Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:10:24 AM
MMRF NEWS --
LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov 19, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MMR Information
Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR"), and Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co.,
Ltd ("UNIS"), annou nced that they will enter into a definitive agreement by the
end of this year to form a joint venture to build a customized version of MMR's
proprietary personal health record ("PHR") services (www.mymedicalrecords.com)
and professional document imaging and management solutions in China. Luo
Jianhui, Vice President and Chairman of Unisoft Group, Unis-Tonghe Technology,
and Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMR Information Systems, Inc., made
the announcement today following meetings held last week at UNIS' corporate
offices adjacent to Tsinghua University in Beijing.
UNIS is a subsidiary of Unisplendour Corporation Limited (SHE: 00938)
(www.unis.cn), one of China's leading IT firms employing more than 25,000
people. MMR's technology will support a UNIS medical records development project
for China's 18,000 public hospital system and as many as 10,000 selected private
hospitals throughout the country. China does not currently have a method of
electronically acquiring, storing or transporting individual health records.
The meetings brought senior management and technology executives from MMR, UNIS
and Nihilent, MMR's technology partner in India, together for a collaborative
session on requirements to integrate the MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record
and MMRPro system (www.mymedicalrecordsmd.com) into a health IT platform that
could be deployed throughout China's heathcare market. MMR also provides
electronic safe deposit box storage solutions (www.myesafedepositbox.com) to the
financial, legal and insurance industries which UNIS will help MMR introduce in
China.
"China is embarking on the greatest healthcare reform in its modern history,"
Lorsch said. "The country will spend 180 billion RMB to create a fully
electronic predictive health information network, including a Chinese version of
MMR's popular Personal Health Record, integration of MMRPro and we llness tools
to be available throughout the country. There are as many as 28,000 hospitals in
China's 4,000 cities that do not have systems that talk to one another. By
giving the Chinese population a copy of their own Personal Health Record, it
helps ensure that anyone going to any hospital has the information necessary to
obtain the best possible care."
MMR and UNIS are currently assembling technology and commercialization teams to
assist in the necessary development and integration that will enable UNIS to
launch the MyMedicalRecords platform by the 3rd quarter of next year. The
agreement between MMR and UNIS will allow MMR to utilize the UNIS Cloud
Computing Platform to facilitate the offering of the MyMedicalRecords PHR to the
Ministry of Health and other government, financial, legal and medical entities
in China.
According to Ravi Teja, who represented Nihilent at the meetings, "Nihilent will
work with UNIS to utilize M MR's underlying platform to create a system that will
meet the specific needs of the Chinese government. When the system is fully
deployed, it will allow individuals to maintain a portable copy of their own
Personal Health Record. It will also allow hospitals and doctors to track
patients and disease trends regionally and throughout China.
This will assist the Chinese government in reducing healthcare costs and
managing disease trends such as H1N1 Influenza and the healthcare resources to
contain them, including deployment of medical personnel to areas in need," Teja
added.
About MMR Information Systems, Inc.
MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF), 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
compa nies, unions and professional organizations and affinity groups.
MyMedicalRecords enables individuals and families to access their medical
records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports,
insurance policies and wills anytime from anywhere using the Internet. The
MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record is built on proprietary, patented
technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted
and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or
file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform
to populate a user's account. The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is
designed to give physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to
digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real
time. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an
integrated turnkey EMR solution for smal l to mid-size physician practices. MMR
clients include AFL-CIO, Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, Coverdell,
LegalZoom, The Latino Coalition, MedicAlert, NRA, Qvisory, XN Financial and
others. MMR is also an integrated service provider on Google Health. To learn
more about MMR Information Systems, Inc. visit www.mmrinformationsystems.com.
About Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd
Unisplendour Corporation Limited www.unis.cn is principally involved in the
production and distribution of information and electronic products, as well as
the provision of information technology (IT) services. The Company's businesses
could be divided into five segments: information products segment, software
integration segment, digital products distribution segment, communication
technology segment and intelligent transportation segment. As of December 31,
2008, the Company had one wholly owned subsidiary and three partially owned
subsidiarie s including Unis-Tonghe www.unis-th.com. Unisplendour Corporation
Limited is traded in China under the symbol SHE:000938.
About Nihilent
Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a
holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India,
Nihilent's executive team has over 350 person years of experience in
international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent's operations
span across North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent's
mission 'Change for Performance' encapsulates its commitment to make change
happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for
achieving sustained performance for its clients. Nihilent has taken several
initiatives to partner governments across the world in moving in the direction
of good governance. www.nihilent.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this press re lease that refer to future events or
other non-historical matters are forward-looking statements. These statements
relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you
can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "should,"
"expects," "believes," "potential," or the negative of such terms and other
comparable terminology. MMR Information Systems, Inc. disclaims any intent or
obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are based on MMR Information Systems, 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,
as detailed from time to time in MMR Information Systems, Inc.'s public filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Bobbie Volman
MMR Information Syste ms, Inc.
(310) 476-7002, x2005
bvolman@mmrmail.com
or
Michael Selsman
Public Communications Co.
310-553-5732
ms@publiccommunications.biz
SOURCE: MMR Information Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: mailto:bvolman@mmrmail.com
mailto:ms@publiccommunications.biz
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LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov 19, 2009 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MMR Information
Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR"), and Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co.,
Ltd ("UNIS"), annou nced that they will enter into a definitive agreement by the
end of this year to form a joint venture to build a customized version of MMR's
proprietary personal health record ("PHR") services (www.mymedicalrecords.com)
and professional document imaging and management solutions in China. Luo
Jianhui, Vice President and Chairman of Unisoft Group, Unis-Tonghe Technology,
and Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMR Information Systems, Inc., made
the announcement today following meetings held last week at UNIS' corporate
offices adjacent to Tsinghua University in Beijing.
UNIS is a subsidiary of Unisplendour Corporation Limited (SHE: 00938)
(www.unis.cn), one of China's leading IT firms employing more than 25,000
people. MMR's technology will support a UNIS medical records development project
for China's 18,000 public hospital system and as many as 10,000 selected private
hospitals throughout the country. China does not currently have a method of
electronically acquiring, storing or transporting individual health records.
The meetings brought senior management and technology executives from MMR, UNIS
and Nihilent, MMR's technology partner in India, together for a collaborative
session on requirements to integrate the MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record
and MMRPro system (www.mymedicalrecordsmd.com) into a health IT platform that
could be deployed throughout China's heathcare market. MMR also provides
electronic safe deposit box storage solutions (www.myesafedepositbox.com) to the
financial, legal and insurance industries which UNIS will help MMR introduce in
China.
"China is embarking on the greatest healthcare reform in its modern history,"
Lorsch said. "The country will spend 180 billion RMB to create a fully
electronic predictive health information network, including a Chinese version of
MMR's popular Personal Health Record, integration of MMRPro and we llness tools
to be available throughout the country. There are as many as 28,000 hospitals in
China's 4,000 cities that do not have systems that talk to one another. By
giving the Chinese population a copy of their own Personal Health Record, it
helps ensure that anyone going to any hospital has the information necessary to
obtain the best possible care."
MMR and UNIS are currently assembling technology and commercialization teams to
assist in the necessary development and integration that will enable UNIS to
launch the MyMedicalRecords platform by the 3rd quarter of next year. The
agreement between MMR and UNIS will allow MMR to utilize the UNIS Cloud
Computing Platform to facilitate the offering of the MyMedicalRecords PHR to the
Ministry of Health and other government, financial, legal and medical entities
in China.
According to Ravi Teja, who represented Nihilent at the meetings, "Nihilent will
work with UNIS to utilize M MR's underlying platform to create a system that will
meet the specific needs of the Chinese government. When the system is fully
deployed, it will allow individuals to maintain a portable copy of their own
Personal Health Record. It will also allow hospitals and doctors to track
patients and disease trends regionally and throughout China.
This will assist the Chinese government in reducing healthcare costs and
managing disease trends such as H1N1 Influenza and the healthcare resources to
contain them, including deployment of medical personnel to areas in need," Teja
added.
About MMR Information Systems, Inc.
MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF), 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
compa nies, unions and professional organizations and affinity groups.
MyMedicalRecords enables individuals and families to access their medical
records and other important documents, such as birth certificates, passports,
insurance policies and wills anytime from anywhere using the Internet. The
MyMedicalRecords Personal Health Record is built on proprietary, patented
technologies to allow documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted
and stored in the system using a variety of methods, including fax, phone, or
file upload without relying on any specific electronic medical record platform
to populate a user's account. The Company's professional offering, MMRPro, is
designed to give physicians' offices an easy and cost-effective solution to
digitizing paper-based medical records and sharing them with patients in real
time. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an
integrated turnkey EMR solution for smal l to mid-size physician practices. MMR
clients include AFL-CIO, Alexian Brothers Hospital Network, Coverdell,
LegalZoom, The Latino Coalition, MedicAlert, NRA, Qvisory, XN Financial and
others. MMR is also an integrated service provider on Google Health. To learn
more about MMR Information Systems, Inc. visit www.mmrinformationsystems.com.
About Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd
Unisplendour Corporation Limited www.unis.cn is principally involved in the
production and distribution of information and electronic products, as well as
the provision of information technology (IT) services. The Company's businesses
could be divided into five segments: information products segment, software
integration segment, digital products distribution segment, communication
technology segment and intelligent transportation segment. As of December 31,
2008, the Company had one wholly owned subsidiary and three partially owned
subsidiarie s including Unis-Tonghe www.unis-th.com. Unisplendour Corporation
Limited is traded in China under the symbol SHE:000938.
About Nihilent
Nihilent is a global consulting and solutions integration company using a
holistic and systems approach to problem solving. Headquartered in Pune, India,
Nihilent's executive team has over 350 person years of experience in
international consulting, IT outsourcing and IT services. Nihilent's operations
span across North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. Nihilent's
mission 'Change for Performance' encapsulates its commitment to make change
happen systemically in terms of people, process, technology and knowledge for
achieving sustained performance for its clients. Nihilent has taken several
initiatives to partner governments across the world in moving in the direction
of good governance. www.nihilent.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this press re lease that refer to future events or
other non-historical matters are forward-looking statements. These statements
relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you
can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "should,"
"expects," "believes," "potential," or the negative of such terms and other
comparable terminology. MMR Information Systems, Inc. disclaims any intent or
obligation to update any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are based on MMR Information Systems, 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,
as detailed from time to time in MMR Information Systems, Inc.'s public filings
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Bobbie Volman
MMR Information Syste ms, Inc.
(310) 476-7002, x2005
bvolman@mmrmail.com
or
Michael Selsman
Public Communications Co.
310-553-5732
ms@publiccommunications.biz
SOURCE: MMR Information Systems, Inc.
CONTACT: mailto:bvolman@mmrmail.com
mailto:ms@publiccommunications.biz
Copyright 2009 Marketwire, Inc., All rights reserved.
-0-
SUBJECT CODE: Computers and Software:Internet
Computers and Software:Software
Medical and Heal thcare:Dentistry
Medical and Healthcare:Surgery and Treatments
Medical and Healthcare:Healthcare
Medical and Healthcare:Nursing
Medical and Healthcare:Facilities and Providers
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