Fort Wayne, Ind. – May 3, 2012 – In support of healthcare industry efforts to make consumer access to digital health data a top priority, NoMoreClipboard today announced that its users can download their personal health record information in five different file formats including ASCII, .pdf, CCD, CCR and PHR Extract.

“We decided to launch a ‘Blue Button on steroids’ to give our users choice,” said Jeff Donnell, president of NoMoreClipboard. “While the Blue Button effort embraced by organizations like the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Medicare enables veterans and Medicare beneficiaries to download health information, it does so in file formats which fall short of the interoperability standards required for certified electronic health record vendors. We added CCD, CCR and PHR extract formats to our Blue Button module, so patients can download a file that could be shared with an HIE, an electronic health record system, or another healthcare IT application that embraces standards-based interoperability protocols.”

“Like others who have adopted the Blue Button initiative, our users can download a human readable ASCII text file or a .pdf, which is inherently valuable” added Donnell. “Since we have been exchanging structured electronic data with other healthcare IT vendors for years at interoperability events and in the marketplace, we are enabling our users make their data available in formats that can be parsed – making discrete electronic data available for consumption. This reinforces our commitment to giving consumers a portable, interoperable personal health record designed to liberate, rather than imprison, health information.”

For more information on the Blue Buttoninitiative, please visit http://bluebuttondata.org. Blue Button, the Blue Button logo, and the slogan “Download My Data” are registered Service Marks of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), an agency of the United States Government and are used by permission of VA.

About NoMoreClipboard

NoMoreClipboard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), is a web-based, personal health record management system designed to consolidate medical information in one convenient and secure location for easy retrieval and updates. NMC enables consumers to share personal or family member medical information with medical professionals electronically; reducing the need for repetitive medical paperwork.  For more information, visit www.NoMoreClipboard.com

Agreement Makes Personal Health Records Available to Payers and Employers

Fort Wayne, Ind. – April 5, 2012 – As consumer engagement becomes increasingly important in healthcare, NoMoreClipboard.com today announced an agreement with Healthx, Inc. to provide best-in-class personal health records (PHRs) to health plans and employers.

The addition of the NoMoreClipboard PHR will add value to Healthx self-service communication and data integration portals that serve more than 130 payer organizations and 39,000 groups. “More than 12 million individuals use our applications to enroll in health plans, manage benefits and improve their health and wellness,” said Mitch Hansen, Healthx Executive Vice President. “Adding the NoMoreClipboard PHR to our cloud-based offering enables our health plan and employer clients to provide a valuable tool to their covered populations – helping them organize, manage and share their family health information.”

“Healthx has carved out a powerful position with medium-sized health plans, health system payer organizations and self-funded employers,” said Jeff Donnell, President of NoMoreClipboard. “The NoMoreClipboard PHR is a great complement to Healthx self-service portals, and Healthx shares our vision of giving consumers access to health information in order to improve communication and coordination of care while reducing unnecessary healthcare cost. We have integrated our PHR into the Healthx application suite, creating a seamless, single sign-on consumer experience.”

For more information, please visit www.NoMoreClipboard.com and www.healthx.com

About NoMoreClipboard

NoMoreClipboard, a wholly owned subsidiary of Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE), is a web-based, personal health record management system designed to consolidate medical information in one convenient and secure location for easy retrieval and updates. NMC enables consumers to share personal or family member medical information with medical professionals electronically; reducing the need for repetitive medical paperwork.  For more information, visit www.NoMoreClipboard.com or http://www.mieweb.com.

About Healthx, Inc.

Healthx was formed in 1998 and has rapidly grown to be the healthcare industry’s leading developer of self-service communication and data integration portals serving more than 130 payers and39,000 groups, representing over 12 million individual lives. Healthx develops and manages the most widely adopted online portals and applications for the healthcare market. Healthx provides SaaS solutions for payers, providers, employers and brokers. Healthx is privately held and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Healthx is SAS 70 audited and HIPAA compliant. All Healthx clients are supported on a cloud-based platform that is housed at a SAS 70 certified data center in Indianapolis. For more information, visit www.healthx.com.

Online Services Will Include Chats, Secured-Data Share, and Health Monitoring

LAS VEGAS, NV (HIMSS 12 Conference) – February 23, 2012 - CHS Health Services™ (CHS) has partnered with HealthyCircles™, an enterprise-class health platform for care teams to greatly enhance the employee-patient collaborative care experience. CHS will incorporate the HealthyCircles portal’s robust functionality for consumers and providers into its Optic™ digital system to securely connect health care professionals to patients, their families and their caregivers via a comprehensive care management system.

“We’ve been collaborating with HealthyCircles for some time and it’s clear they offer a best-in-class, advanced solution to support our efforts to reach patients in a context that fosters engagement – through the web, with mobile devices, and on a platform controlled by the patient, and we are glad to formalize this partnership,” said Stuart Clark, president of CHS. “The HealthyCircles Care Management system represents and is consistent with our commitment to provide improved and differentiated patient-centered tools that increase engagement and positively change behavior.”

In addition to offering easy access to communicate with a CHS onsite health center, the new features of the secured portal will allow CHS’ medical staff to extend their services beyond the physical onsite health center. The HealthyCircle platform will enable the ability to conduct online health challenges for employees, share health activity data with colleagues and health coaches, and video/online chat.

The system extends beyond traditional personal health records (PHR) and builds into CHS’ Optic portal, which already offers online appointment scheduling, e-visits, and electronic prescription refills, allowing more customization based on CHS client requirements and needs. This new level of service will provide CHS clients the ability to build an employer specific health benefit ecosystem that leverages their health offerings and magnifies the employer’s health spend to enhance the quality of care the employee receives.

“CHS’ commitment to connected and personalized health care helps set the standard for patient interaction and the cross-platform technologies for the industry we are building. They are a welcomed partner,” said James Mault, M.D., FACS, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of HealthyCircles.

About CHS Health Services, Inc.

Founded in 1975, CHS™ is one of the industry’s largest independent provider of onsite health care solutions. The country’s largest corporations look to CHS for workforce health and productivity management services including onsite primary care, health coaching, pharmacy services, and connected health for dispersed workforces nationwide. As an independent provider of workforce health care, CHS offers an objective viewpoint that, combined with its deep analytical approach to employee health, helps maximize the effectiveness of every health care dollar spent, while ensuring employees have the best treatment options. CHS tailors health care delivery to employers’ overarching benefits strategies and supports each organization with integrated health information systems. Visit www.CHSonsite.com or call 800-638-8083.

About HealthyCircles

HealthyCirclesTM (www.healthycircles.com), a San Diego-based, Care Management and Coordination platform company providing enterprise, health care delivery solutions that solve problems related to transitions of care, hospital readmission reduction, home health and remote health monitoring. HealthyCircles provides clients with a private-label experience that is designed as a software-as-a-service model delivering an integrated suite of products and services connecting health care professionals to patients, their families and their caregivers via a HIPAA secure, care management system. Be sure to connect with us on Facebook, join us on LinkedIn and follow us on Twitter @HealthyCircles.

Consult A Doctor, an innovator of telemedicine services and technology solutions, today announced the launch of FLUHOTLINE24/7, a resource that will connect people in all 50 states with board certified physicians that can diagnose, treat and prescribe medications, if appropriate, for the highly contagious flu virus via phone.

Here are some of the main highlights:
Industry Statistics
- According to a recent Center for Disease Control (CDC) announcement, more than 160 million cases of the flu are expected for the 2011-2012 flu season.
- In an average year, flu-related complications lead to over 200,000 hospitalizations, many of which are non-emergent and contribute to an overcrowded, wasteful healthcare system.

Consult A Doctor’s FLUHOTLINE24/7
- Consult A Doctor’s network of physicians use the most current clinical information and treatment guidelines from the CDC to answer any flu related questions and provide educational medical instruction and advice.
- A typical consultation with a Consult A Doctor physician via FLUHOTLINE24/7, either via a call to 1-855-DOC-4FLU or logging on to www.FLUHOTLINE247.com, takes just minutes and costs under $40, regardless of insurance status.
- Consult A Doctor also provides a web portal that grants patients and physicians access to a robust health library and other wellness tools.

Consult A Doctor Gives Patients Seeking Diagnosis and Treatment for Flu Symptoms Immediate Access to Physicians via Phone at Low Cost

Miami, FL., January 18, 2012 — The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently announced that it is expecting more than 160 million cases of the flu over the 2011-2012 flu season. In an average year, complications related to the flu lead to over 200,000 hospitalizations, many of which are non-emergent and contribute to an overcrowded, wasteful healthcare system. To help solve the problem of physician access, Consult A Doctor, an innovator of telemedicine services and technology solutions, today announced the launch of FLUHOTLINE24/7, a resource that will connect people in all 50 states with board certified physicians that can diagnose, treat and prescribe medications, if appropriate, for the highly contagious flu virus via phone.

Anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms may call 1-855-DOC-4FLU or log on to www.FLUHOTLINE247.com and be connected with a certified physician in real-time, from anywhere, 24/7/365. A Consult A Doctor physician will conduct a brief consultation via phone. For patients that may need medication, a thorough medical intake will be performed and, if warranted, the doctor can provide a prescription for anti-viral or other indicated medications.

Consult A Doctor’s network of physicians use the most current clinical information and treatment guidelines from the CDC to answer any flu related questions and provide educational medical instruction and advice. A typical consultation with a Consult A Doctor physician via FLUHOTLINE24/7 takes just minutes and costs under $40, regardless of insurance status.

“Until now, concierge medicine has been something few people could obtain. When we are sick, we typically have to get in our cars and drive ourselves to our primary physician’s office – if we have one. If not, our options are quite limited and usually entail spending most of a day at the local ER, wasting time and spending hundreds of dollars,” said Wolf Shlagman, Founder and CEO of Consult A Doctor. “With telemedicine services, this entire process changes. Patients can obtain affordable, quality medical care without ever leaving their home. This is especially important when dealing with a pandemic like the flu as it insulates physicians, patients and the general public from exposure to germs.”

In addition to the FLUHOTLINE24/7 resource, Consult A Doctor also provides a web portal that grants patients and physicians access to a robust health library and other wellness tools. Using this web portal, visitors may schedule appointments, store and share Personal Health Records (PHRs) and consult with physicians regarding any non-emergency illness via secure email consultations.

“As a practicing physician, I have seen influenza season put a strain on time, energy and resources – not only in my own practice but also in urgent care clinics, ER departments and hospitals. Many times health problems are exacerbated by patients not seeking care in a timely manner, resulting in worsening illness and serious complications, including bronchitis, pneumonia, respiratory failure and even death,” said Dr. Doug Smith, CMO of Consult A Doctor and Co-founder of MinuteClinic. “The ability to utilize telemedicine to provide earlier, more timely and more appropriate treatment allows clinicians and patients to reduce the duration and progression of the flu. Telemedicine also helps to identify those patients who are severely ill and direct them to other care settings, if needed, in an efficient and prompt manner.”

About Consult A Doctor

Consult A Doctor is the leading innovator of cloud-based telemedicine services and technology platform solutions empowering organizations to lower healthcare costs, provide revolutionary access and improve outcomes. With years of experience delivering direct-to-employer and consumer telemedicine services that offer convenient 24/7 access to doctor consultations by phone, email and video, Consult a Doctor has saved employers millions of dollars in unnecessary healthcare costs.  Its telemedicine network of U.S. board certified physicians in all 50 states has made it possible to give on-demand care, anytime, anywhere with access to medically-equivalent care in the lowest cost setting. Consult A Doctor is further transforming the economic equation of care by partnering with payers, providers and other organizations to deploy its telemedicine platform solution that grants its members and patients unmatched access to quality care, offers a new revenue source for providers, and lowers costs for health plans, employers and groups. For more information about Consult A Doctor, please visit www.consultadoctor.com, email telecare@consultadr.com or call 888-688-DOCTOR (3624).

As the healthcare industry migrates to accountable care and medical home models, NoMoreClipboard has partnered with iMPak Health and Meridian Health to develop an electronic solution that will securely and wirelessly transmit health information from a patient’s home to their health care providers and caregivers.

More and more physicians in the United States are going digital and at Practice Fusion, we were curious to learn about how both physicians and patients feel about this shift. We asked over 1,000 physician and 1,200 patients their pick on which is safer, paper or EHRs, and discovered that physicians believe that the digital option is safer while patients are divided.

Practice Fusion survey compares physician and patient opinions about medical record systems, highlights changing perceptions of health IT

San Francisco – November 2, 2011 – Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are becoming more common in exam rooms across the US but how is the technology transition being perceived?  A survey conducted by GfK Roper for Practice Fusion asked patients about their views on the safety of EHR versus paper charts while a separate survey posed the same questions to medical professionals.  The results: a majority of physicians report that EHRs are safer than their paper record counterparts, citing accessibility of data as the top safety benefit.  Patient perception is mixed with 47 percent stating that paper is safer and 39 percent believing that EHRs are actually the safer option.

Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems vs. paper medical charts:

Physicians agreed that EHRs (54 percent) are safer with only 18 percent of respondents selecting paper as the safer option

• Of doctors who say EHRs are safer, access to records when needed is the top benefit (63 percent)
• Doctors who select paper charts as the safer option believe that paper is more secure because it is less likely to be hacked or lost (36 percent)

Patient views on medical records are mixed. 47 percent believe that paper is safer and 39 percent believe that EHRs are safer

• Of patients who say EHRs are safer, 77 percent strongly agree that being able to access records when needed is the greatest benefit of EHRs over paper
• Of patients who say paper charts were safer, 59 percent agree or strongly agree that paper records are the more private option and allow for more control over who sees those records

“The medical community is rejecting paper charts and embracing technology,” said Robert Rowley, MD, Practice Fusion’s Medical Director. “As a practicing physician using an EHR, I understand the benefits and some of the concerns both physicians and patients have. With more education about why EHRs are safer than paper charts, we’ll see even more physicians switching from paper and patients demanding a digital solution.”

Practice Fusion, the fastest growing EHR community in the Unites States, applies the highest level of data infrastructure, virus prevention and encryption measures to ensure bank-level security of medical records. Records stored in Practice Fusion’s private cloud are securely accessible to doctors 24/7 and protected against fire, flood, theft or loss. Doctors can grant patients access to their records in real-time online using the Practice Fusion Personal Health Record (PHR). Practice Fusion meets and exceeds all HIPAA security requirements.

Survey methodology

The Practice Fusion “EHR vs Paper Charts” study was conducted via an omnibus survey on October 21-23 2011. The GfK Roper OmniTel survey is a weekly national phone survey of US households. Interviews were conducted from among a nationally representative sample of 1,006 adults age 18 or older. The margin of error on weighted data is +/- 3 percentage points for the full sample.

The physician survey was conducted online on October 28, 2011 using the same questions with a sample of 1,220 medical professionals.

About Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion provides a free, web-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) system to physicians. With charting, scheduling, e-prescribing, lab integrations, referral letters, Meaningful Use certification, unlimited support and a Personal Health Record for patients, Practice Fusion’s EHR addresses the complex needs of today’s healthcare providers and disrupts the health IT status quo. Practice Fusion is the fastest growing EHR community in the country with more than 100,000 users serving 24 million patients. The company closed a $23 million Series B round of financing led by Founders Fund in April 2011. For more information about Practice Fusion, please visit practicefusion.com.

Consult A Doctor, an innovator of telemedicine services and technology solutions, today announced the launch of MYPRACTICE24/7, the first in a series of TeleCare 3.0 cloud-based telemedicine solutions designed to improve access for patients while opening new revenue streams for providers and reducing costs for employers and insurers. MYPRACTICE24/7 will be available free to practices interested in providing anytime access to their providers as well as to Consult A Doctor’s national network of on-call physicians for after hours, out-of-state and overflow care.

MYPRACTICE24/7 Delivers Game Changing Power of Next-Generation Telemedicine to Improve Access and Increase Practice Revenue While Lowering Cost of Care

Las Vegas, NV., October 24, 2011 (MGMA Booth #357) — According to the AMA, as many as 70% of all doctor visits could have been handled over the phone, and over 65% of ER visits are non-emergent. Patients seeking care in settings that are excessive for their needs is a major component of the estimated $300 billion spent annually on unnecessary, inappropriate or wasteful care. Telemedicine not only promises to dramatically reduce these costs, but at the same time make access to care easier for patients and make more revenue attainable for practices.

Consult A Doctor, an innovator of telemedicine services and technology solutions, today announced the launch of MYPRACTICE24/7, the first in a series of cloud-based telemedicine solutions designed to improve access for patients while opening new revenue streams for providers and reducing costs for employers and insurers. MYPRACTICE24/7 will be available free to practices interested in providing anytime access to their providers as well as to Consult A Doctor’s national network of on-call physicians for after hours, out-of-state and overflow care.

Based on TeleCare 3.0, Consult A Doctor’s cloud-based telemedicine platform, MYPRACTICE24/7 is fully secure and HIPAA compliant, and can be customized to support the specific needs of a wide range of practices. In addition to enabling provider-patient encounters anywhere, at any time, this robust platform also includes the following features for providers and their patients:

- Telemedicine platform and communication center
- Marketing and patient enrollment website
- EMR and clinical tools
- Online scheduling and secure messaging
- Mobile application, phone, online and video consults
- Patient portal and Personal Health Manager
- 24/7 Doctor On-Call Hotline for patients
- Request and refill e-Prescription and eLabs
- Online Personal Health Record
- Health library and wellness tools

Perfected over more than four years of providing direct-to-consumer telemedicine services and working with health plans, employers and other groups on telemedicine programs for their members, MYPRACTICE24/7 will allow physicians to practice care from anywhere via phone, email or video all while ensuring compensation and adding new revenue to their practice. MYPRACTICE24/7 empowers patients to receive quality, affordable care 24/7/365, thereby avoiding unnecessary, costly ER and office visits.

“Telemedicine is a win for everyone,” said Wolf Shlagman, CEO of Consult A Doctor. “Employers and health plans see a major reduction in cost of care by shifting a large percentage of encounters to a more 46 cost-appropriate setting; doctors get compensated for phone and online consultations like any other professional would; and patients get access to care whenever and wherever they need it for a very low cost. It’s like concierge medicine at Wal-Mart prices. Telemedicine makes so much sense for everyone, it is a healthcare revolution just waiting to happen – and by making the first next-generation telemedicine platform available to practices for free, we are kicking-off that revolution today.”

The new cloud-based telemedicine platform, MYPRACTICE24/7, will be launched in an invitation-only phased roll-out at www.ConsultADoctor.com. Attendees at the Medical Group Management Association’s (MGMA) 2011 Annual Conference, taking place from October 23 to 26 in Las Vegas at the Las Vegas Convention Center, can also register at the Consult A Doctor booth (#357) during exhibit hours.

About Consult A Doctor

Established in 2007, Consult A Doctor is the leading innovator of cloud-based telemedicine services and technology solutions for health plans, providers, groups and patients. With years of direct-to-consumer telemedicine services, Consult A Doctor is transforming the economic equation of care with a PaaS (platform as a service) solution that grants patients unmatched access to quality care, offers a new revenue source for providers, and lowers costs for health plans, employers and groups. Consult A Doctor’s telemedicine service offers patient’s 24/7/365 access to the largest national network of board-certified providers, via phone, email or video. Done right, telemedicine means faster access, most appropriate level of care, more revenue for providers and lower costs for all. For more information about Consult A Doctor, please visit: www.consultadoctor.com, or email us at telecare@consultadr.com.

A Washington D.C. health system is utilizing a Web-based telemedicine application from MIE to collect, track and manage medical information gathered from military field physicals in the Middle East and maritime medicine worldwide.  The system is already reducing monthly costs by about $6,000, and will improve the quality of care for military personnel. Military personnel will also have the opportunity to set up a personal health record (PHR) to carry with them throughout their military career and well into the future.

NJ-HITEC, the Regional Extension Center (REC) in New Jersey, selected Medical Informatics Engineering (MIE) as a participating vendor to help healthcare provider’s transition to electronic health records. Last month, MIE helped Stephen Thomsen, M.D. of Hudson Essex Nephrology, become the first physician to attest for meaningful use in Hudson County and in Union City, New Jersey….a big accomplishment for the state.

“We intend to post our PHR Privacy Notice as soon as the HHS Web tool goes live later this week.  We look forward to working with ONC on this important effort.”