MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTCBB: MMRF) ("MMR"), and
Unis-Tonghe Technology (Zhengzhou) Co., Ltd ("UNIS"), announced
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 wellness 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 MMR'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
companies, 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 small 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 subsidiaries 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.
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Contact: Bobbie Volman MMR Information Systems, Inc. (310)
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