one of the few major vendors that would not be impacted by any change in HITECH incentive reimbursements. Additionally, MMR's personal health record enables the patient to control who sees what and when with the utmost of security and privacy.
Looking down the road at 2011:
Chartis domestic has already begun generating revenue with 250,000 recent members added to our user base.
MMR will sign an Agreement with Kodak to manufacture MMRPro systems with a potential aggregate sales value to MMR in excess of ten million dollars.
MMR is working on expanding the Chinese Joint Venture agreement with Unis-Tonghe to include a large international partner who can provide unique technology and telecommunications backbone to the existing agreement and help expand the sales opportunity throughout the Pacific Rim as well as other parts of the world.
With the Washington chatter pitting Republicans against Democrats, who remain in control of the Senate, MMR's Stimulus Program could end up being a dominant program to help physicians with costs related to the installation of an Electronic Medical Records system.
We have been gaining increasing exposure through the national network sponsorship of TV and radio programs we launched last year to advertise our unique product lines to millions of people watching shows like the "Daytime Emmy Awards," the "Hollywood Christmas Day Parade," and both locally and nationally on The Hallmark Channel. We also instituted a national campaign on Clear Channel radio and debuted an impression-based media campaign on Facebook, which has already reached half the population of the United States.
Our sales and revenues rose quarter over quarter in 2010.
We signed our first $13 million dollar biotech licensing deal and are actively exploring additional opportunities with the Company's anti-CD20 antibodies and other IP owned and controlled by the Company.
It takes immense effort and the dedication of our talented staff to have come this far in so short a time. It also takes a steady supply of money which remains available to us through our equity line and other forms of financing used by the Company in the past. However, as our revenues improve over the course of the year, we should be less reliant on outside financing for our growth.
For the future, we want to highlight the value in the Company's biotech assets and other Intellectual Property. The Company has spent more than $100 million developing its biotech portfolio. We believe this can lead to numerous relationships in Big Pharma, where the Company can use its IP to speed approval of drugs and assist in the monitoring of patients in clinical trials.
Richard Lagani, formerly of Chartis Insurance, is now in London, tending to the European launch of our products and services. He is managing the Chartis Domestic and International relationship and will work to expand MMRGlobal's relationship with the Eastman Kodak Company as well. Richard, a member of a special committee of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), will also assist the Company in bringing MyEsafeDepositbox to the government's attention as a way for citizens to better protect their documents in the event of a disaster or other national emergency.
MMRGlobal's primary business remains health information technology, specifically our MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record and MMRPro for healthcare professionals. However, as we've said before, the Company will continue to work with institutional investors, strategic partners, scientific advisors, universities and others to look for opportunities to utilize both our health information technology and biotech assets to identify ways to help save lives and speed approval of other drugs in various stages of clinical trials.
We thank you for your support over the last year and look forward to an exciting and prosperous 2011.
Very truly yours,
Robert H. "Bob" Lorsch
Chairman & CEO, MMRGlobal
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.
P.S. I feel sorry for all those cynics who don’t believe in Santa Claus.
Did Bob mean he feels sorry for the Existing Shareholders ???
Shortly after the beginning of the New Year, we will announce a new telecommunications infrastructure designed to dramatically reduce costs. Since bringing Ralph Salazar on board we have been tasking him to build out our telecommunications systems, eliminating the need for outside non-carrier vendors to deliver our services.
I am excited that yesterday I got to feel somewhat like a modern day Alexander Graham Bell when I got to said “Ralph, “Come Here I Want You”…..on the new system. When complete, we will be able to license our technology which could also generate revenues while managing usage of strategic partners by providing MMR patented services to the healthcare industry in support of whatever products and services they use, with unparalleled safety and security.
Speed to market is always a challenge because of the lead times it takes for MMR to generate revenues from initial contract to deployment and sales.
When launching worldwide, we face similar challenges in deployment of the telecom infrastructure of our product, which I consider the backbone and unique selling proposition of our products and services.
The reason MMR’s products are so powerful is that the Company’s patented telecom infrastructure allows us to receive any document from any system anywhere in the world regardless of the originating technology. When you consider that nearly 80% of all medical records are moved as some form of paper, this represents a very unique selling proposition as we move into the New Year. This will help speed the Company’s global time to market.
The new platform, when announced formally as being “On the grid”, will enable us to service Chartis International, our partners in China, and eventually, in India and the rest of the world in any termination environment language and even dialect.
Meanwhile, until next week, please accept the wishes of the entire MMRGlobal team for you and your family and friends to have the happiest and healthiest of holiday seasons.
P.S. I feel sorry for all those cynics who don’t believe in Santa Claus.
New MMRF Blog Jan 25th
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ENDORSEMENT OF PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS FOR EVERY AMERICAN
Posted by MMRGlobal | Filed under Personal Health
The jury remains out on the merits, pro and con, of the president’s controversial health care legislation, however, whatever the final outcomes, health IT stands to profit and companies like MMRGlobal more than most.
The president is expected to speak tonight in his State of the Union address on the controversy surrounding health care reform. Regardless of the debate and the outcome, MMRGlobal has created a niche which is not dependent on any provisions of the new legislation, including the stimulus program.
In fact, an abolishment of stimulus reimbursement is good for pure play emerging growth companies since many of the services offered are the entry level solution to get to comprehensive automated solutions. We believe MMRPro represents the first essential and environmentally acceptable step in preparing for any Electronic Medical Record solution, specifically by eliminating paper-based records in a physician’s office while preparing for a seamless migration to any Electronic Medical Records system anywhere in the world.
Additionally, in a world where increasingly numbers of physicians and health care professionals cannot afford to accept insurance company and government benefits, MMRPro represents an important tool for stepping into the field of concierge medicine. Concierge medicine is how fast become the way that all Americans may be selecting a physician regardless of economic status. It provides an unparalleled communication link between doctor and patient which generates revenue back to a practice.
Notwithstanding the government’s mandate that by 2014 Americans need to have some type of Personal Health Record will stand and MyMedicalRecords.com, is the only system of its kind technology that interacts seamlessly with every other electronic health record (EHR) system so far invented.
While government is attempting to force standardized systems that jeopardize the privacy of the patient and many say give control to regulators over who will live and who will die, what is really happening is that small business is being forced to come up with solutions to streamline health care without spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on systems and with tools designed to create a better health care system and a better life for doctors.
One of the great American aspirations has been to be a doctor. Twenty years ago that meant someone had the time and financial incentive to truly take care of a patient. Today it means eight minutes (the average visit), and less money per hour than Joe the Plumber.
In spite of the controversy, small business and companies like MMR can change all that. In fact MMR’s own stimulus plan that could award doctors more than five times annually what the government is offering, while allowing them to stay open and do business as they always have…… based on The Great American Dream.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal (OTC:MMRF)
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
www.mmrtheatre.com
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MMRGlobal Announces 50% Increase in Membership
Press Release Source: MMRGlobal, Inc. On Wednesday January 19, 2011, 1:42 pm
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 01/19/11) - MMRGlobal, Inc
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(OTC.BB:MMRF - News) ("MMR") today announced that it is in the process of completing domestic roll-outs of its Personal Health Record product that is expected to contribute toward boosting the Company's membership by nearly 50% to approximately 750,000 by the end of this month. The Company counts members as paid users of services pre-provisioned to the Company's MyMedicalRecords PHR web site. This number does not include users from either MMRPatientView or customers of MedicAlert® Gold, which the Company operates for MedicAlert.
MMRGlobal is also confident about its growth in the professional health IT market even with the controversy surrounding the Congressional proposal to cut back the existing healthcare reform bill. Changes to the bill could have an impact on companies that sell products or services based on the government's stimulus plan incentives to doctors and hospitals. The Company's MMRPro professional solution offers a necessary first step in the integration of any EMR system, and rather than being dependent on government stimulus, has its own stimulus program that rewards healthcare professionals with monies expected to be substantially in excess of the government's four-year, $44,000 dollar payout.
As previously reported, Richard Lagani, Executive Vice President of MMRGlobal, and formerly an executive of Chartis Insurance, will leave for London in February to begin the process of a European launch of the Company's products to Chartis and other health service providers. Lagani is also currently a member of a special committee formed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) to develop better ways for the intelligence committee to communicate with financial institutions, and will introduce the Company's MyEsafeDepositbox products, to the extent appropriate, as a management and emergency asset for consumers and business.
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.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this press release that refer to future events or other non-historical matters are forward-looking statements, and some can be identified by the use of words (and their derivations) such as "need," "possibility," "offer," "development," "if," "negotiate," "when," "begun," "believe," "achieve," "will," "estimate," "expect," "maintain," "plan, " "could," "help" and "continue," or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. MMRGlobal, Inc. disclaims any intent or obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on MMRGlobal, Inc.'s reasonable expectations as of the date of this press release and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. The information discussed in this release is subject to various risks and uncertainties related but not limited to changes in MMRGlobal, Inc.'s business prospects, its results of operations or financial condition, changes in its strategic relationships, government regulation and changes in healthcare initiatives, and such other risks and uncertainties as detailed from time to time in MMRGlobal, Inc.'s public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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New MMRF Blog Jan. 18th
THIS IS NOT AN ILLUSION…IT IS A REALITY
Posted by MMRGlobal | Filed under Personal Health
I have been doing a lot of thinking about what to tell people about MMRGlobal as we take our first step into the New Year. It is very much a reality that the Company has accomplished a tremendous amount over the past year. And although I do not profess psychic powers, I am excited about the possibilities of what is next to come.
Kodak is now releasing its new, co-branded state-of-the-art scanner, the 550, to us. Shortly we can begin delivering MMRPro Systems on the new document imaging platform. In February we will again go to Kodak’s KOM customer, dealer, and distributor annual conference where MMR’s latest will be available in an MMR Suite. Then just one week later, we will rollout the latest in MMRPro and our complete line up of products and services at HIMMS, also in Orlando.
Our partner in China, Unis-Tongue, will be a provider of MMR’s PHR’s and secure esafedepositbox technology in Henan Province, which has more than 100 million citizens. We are also working with a major telecommunications equipment company, as well as a carrier, in support of our efforts in China.
MMR created its own Stimulus Plan for physicians, which has the potential of being much more profitable to physicians than the government’s stimulus program, which is part of the tenuous healthcare bill, as a result of the new Republican Congress.
The thirteen million dollar non-exclusive licensing deal we announced on December 28 was a great way to celebrate the end of 2010. That agreement proves that the Company can license its Biotech portfolio and opens the door to other relationships with other companies in Big Pharma, where the Company’s health IP can be used to speed approval of drugs and assisting in the monitoring of patients during clinical trials. Having negotiated additional strategic business relationships with numerous international companies like Chartis International, Kodak, Unis-Tongue, in China, was also notable.
We began national network sponsorship of TV and radio programs, advertising to millions of people watching shows like the “Daytime Emmy Awards,” the Hallmark Channel, the “Hollywood Christmas Day Parade,” and on Clear Channel radio. We also debuted an impression-based media campaign on Facebook, which has passed the 100 million-viewer mark.
And, of course, our reported sales and revenues continued to rise quarter over quarter.
Richard Lagani, formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Chartis Product Development will focus on expanding the Chartis relationship and be responsible for Insurance, Employee Benefits and Banking Products. Next month, Richard will be in London to help ignite a Chartis European launch and meet with potential resellers in London.
All in all, a very satisfactory look back on a year that has been anything but an Illusion.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
www.mmrtheatre.com
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WE ARE ALL GUIDED BY AN INNER VOICE. TO SUCEED, IT TAKES US INSTINCTIVELY WHERE WE HAVE TO GO. THIS WEEK IT’S SAN FRANCISCO.
Posted by MMRGlobal | Filed under Personal Health
As usual with MMR, each week gets more crowded with travel, appointments, addition of personnel and meetings with analysts, investors, broker/dealers and institutions.
Richard Lagani, who we announced as the newest member of our management team yesterday, is in town this week. In case you missed reading about him, go to www.mmrglobal.com under press releases. Richard comes from 14 years as an executive with Chartis, Inc., where he was most recently Senior Vice President in product development. As such, he is most familiar with our products and services particularly the Chartis relationship.
Today I will travel to San Francisco to participate in events surrounding the all- important JP Morgan Healthcare Conference. I will also be attending the OneMedForum Business Development and Finance Conference.
These events bring together the most influential finance people in healthcare IT and biotech. The conferences, which piggyback on one another, are specifically designed to showcase emerging fast-growth companies that industry analysts believe represent the best in innovative technology and global opportunity to the investment community.
JP Morgan’s event is an indication of how seriously they see the issue of government-mandated healthcare reform. According to a survey by Dow Jones VentureSource, 77% of Venture Capitalists and 180 CEOs of venture-backed companies say that Health IT investment is expected to continue its extraordinary growth in 2011. More than 300 companies, both public and private, will network with as many as 4,000 investors.
We had a series of great meetings in Las Vegas last week at the CES Show, exploring interoperability between consumers and our technology. Soon all kinds of devices sold at retail will be able to interface with our Personal Health Record seamlessly. From the bathroom scale to a chip in your running shoes or a blood-pressure cuff, MMRGlobal (MMRF) will help chart the way to health and wellness for the future.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
http://www.mmrtheatre.com
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MMRGlobal Names Richard Lagani, Senior Insurance Executive, to Management Team
Press Release Source: MMRGlobal, Inc. On Monday January 10, 2011, 8:35 am
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - 01/10/11) -
MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTC.BB:MMRF - News) ("MMR") today announced that Richard Lagani, formerly of Chartis Insurance, is joining the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Lagani will serve as an Executive Vice President in charge of Insurance, Employee Benefits and Banking Products. He will be responsible for managing the Chartis Domestic and International relationship and will work with Chairman and CEO Robert H. Lorsch to expand MMRGlobal's relationship with Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York. His office will be located in New York City, where he will also support the Company's existing relationships in Basking Ridge, New Jersey for both wireless and the use of Personal Health Records in clinical trials.
Mr. Lagani is an experienced insurance, financial services and business professional with over 22 years of industry experience. He spent more than 14 years with Chartis, most recently as Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Chartis Product Development. In addition to his other responsibilities at Chartis, he helped develop strategies for the organization's global operating units, identifying business opportunities and strategic partnerships. He is currently a member of a special committee formed by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to develop better ways for the intelligence committee to communicate with financial institutions. Mr. Lagani holds degrees from New York University and Vanderbilt University School of Law and practiced law for several years prior to joining Chartis.
"This is an important development for our Company," MMRGlobal Chairman and CEO Lorsch said. "I have been working with Richard for more than three years. He is the ideal candidate to manage the Company's relationship with Chartis and oversee our international sales operations as well as advise the Company on opportunities in the insurance, financial services and legal sectors. In his new position as Executive Vice President, Richard will also work with me, Ingrid Safranek, MMR's Chief Financial Officer, and Sunil Singhal, the Company's Chief Technology Officer, on the day-to-day management of the Company. Because Richard is going to be based on the East Coast, he will be strategically placed near Kodak, Verizon, and, of course, Chartis. This means instead of spending weeks of each month servicing existing customers, I will have more time to focus on identifying new global strategic partnerships and alliances as both a health IT and biotech licensor."
Mr. Lagani is at the Company's Los Angeles headquarters this week and will be traveling to Europe in January and February for meetings.
"People are critical to a winning team and the Company has spent the last two years building a top management team. I am very proud of what we have put together," Lorsch added.
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.
new MMRF Blog post Jan 6th 2010
Whatever Happens In Las Vegas will definitely not stay in Vegas
Posted by MMRGlobal | Filed under Personal Health
I could not be more excited about the gadgets in MMRGlobal’s new Health Information & Exchange Network announced earlier today which I hope you will read about at http://tinyurl.com/2d5heok . In fact, for the historians reading this blog, the last time I led a series of acquisitions for an information platform similar to the launch of MMRTelecomm, it led to a doubling of that Company’s market cap.
However, the next best thing could be the toys being unveiled at the Las Vegas Convention Center floor during the Consumer Electronics Show also opening today. The launch of our new technology at MMRTelecom is a perfect fit with the spectacular array of breakthrough products on display at the show.
Today I will meet our Midwest technology partners at the Mid-Wilshire headquarters and leave early this afternoon for Las Vegas. So its another 5:30AM start today and I am sure that it will not be an early night in Las Vegas. Then tomorrow, I will start the day at the Hilton, going over MMR’s agreements for this year’s June Daytime Emmy Awards sponsorship. Then off to the show.
I will visit our strategic partner, Kodak, and will stop by to visit our friends at the Verizon suite. I will spend the day scouting for healthcare-related partner opportunities for the MMR PHR and MMR Pro platforms, and meeting with potential resellers and distributors interested in selling www.mymedicalrecords.com as a prepaid service to retailers. Something I know how to do very well.
I will be on the hunt for manufacturers of blood pressure monitors, diabetes readers and cardio pacemakers that can use Bluetooth and other wireless technologies to send real time readings to a MyMedicalRecords.com personal health record to alert patients and physicians of any abnormalities as they are occurring, for better, timely treatment. All with these goals in mind; improved health care, through information and, of course, shareholder value.
The show is also where wireless carriers like Verizon can come in by using smart phones as the device that communicates with our PHR and Professional Products platform.
For example, a person with diabetes could potentially enable our PHR to send an abnormal reading from monitoring devices to physicians and family members wherever they are anywhere in the world, in minutes.
In fact one of the best Consumer Electronic Products and Services at the show just might be wwww.mymedicalrecords.com, although the Android Tablet looks very cool. I will do my best to communicate from the show, so if you are not following me on Twitter at phremrguru, it may be a good time to sign up. .
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
www.mmrtheatre.com
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MMRGlobal Launches Health Information Platform and Communications Exchange in Support of Worldwide Expansion Plans
LOS ANGELES, CA, Jan 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR") today announced it has deployed the first of its kind proprietary health information and communications network in support of its MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record and MMRPro products and services for healthcare professionals. The new network, called MMRGlobal Infocom, enables the Company to reduce certain infrastructure costs by more than 60% while upgrading its services to include VoIP Gateways and virtualized service options that are necessary to the operation of its patented Electronic Health Record platform and services. Additionally, MMRGlobal is exploring licensing and reseller opportunities using the new platform to generate service revenue from government health information exchanges, healthcare companies and others with similar needs.
"This deployment gives the Company control over its own destiny," stated Robert H. Lorsch, MMRGlobal CEO and Chairman. "We now own our platform operations and, as part of our global expansion, have the ability to securely operate with multiple data centers and integrate our products with any carrier in the world. This capability should help facilitate shorter lead times to market and better service Chartis International, Kodak in the Pacific Rim, Unis-TongHE in China and eventually help us launch services in India."
"MMRGlobal Infocom is designed to increase the value of our Company similar to when I led the acquisition of Pacific Bell Information Systems and American Express Telecom," Lorsch continued. "This opens the door to significant business opportunities not previously available to the Company. Based on the 8-K filed by the Company last week, MMRGlobal is evolving into a biotech and health IT company with its own information exchange network, a powerful combination in the world of clinical trials and global government incentives for healthcare."
According to Rafael "Ralph" Salazar, MMRGlobal Vice President of Communications and Carrier Relations, "MMRGlobal Infocom was designed and built by the Company based on a scalable, modular architecture that allows for accelerated expansion, structural changes, customizable applications and rapid domestic and international deployment. The platform has been built to enable the integration of new state-of-the art SIP solutions needed for our present and future business needs, including voice recognition and speech synthesis applications, and is designed to interface and integrate with all legacy systems. Now, callers will be greeted by new multi-language voice prompts, down to a dialect which will direct them to the various services the Company offers."
"MMR's platform design also gives us carrier failover options that automatically redirect medical records information to other alternate locations in the event of any unforeseen interruption in service," added Salazar.
The Company's interactive platforms are capable of both supporting its total capacity needs as well as others that may want to utilize MMRGlobal's patented technologies. Additionally, the network is being expanded to include locations both in the Midwest and Los Angeles and other sites worldwide. MMRGlobal Infocom will support many different communications protocols for both the modern world of VoIP and from legacy PSTN systems.
"Our gateways are capable of connecting legacy equipment to modern VoIP systems and services," Salazar added. "Our proprietary software makes it simple to create and deploy a wide range of feature-rich telephony applications, services and open source solutions. This includes VoIP gateways, call center ACDs and IVR systems which represent the modular building blocks needed to create an integrated IVR system or virtually any other kind of communications solution. The open nature of the system means that there is no fixed limit on what it can do. Through modular integration we can build everything from a small IP application to a massive carrier media solution."
Prior to joining MMRGlobal, Ralph Salazar held technology and management leadership positions with PacBell, National Broadcasting Company, three Olympic Games, EBU International World Cup Soccer, SmarTalk Teleservices and AT&T, where he dealt with carriers in Europe, Asia and the Americas.
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.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature, including future performance, management's expectations, beliefs, intentions, estimates or projections, constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Company's actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some can be identified by the use of words (and their derivations) such as "need," "possibility," "offer," "development," "if," "negotiate," "when," "begun," "believe," "achieve," "will," "help," "estimate," "expect," "maintain," "plan," and "continue," or the negative of these words. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the risk the Company's products are not adopted or viewed favorably by the healthcare community; risks related to the current uncertainty and instability in financial and lending markets, including global economic uncertainties; deployment of new platform designs and network installations; timing and volume of sales and installations; length of sales cycles and the installation process; market acceptance of new product introductions; ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships; ability to identify and integrate acquisitions; relationships with licensees; competitive product offerings and promotions; changes in government laws and regulations and future changes in tax legislation and initiatives in the healthcare and biotech industries; undetected errors in our products; possibility of interruption at our data centers; risks related to third party vendors; risks related to obtaining and integrating third-party licensed technology; acceptance of the Company's marketing and promotional campaigns; risks related to a security breach by third parties; maintaining, developing and defending our intellectual property rights including those pertaining to our biotechnology assets; risks associated with recruitment and retention of key personnel; uncertainties associated with doing business internationally across borders and territories; and additional risks discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Additionally, we are a developing early-stage company and many variables can affect revenues and/or projections, including factors out of our control. MMRGlobal, Inc. is providing this information as of the date of this release and, except as required by law, does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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New MMRF Blog Jan 5th
Woody Allen is Famous for Saying 80% of Success is Just Showing Up
Posted by MMRGlobal | Filed under Personal Health
Being in the right place at the right time is what MMRGlobal is getting known for.
A new survey of venture capitalists by Dow Jones VentureSource says that VC’s see an increase in Health IT Investment this year. More than 330 U.S. venture capitalists and 180 CEOs of U.S.-based venture-backed companies were surveyed. Among the reasons is increased federal pressure on hospitals and doctors’ offices to meet Meaningful Use standards for electronic health records.
We anticipated this over two years ago when we completed the reverse merger with Favrille. Under the 2009 federal stimulus package, the U.S. government will spend as much as $27.4 billion between 2011 and 2021 to encourage health professionals and hospitals to make their health records electronic.
The process of implementing electronic medical records (EMR) involves a lot of moving parts. Physicians and Hospitals must find the right software vendors, work with that vendor to customize the EHR system to the facility’s needs, and ensure that the software interacts with hardware and existing programs currently being used such as practice management systems.
MyMedicalRecords, the company’s PHR and MMRPro, our document management and imaging system for health care professionals are the only Personal Health Records that can “talk” to any other EMR type system currently in use.
That makes us technology-agnostic and attractive to physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare providers. MMR Pro will allow physicians to begin meeting meaningful use requirements and participate in a Stimulus Program that can place hundreds of thousands of dollars in physicians’ hands.
To assemble a truly comprehensive information and transactional healthcare platform, you need time, vision, money and management to get there, not a small task if you are creating a comprehensive healthcare platform. To see ours visit www.mmrmdvideos.com .
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
www.mmrtheatre.com
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New MMRF Blog - Jan. 4th 2011
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You Are Free To Get Whatever Past or Future You Choose-Happy 2011
Posted by MMRGlobal | Filed under Personal Health
For those of you who missed it, we closed the year with a flourish, announcing a $13 million non exclusive licensing deal with Big Pharma, which you can read about in the form of the Company’s 8K on file with the SEC by visiting MMRGlobal.com and Investor Relations. We still retain the rights to all of the Company’s biotech assets for similar transactions and other development potential, which we believe offer significant value to our shareholders. Last week’s deal does not include anything that could come from our Anti-CD20 antibodies. These revenue opportunities have the potential to be significant.
Last year we mentioned we were working with a large financial institution on a program that incorporates customized aspects of the Company’s Esafe Deposit Box. Although nothing is certain our track record speaks for itself. We can now say, after more than three years of development including numerous due diligence visits to the Company’s hosting facilities, we are in process of building a pilot test module for their mortgage group that has the potential to simplify and speed the ability of the institution to make, modify, track and close loans.
As we begin the new year, health care is again dominating the news out of Washington. And more and more consumers are looking at the need to establish a Personal Health Record for their family.
Last month we also kicked off the first of a series of road shows which will continue over the next several months. They included hitting the morning talk show circuit in an effort to educate consumers on why they need a PHR. You can see the first of these “Good Morning” interviews on the Company’s YouTube channel at http://tinyurl.com/258ufxj .
Also as you plan your new year, please try to join us on April 30th for the launch of www.MyBlueButton.org which will benefit the Thalians and Operation Mend. Although it’s not your typical corporate event, it represents an opportunity for us to meet in person and for you to send a special message to our troops. More information is available at www.thalians.org where you can watch a video about the Thalians. For ticket information contact Bobbie in my office at the number below.
Again Happy New Year and its now off to begin one very busy agenda.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
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To Our Shareholders, Strategic Partners, Vendors and Friends:
December 28, 2010
Attached is a copy of an 8-K filing made by MMRGlobal today.
Over the past year I have focused many of my blogs on teachings from Richard Bach’s book, Illusions. In the book it says, “Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.” http://blog.mymedicalrecordsinc.com/
Clearly, the mission at MMRGlobal is not finished. In fact, we believe it is just beginning. 2010 has been a year that many said could not be done.
How does a start-up company with limited capital compete with Microsoft, Google, Cerner, GE and others in electronic medical records? And when the naysayers kept working so hard to be right about the value of the Company’s biotech IP, we get to start the New Year with a new beginning.
Today’s 8-K filing demonstrates that nothing is impossible and highlights the potential value in the Company’s biotech assets and other Intellectual Property. It opens the door to opportunities where this management team was able to utilize in excess of 100 million dollars worth of pre-merger assets.
While the Company’s primary business remains health information technology, specifically our www.MyMedicalRecords.com Personal Health Record and our http://www.MMRPro.com electronic document management and storage for healthcare professionals, our biotech assets can also lead to relationships with big Pharma, where the Company can possibly use its health IT to speed approval of drugs by assisting in the monitoring of patients in clinical trials.
Accordingly, we will continue to work with institutional investors, strategic partners, scientific advisors, universities and others to look for opportunities to utilize both our health Information technology and biotech assets to identify ways to help save lives and speed approval of other drugs in various stages of clinical trials.
As we wish you and your family and friends the happiest, healthiest and most prosperous of New Years, all of us at MMRGlobal will spend this New Year’s holiday celebrating all of you for your friendship and support over the last year.
Lastly, if you do not have an MMR account, start the New Year by checking out our http://www.MyMedicalRecords.com service. Find out how much there is to look forward to in 2011 by experiencing the value of our products and services for yourself. Please accept this New Year’s gift to open a complimentary 90-day account using Registration Code guestofrhl.
Very truly yours,
Robert H. "Bob" Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90077, Tel. 310-476-7002, Fax 206-374-6136
www.mmrglobal.com http://www.mymedicalrecords.com
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NEW MMRF Blog Dec 28th
“Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
Posted by MyMedicalRecords | Filed under Personal Health
I am getting ready to leave for an early morning appearance on Good Morning San Diego however first I wanted to comment on the 8-K filing MMRGlobal made today regarding a definitive Agreement pertaining to the licensing of the Company’s biotech assets. A copy appears at www.mmrglobal.com under the Investor relations tab.
Over the past year I have focused many of my blogs on teachings from Richard Bach’s book, Illusions. In the book it says, “Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you’re alive, it isn’t.” http://blog.mymedicalrecordsinc.com/
Clearly, the mission at MMRGlobal is not finished. In fact, we believe it is just beginning. 2010 has been a year that many said could not be done.
How does a start-up company with limited capital compete with Microsoft, Google, Cerner, GE and others in electronic medical records? And when the naysayers kept working so hard to be right about the value of the Company’s biotech IP, we get to start the New Year with a new beginning.
Today’s 8-K filing demonstrates that nothing is impossible and highlights the potential value in the Company’s biotech assets and other Intellectual Property. It opens the door to opportunities where this management team was able to utilize in excess of 100 million dollars worth of pre-merger assets.
While the Company’s primary business remains health information technology, specifically our www.MyMedicalRecords.com Personal Health Record and our www.MMRPro.com electronic document management and storage for healthcare professionals, our biotech assets can also lead to relationships with big Pharma, where the Company can possibly use its health IT to speed approval of drugs by assisting in the monitoring of patients in clinical trials.
Accordingly, we will continue to work with institutional investors, strategic partners, scientific advisors, universities and others to look for opportunities to utilize both our health Information technology and biotech assets to identify ways to help save lives and speed approval of other drugs in various stages of clinical trials.
As we wish you and your family and friends the happiest, healthiest and most prosperous of New Years, all of us at MMRGlobal will spend this New Year’s holiday celebrating all of you for your friendship and support over the last year.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90077, Tel. 310-476-7002, Fax 206-374-6136
www.mmrglobal.com www.mymedicalrecords.com
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AIG, Chartis unit sign credit agreements
Published Monday, Dec. 27, 2010 4:17PM EST
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-investor/aig-chartis-unit-sign-credit-agreements/article1850448/
Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc. (AIG-N59.385.059.30%) took another step toward winding down its support from the U.S. government Monday by securing $4.3-billion (U.S.) of credit lines from banks.
AIG and its property insurance unit Chartis Inc. agreed to three separate credit facilities with banks, partly replacing credit lines from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, AIG said in regulatory filings.
We believe we are close enough to completing our recapitalization plan that we can see the finish line,” said Robert Benmosche, AIG’s chief executive officer, in a prepared statement.
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., and Citigroup Inc. were joint lead arrangers for the three facilities. AIG said in a prepared release that 36 banks in total have agreed to participate in the credit facilities.
AIG signed two credit agreements worth $1.5-billion each, one for three years and another for 364 days, it said in a regulatory filing.
Separately, Chartis signed a $1.3-billion letter of credit and reimbursement agreement with its lenders.
The new credit facilities will be used once the previously announced recapitalization plan with the U.S. Treasury Department and the New York Fed is closed, effectively ending a portion of the government’s support of the insurance giant issued after the demise of Lehman Brothers Holdings in 2008.
The new private sector credit line is not a dollar-for-dollar replacement of the Fed’s credit line, which currently totals $21-billion.
But the Fed’s credit line is expected to be paid off in the first quarter 2011, according to the insurer’s previously announced recapitalization plan.
In total, the U.S. government holds a $91-billion stake in AIG.
$13 Million to MMR - Nice !!
New MMR BLOG Dec 20th
2011 is the Year of the Rabbit, according to Chinese astrology
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The rabbit is one of the luckiest signs in the Chinese Astrology chart, and enjoys being the center of attention. The forecast for 2011 is that “the Rabbit will find that the momentum he created during 2010 has set him up beautifully in 2011, a stunning and most favorable year, with his luck running high. He may make money from an entrepreneurial idea. “
Why would Bob Lorsch care about a rabbit? Well, he would if he was the CEO of a company with a strategic business in China. The Chinese take their astrology very seriously and make decisions, both personal and in business, accordingly. If they feel lucky, that’s just fine with me.
Last Thursday, I met with executives from Alcatel Lucent, one of the largest technology and telecommunications companies in the world. Alcatel Lucent is also a strategic and equity partner in Shanghai Bell and operates in more than 130 countries. Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd. is in the business of telecommunications and information in China.
Last week MMRGlobal continued what has been a process of several years looking for the right opportunity with Lucent. It appears that process could begin in China. We intend on working with Alcatel Lucent in support of our Unis relationship and other opportunities in China including many with Kodak and the Pacific Rim. Because of the Shanghai Bell connection Alcatel Lucent could bring MMR the POTS telephone connectivity and wireless infrastructure to exploit MMR’s proprietary personal health record products and services in China. The relationship with Unis could assist us in realizing our financial goals in China.
We are proud to have a great collection of companies that we consider strategic relationships. Alcatel Lucent is a great company, I have known members of management for more than 20 years and to have an opportunity to be working with them, Unis Chartis International and Kodak demonstrates the Rabbit is working overtime.
As the Christmas holiday gets closer our team is working very hard to deliver a gift of continued performance. However if you are still wondering what to give some special people on your list a charitable contribution in their name is always a great thing to give. In fact visit www.rhlgroup.com/thalians and make that contribution to the Thalians Mental Health Center for the UCLA Medical Center program “Operation Mend” which benefits our returning Veterans.
A $1000 tax deductible gift to The Thalians will get a ticket to the 55th Annual “Thalian’s Gala”, April 30th, 2011 at the Playboy Mansion. Now that’s a place many have dreamed about Santa taking us too.
Lastly if you do not have an MMR Personal Health Record Account please call Herlyn or Bobbie through investor relations and let us give you a 90 day free Personal Health Record or MyEsafeDepositBox account. Our gift to you so when the family is together you can be sure to have a PHR and emergency safe deposit box is in place to be safe for the New Year.
So remember to go to Go to http://www.rhlgroup.com/thalians, and watch the video, it will bring back some amazing memories of the blessings in our lives.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal, 4401 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002
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new MMRF Blog ... Dec. 17
Getting The Facts Straight #2
Posted by MyMedicalRecords | Filed under Personal Health
Today we will pass the 50 million mark on Facebook impressions with thousands of clicks to our landing pages and IR sites. Encouraging people to learn how they can invest in their family’s health and the future of healthcare at MMRF has been a great way to call attention to your Company as we end the year. Next week we will expand the campaign to Google and Google television. We want to educate users on the value proposition of having a PHR, and encouraging them to learn about the investment opportunities in Health Information Technology. For those who missed the Dot.com boom it’s now time for the government-fueled HIT boom. In case you missed it, attached is a sample ad from the current Facebook campaign.
Amazon went public in 1997, and had a net loss of $31 million, followed by a net loss of $125 million, and almost $720 million in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In their last annual report for the year ended 2009, they had net income of $902 million. Yesterday Twitter announced another $200 million financing and is still searching for a revenue model. I am proud of what MMR has accomplished for less than 10 percent of the Twitter raise at MMRGlobal.
Although I always enjoy hearing from shareholders and others, it’s the “others” that baffle me. There is this tiny, tiny, tiny group of tiny minded people who hide behind an image of tiny dogs (or other icons) attempting to mislead the public about MMRGlobal. In my opinion, some of these comments simply demonstrate stupidity. My New Years wish to them is Get A life, while my New Years wish to the rest of you is Health, Happiness, Joy, Peace, Love and Prosperity to which I hope MMR can play some small part in.
And, to that point….we are working very hard on the “Prosperity” piece. Last Sunday I left my house at 4 AM to take an early morning flight to New York. After 4, 20-hour days I was on another red-eye back to Los Angeles to meet what could be our newest strategic relationship in Los Angeles with another one of the largest companies in the world.
In addition to Chartis meetings on last Monday, Tuesday’s road show was attended by nearly 70 leading interested investors as well as broker/dealers and fund managers. This included a luncheon speech and power point presentation on the history of the Company. We anticipated 45 attendees and 15 minutes of Q&A. We were surprised to find more than 60 who braved 20 degree cold to hear MMR’s story. The waiters were challenged to find and add more chairs to accommodate the overflow crowd. In New York investors usually come, eat, drink and get back to their offices for the market close. This time they stayed almost 2 hours, never stopping 45 minutes of Q&A. Based on the day it would appear they liked what they heard.
Then it was off to Basking Ridge New Jersey, which I believe will be a regular destination for me over the next few months as we build out our wireless strategy with one of the largest carriers in the US as a potential strategic partner.
What I took away from this coast-to-coast dash is that investors want to know as much as they can about the mandated migration from paper-based records in use by doctors, hospitals and other healthcare organizations, to EHRs. That is why I am scheduling similar road shows in half a dozen major U.S. cities starting immediately after we usher in the New Year. We are planning similar presentations to visit brokers, institutions, and private investors in Boston, Philadelphia, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, Newport Beach, San Diego, and of course, Los Angeles.
It is reported that Hitech will mandate deployment of Personal Health Records for all by 2014. Investors want to learn how they can participate in this emerging growth opportunity. MMR has invested heavily in building out one of the best and most user friendly and secure Personal Health Record products and services technology that can talk to any other EMR system today. The people I met with were impressed. They told me so. I think they had good reason to be.
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002, Fax 800-203-2127
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In addition, Michael J. Finley, Vice President, Worldwide Carrier Relations at Qualcomm, and John R. Seitz, CEO of Spalding Surgical Center of Beverly Hills, have agreed to join MMRGlobal's Board of Advisors.
Mike Finley, who Lorsch has known for nearly 18 years since he was a President of Verizon Wireless, has been advising the Company since its initial meetings with Sprint Nextel in Kansas City, where he was President of the West Region and Senior Vice President of Sprint Corporation.
A widely respected executive in the telecommunications and wireless industry, necessary to the MMR operating system and MMRGlobal's future growth in wireless, Mr. Finley's success in selling wireless technologies to consumers is a timely addition as the Company goes deeper into mobile health opportunities for MyMedicalRecords and MMRPro.
With the addition of John Seitz to the Board of Advisors, management has the expertise of a recognized leader in the Ambulatory Surgical Center industry. Mr. Seitz heads one of the most advanced surgical centers in the U.S. and will advise on the Company's strategy for sales of MMRPro into surgery centers and other healthcare specialty groups.
10-Dec-2010 Change in Directors or Principal Officers
Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
Effective December 6, 2010, Rich Teich will no longer serve as the Company's Executive Vice President. Due to substantially increased workloads in support of MMRPro and MMR Patient View, Mr. Teich has requested the Company enter into a new agreement with him to provide services focused on supporting the Company's products sold to healthcare professionals.
New MMR Ad Campaign Launched ...
http://mymedicalrecordsonline.com/invest
Thank you for your interest in MMRGlobal at http://www.mmrglobal.com or (OTC: MMRF).
You can now take advantage of your free 30-day trial Personal Health Record account. Our goal is to give you the tools to help you better manage your health and your experience with the healthcare system, especially now that healthcare is undergoing tremendous changes affecting all of us.
Your MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record comes with your own personal "Lifeline" telephone number so you can receive and send faxes of your medical records from all your providers. You get unlimited voice, fax, storage and messaging at no additional cost.
Similar services cost hundreds of dollars of annually. Moreover, did you know that you can save hundreds to even thousands of dollars a year by being able to instantly access and share your medical records, including those of family members, maintained in a secure MyMedicalRecords online account.
This is because having a MyMedicalRecords account can help you avoid expensive duplication of unnecessary tests and harmful drug interactions by securely informing new doctors or emergency physicians of your comprehensive medical history in seconds, anywhere in the world, via Internet connection.
MyMedicalRecords also gives you the ability to upload and store your medical charts, lab reports, immunization records, images such as x-rays and scans, and even other important documents such as birth certificates, passports, and advance directives. To activate your 30-day free trial, visit http://www.mymedicalrecords.com , click on the "Join Now" link and enter the registration code: HEALTH.
For more information about MyMedicalRecords, Click Here to see our video, or to find out how you can invest in the future of healthcare today.
Thank you, http://www.mmrglobal.com (OTC: MMRF).
new MMRF Blog and MMR Web Site
Road Show Details announced
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We at MMR have resolved that 2011 is the year that MMR becomes the name that people associate with Personal Health Records as a must-have for their families’ health and financial security. We continue our growth and we work hard to tell our story to the world. The revolution in health information technology in America, and our position in it, which we have spent much capital and effort developing our brand allows us to get interest in MMRGlobal at the highest levels.
Our first coming out “party” will be in New York on Tuesday December 14th. Investor Awareness has scheduled a full day of meetings for us. I will be presenting a road show on the Company to a group of institutional investors during a private lunch, while before and after I will meet privately with investors already interested in MMRGlobal. While in New York I will also meet with management at Chartis and visit Verizon HQ in Basking Ridge.
I am also scheduled to meet with the Managing Director of NYSE Euronext, which is the combined New York Stock Exchange and the largest European Bourse, or exchange. With more than 8,000 listed issues, NYSE Euronext is home to the world’s leading companies providing access to the global liquidity they need to collaborate, compete and grow. We have previously discussed an objective to move our trading into a better trading brand.
We will follow New York with similar presentations in Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Miami, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, and of course, Los Angeles in the early part of next year.
Meanwhile the Company has launched “One Little Piggy”, a direct marketing campaign on Facebook and Google promoting both the importance of having a Personal Record and the opportunity to invest in the emerging growth category of Health Information Technology. More than five million people are being targeted to see this campaign on the pages they see most. Watch for our “Piggy” and other ads in the campaign and sign up at the attached link at http://mymedicalrecordsonline.com/invest .
Robert H. “Bob” Lorsch, CEO, MMRGlobal
4401 Wilshire Blvd., 2nd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90010, Phone 310-476-7002,
www.mymedicalrecords.com. www.mmrvideos.com, www.mmrmdvideos.com
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