MMRGlobal Reaches One Million Member Mark With Agreements to Double This Year
Posted: May 29, 2012 at 1:25 pm
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire -05/29/12)- MMRGlobal, Inc. (MMRF.OB) ("MMR") today announced that its domestic membership base for its patented Personal Health Record products and services has passed the one million mark and is expected to double before the end of this year with affinity programs through agreements with E-mail Frequency (www.emailfrequency.com). The Company believes it currently has the highest member base of any pure-play Personal Health Record (PHR) provider. MMR counts members as a population who has paid access to the Company's MyMedicalRecords and MyEsafeDepositBox websites along with private label websites. Members from MMR's clients include Chartis Insurance (formerly AIG), Coverdell, MedicAlert, UST Global, and the NRA in addition to union membership, expats, hospitals, physician groups, surgery centers and other healthcare professionals, amongst others.
Membership is a key indicator of the interest in, and awareness of, Personal Health Records, giving the Company a targeted list of individuals and families that MMR can convert to users. According to Bob Lorsch, MMRGlobal CEO, "As our member base continues to grow, it creates a revenue generating platform for the Company to sell affiliate products and services or for use in a targeted advertising model. Once users place any data in their account, they keep it. The more information that is stored in an account the stickier our service becomes."
Starting today, the Company will be presenting its Interbit Data certified MEDITECH solution at the International MUSE Conference taking place in Orlando through June 1 (www.museweb.org). The solution moves patient records from MEDITECH EMR systems and delivers them into MMRPatientView which can then be upgraded to a full-featured MyMedicalRecords PHR. The MyMedicalRecords PHR is also integrated in the Company's MMRPro document management and imaging system (http://info.mmrpro.com/). MMRPro is sold to surgery centers, small hospitals, physician offices and other healthcare professionals.
MyMedicalRecords is the only PHR that can store actual copies of patient files in their original format from any healthcare professional and connect patients to their providers via a patented telecommunications platform which seamlessly integrates Internet, fax and voice. Each MyMedicalRecords account includes a version of the Company's MyEsafeDepositBox service to protect other important documents and enable quick retrieval in an emergency, such as deeds of trust, birth certificates, passports, insurance policies, wills, advance directives, photos and other irreplaceable documents. Since the launch of its MyMedicalRecords service in 2005, the Company has noted attrition rates of less than 3 percent.
MMR sells MyMedicalRecords PHR products direct to consumers, corporations as an employee benefit, physicians, small hospitals, surgery centers and other healthcare professionals, including veterinarians, and through affinity organizations as a "value-added" service for their members or clients. The Company recently introduced a Prepaid Personal Health Record Card, which it is beginning to offer through retailers. The Company also plans to sell MyEsafeDepositBox.com through financial services organizations in the future.
The Company's products and services are offered both via the MyMedicalRecords website and as a private-label product. When sold to employers and/or affinity groups, MMR uses a wholesale pricing model similar to companies like Travel Guard. In that model, the Company counts members as individuals who have received wholesale paid access to the MMR system as an employee benefit or from an affinity group. The Company then counts users as the individuals in that member group who activate and commence usage of their individual PHR by having documents, images or voice files stored in their account.
About MMRGlobal, Inc.
MMRGlobal, Inc., through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc., 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. The MyMedicalRecords PHR 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. MyMedicalRecords 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 through an integrated patient portal. MMR is an Independent Software Vendor Partner with Kodak to deliver an integrated turnkey EMR solution for healthcare professionals. Through its merger with Favrille, Inc. in January 2009, the Company acquired intellectual property biotech assets that include anti-CD20 antibodies and data and samples from its FavId/Specifid vaccine clinical trials for the treatment of B-Cell Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. To learn more about MMRGlobal, Inc. visit http://www.mmrglobal.com. View demos and video tutorials of the Company's products and services at http://www.mmrtheater.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
All 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," "intend," "offer," "development," "if," "negotiate," "when," "begun," "believe," "achieve," "will," "estimate," "expect," "maintain," "plan," and "continue," or the negative of these words. Actual results and the timing of selected events may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. Such statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those discussed or incorporated by reference herein. 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 and consumer retail market; business prospects, results of operations or financial condition; success of new distribution channels and personal health records adoption; timing and volume of sales and installations; length of sales cycles and the installation process; market acceptance of new product introductions including the Prepaid Personal Health Record card; ability to establish and maintain strategic relationships; 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 industry; 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; risks related to a security breach by third parties; maintaining, developing and defending our intellectual property rights; marketing and exploitation of our patent portfolio both in the U.S. and internationally; 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. The Company 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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Online Tech Offers Data Security Scholarship to College Students
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ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Online Tech is awarding two $1,000 scholarships to students interested in pursuing a career in information technology, computer sciences and healthcare information technology. The 2012 Data Security Scholarship will be available for the Fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year.
Applicants should show an interest in cloud computing, data computing, disaster recovery, colocation and similar topics as it relates to the ever-changing fields of information technology and healthcare IT.
Online Tech feels strongly about offering the scholarship in order to encourage tomorrows technology leaders to pursue higher education in their respective fields, said April Sage, Online Techs Director of Healthcare Vertical and Marketing.
Scholarships awarded by Online Tech will be based on the applicants response to one of the following questions:
1. Healthcare: What do you see as the best technology for improving healthcare and health IT?"
2. Mobile Security: What do you see as the most serious mobile security threat facing consumers and/or companies and why?
While the traditional essay submission is one option, Online Tech has also opened up the submissions to take the form of a short, 10-minute video or an infographic complete with a brief explanation.
All interested students can apply on Online Techs website by clicking here. Submissions should submitted no later than July 8, 2012. Winners for the award will be announced by August 10, 2012.
Online Tech (www.OnlineTech.com) is the leader in secure and compliant hosting services including private cloud hosting, managed cloud hosting, hybrid cloud hosting, managed dedicated servers, disaster recovery and offsite backup services, and Michigan colocation. Online Techs legacy of independent HIPAA, PCI, SAS 70 Type II, SSAE 16 Type II (SOC 1), SOC 2, and SOC 3 audits and reports ensures the security, privacy, and availability expected of a trusted service organization. For more information, call (877) 740-5028 or email contactus@onlinetech.com.
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No bones about it: Dog training school 1 of thousands getting military spouse education money
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MIAMI "Unleash the dog trainer inside you," urges an ad for the online Animal Behavior College, which makes no bones about whom it's trying to recruit. In television and online ads, it speaks directly to military spouses. The message: You may be able to attend for free.
The ads are working. In three years, 2,255 military spouses have enrolled, and the college has collected more than $2.7 million in taxpayer-funded spousal education benefits from the Pentagon among the most of any school in a program called the Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts, or MyCAA.
But three years into the MyCAA program, concerns are growing that it's been caught up in a broader gold rush by for-profit colleges to recruit students with military ties and cash the taxpayer-financed tuition checks they carry with them
As the Iraq and Afghanistan wars began winding down in recent years, Congress passed a series of substantial education benefits. The best-known was the post-9/11 version of the G.I. Bill, which updated the original version that put much of the post-World War II generation through college and helped fuel the country's postwar economic prosperity.
MyCAA was a small part of that broader effort, created by the Pentagon to support military wives and husbands. The benefit was seen as long overdue, considering the strains spouses endured during the wars and their high rates of unemployment. It was also a retention tool; by giving spouses a career boost, families might have more stability to stick with a military career.
But MyCAA has become particularly worrisome. Overall, 60 percent of federal education money for military wives and husbands has gone to for-profit schools, compared to 38 percent for the G.I. Bill in the 2011 fiscal school year. Neither program requires schools to be accredited; they only need to be approved by a state agency. And the Pentagon isn't tracking how many MyCAA beneficiaries have earned a degree or found employment.
"The Department of Defense is not doing enough to really oversee this program," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, chairman of the House Education, Labor and Pensions committee, which raised concerns about MyCAA in a recent report.
Another concern: Academically, the military spouse benefit is more limiting than other military education benefits including the GI Bill. It can be used only to pursue an occupational credential or an associate's degree, not a bachelor's or graduate degree. That keeps costs down, but sends a grating message to some, especially after the program originally open to all military spouses was limited to the wives and husbands of junior service members.
"I know many spouses who are junior ranks who want to achieve something more than an associate's degree," said Bianca Strzalkowski, a Marine Corps wife named "Military Spouse of the Year" in 2011 and who has traveled around the country speaking about education issues.
Strzalkowski said there has been an outcry among spouses over both MyCAA's restrictions and its lack of oversight.
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Red Gate extends passion for education to Oracle
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CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Gate has launched the Oracle Education Zone, an online resource that includes free webinars and eBooks geared around the learning needs of Oracle developers and DBAs. Content for the education zone is developed in cooperation with leading experts such as Tom Kyte, Jonathan Lewis and Cary Millsap.
In conjunction with the launch of the education zone, Red Gate is offering free downloads of Expert Oracle Database Architecture by Tom Kyte, an eBook that dives deeply into Oracle Databases most powerful features for versions 9i, 10g and 11g. The Amazon five-star book retails for more than $40.
Free webinars and videos
Upcoming live webinars listed in the Oracle Education Zone include The Evils of Implicit Conversions and other SQL Skullduggery presented by Tom Kyte (June 21) and Oracle Heap Tables or SQL Clustered Indexes? (June 7), a live debate between Jonathan Lewis (OakTable Network, Oracle ACE Director) and Grant Fritchey (Microsoft SQL Server MVP). In addition to the upcoming webinars, more than a dozen videos from previous webinars are available to watch on demand for free.
Our ultimate goal is to be a partner in helping Oracle users perform better in their day-to-day jobs, says James Murtagh, marketing manager for Red Gate Oracle tools and editor of All Things Oracle. We think our Deployment Suite for Oracle, combined with learning resources from the worlds top Oracle experts, will help people reach their potential in saving time, boosting quality and continually improving their skills.
Uplifting the market it serves
Murtagh says that the Oracle Education Zone is an extension of Red Gates efforts to uplift the market it serves through free web community sites, technical publications and conference sponsorships that reach millions annually. The companys two independent community sites SQLServerCentral.com and Simple-Talk.com have more than two million monthly visitors. Red Gate sponsored more than 200 community events in 2011 for 31,000 attendees and provided 24,000 free trials of its tools.
Red Gate tools are used by nearly 600,000 professionals worldwide to deploy databases and improve their code. Eighty-six percent (86%) of Fortune 100 companies use Red Gate tools and 87 percent of its customers rate the companys support as excellent.
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Enhanced pilates program new at Vail Vitality Center
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VAIL, Colorado Kellie D'Elia-Laskin witnessed first hand the healing power of pilates when she helped her grandmother recover from two debilitating strokes in 2001. Using a pilates reconditioning program she created, D'Elia-Laskin was able to rehabilitate her grandmother from immobility in a hospital bed to walking on her own in only a month. This experience led D'Elia-Laskin to further investigate the use of pilates to better the lives of her students in a variety of different ways. Recently, she has returned to Vail to lead an enhanced pilates program at the Vail Vitality Center in the Vail Mountain Lodge. The new program is currently under way.
We're thrilled to welcome Kellie back to Vail and to Vail Vitality Center, said Frank Johnson, Vail Mountain Lodge general manager. She brings such a fresh approach to her classes and to programming in general. We're looking forward to announcing several new pilates options thanks to Kellie's creativity and expertise.
D'Elia-Laskin has been teaching pilates for more than 12 years. She was first exposed to pilates at age 4, when her ballet teacher incorporated pilates mat techniques into a warm-up routine before barre work. Her interest in the practice was rekindled years later when she was managing a rock-climbing gym in Boulder. She began a yearlong training program at the Pilates Center in Boulder, where she was trained by some of the best instructors in the country. After earning her teaching certification, she led the pilates program at the Vail Athletic Club (now Vail Vitality Center) for five years, while continuing her pilates education with Barbera Huttner. She also received pilates training from Rael Isacowitz, of BASI.
My initial experience in Vail was very positive, D'Elia-Laskin said. It led to so many unique opportunities, and I went on to spent time on Martha's Vineyard, in Massachusetts, Lake Tahoe and, finally, in Reno, Nev. I am happy to be back where it all started for me.
While living in Reno, D'Elia-Laskin trained with Dr. Martina Young, the original co-founder of The Physical Mind Institute. In addition, D'Elia-Laskin trained with Dr. Bruce Crawford, a Reno-based physician who developed a scientifically designed series of exercises to help combat pelvic floor weakness. The program is called Pfilates, or pelvic floor pilates.
Pfilates goes beyond Kegel exercises by using movements that condition the pelvic floor and also tone the thighs and glutes, D'Elia-Laskin said.
Pfilates was created using pilates exercises based on extensive EMG recordings taken from the pelvic floor. The technique provides a widely accessible method of recovering or enhancing pelvic floor strength, important for normal bladder and sexual function.
D'Elia-Laskin would like to add a Pfilates training option to the Vail Vitality Center curriculum, as well as a ski-specific pilates program and reconditioning sessions for stroke victims.
For information or to register for an enhanced pilates program at Vail Vitality Center, visit http://www.vailathletic
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Naomi Campbell: The model bikini babe fits in some aerobics on holiday
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By Andrea Magrath
PUBLISHED: 08:12 EST, 28 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:30 EST, 29 May 2012
Few supermodels achieve their figures through simple good genes.
And Naomi Campbell proved that she works hard for her amazing appearance when she was spotted getting in a little exercise during her holiday in Ibiza this week.
At 42, Naomi looked incredible in her skimpy black two-piece that displayed her long toned legs and flat stomach.
Fabulous after 40! Naomi Campbell shows off an impressive toned figure as she enjoys the sand, sun and sea in Ibiza
Miss Campbell fit some exercise into her otherwise relaxing day, doing some light water aerobics in the sea.
Her boyfriend Vladislav Doronin looked on as his beautiful girlfriend worked out.
Naomi showed off as much skin as possible in her brief bikini, but the Russian billionaire covered up in a T-shirt even in the water.
Splashing in the surf: Naomi is holidaying with boyfriend Vladislav Doronin
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Injunction granted over alleged breach of yoga franchise deal
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The Irish Times - Tuesday, May 29, 2012
THE HIGH Court has granted a school of yoga an injunction against a former franchisee who, it claims, has been poaching its students.
The Irish School of Yoga, trading as Yoga Therapy and Training Centre Ltd and with centres in Cork, Galway and Dublin, sought the orders against Nicole Henkel Murphy, who it alleged is in breach of a March 2008 franchise agreement it has with her for the training of yoga teachers in the Munster area.
She denied the claims and opposed the application for an injunction against her.
In her ruling yesterday, Ms Justice Mary Laffoy said she was satisfied to grant Yoga Therapy and Training Centre an injunction pending the hearing of the action against Ms Henkel Murphy, who, the court heard, terminated the franchise agreement with yoga centre last October.
Under the order, Ms Henkel Murphy is prohibited from operating yoga teacher training courses in respect of students enrolled by her during the operation of the franchise agreement.
The judge invited both parties to enter a mediation process in an attempt to settle the dispute and said the legal costs of this action were totally disproportionate to what was at stake.
Yoga Therapy and Training Centre claimed Ms Henkel Murphy was bound by a non-compete clause and that she has used confidential information for unfair competitive advantage, which was damaging its business. She was using this information to poach its students, it was claimed.
It also claimed Ms Henkel Murphy was using source material belonging to the yoga centre to teach her students.
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Fan Reaction: Is it Dangerous for Christians to Practice Yoga?
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Some people think that Christians shouldn't practice yoga. One article tells of how dangerous it is to participate in the following:
yoga
hypnosis
astrology
Native American dream catchers
They article tells of how participating in these things opens doors to spirits and puts the participant in danger. While I agree that Christians should not engage in hypnosis and astrology, I highly disagree with yoga being harmful to Christians. I will highlight four reasons why I believe yoga to be safe for everyone, including Christians.
#1 Many Christians participate in yoga
In two of my previous articles I wrote about Holy Yoga for Christians and yoga raves, both of which are centered around Christianity. Not all Christians believe it is wrong to enjoy yoga, myself included.
#2 Yoga is only a spiritual or religious act if you choose to make one
One does not have to engage in the religion in which yoga originated in order to enjoy the poses (asanas). Meditation is not even necessary when practicing yoga. Asanas are an excellent way to relax the mind and body, become more flexible and build muscle. Nothing about that invites evil spirits into ones life. The author of the article that says yoga shouldn't be practiced by Christians states, "A person may enter into a seance or hypnosis or yoga with innocent motives. That doesn't solve the problem. When you open a door to spirits, you place yourself in harm's way....unless you are turning to the Holy Spirit. No born again believer should utilize yoga or hypnosis because of the spiritual dangers associated with these practices." I highly disagree with this mindset and feel that is very narrow minded. Yoga doesn't invite evil spirits into a person's life or home, playing with a Ouija board does.
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