Web-based Personal Health Records (PHRs) provider MyMedicalRecords.com, Inc. (MMR), US, has announced that it is available to Google Health users as an integrated service. The announcement is in conjunction with the recent public launch of Google Health (www.google.com/health).
As an integrated service on the Google Health platform, MMR enables Google Health users to transfer information from their Google Health account into MyMedicalRecords.com and back and forth again. Also, it provides users with their own personal fax number where doctors can fax charts, test results, lab reports, and other medical records directly into their account.
Google Health users will also benefit from full access to and display of their actual medical records that are faxed or uploaded into their MMR account. MyMedicalRecords.com is claimed to be a highly secure, easy-to-use, comprehensive PHR that uses proprietary, patent-pending technology to give patients and healthcare providers the ability to upload images, such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, fax medical records and other important documents, and to have doctors' notes dictated into their PHR account. The information is then accessible from any Internet-connected computer with no special hardware or software requirements.
A separate Emergency Login feature enables an emergency medical provider to have read-only access to potentially life-saving information pre-selected by the user in the event of a medical emergency. Using the MyMedicalRecords.com service, Google Health users can alert emergency room doctors who see their MyMedicalRecords.com wallet card to gain immediate on-line access to the medical records in their account. Additionally, MMR offers users complete privacy as records are faxed or uploaded directly into their own personal account, without anyone other than the user and his or her provider handling information in the MyMedicalRecords.com system. Users have complete control over how they manage their information and what Emergency information is seen without any third-party intervention.
