TURLOCK, Calif., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul Kortschak, President and CEO of MedicAlert Foundation recently presented a synopsis of MedicAlert’s Personal Health Record and patient safety initiatives to members of the Health Management Academy during its CEO Forum in Laguna Beach, California.
Kortschak was one of CEOs selected to present at the forum, where he addressed CEOs from the largest and most prestigious health systems, academic medical centers and companies with significant healthcare businesses about MedicAlert’s initiatives in healthcare informatics and personal health records to advance patient safety. These initiatives include the MedicAlert(R) repository of health information that can connect to and provide critical medical information between patients, providers, payers, and first responders 24 hours a day anywhere in the world.
“Our members are our paramount concern at MedicAlert, and we are committed to their safety,” Kortschak said. “Our new products and service offerings strive to satisfy the needs of our members in providing a safe and secure location to store their critical health and medical information.”
About MedicAlert(R)
The MedicAlert Foundation is a nonprofit healthcare informatics organization dedicated to providing services to our members that protect and save lives. MedicAlert(R) services are built around a repository of health information that enables members to manage their personal health records while maintaining security, privacy and confidentiality. As the trusted third party custodian of comprehensive personal health information, the MedicAlert(R) repository can connect to and provide critical medical information between patients, providers, payers, and first responders 24 hours a day anywhere in the world. The premium we place on patient confidentiality has earned the trust of 4 million members and the healthcare community worldwide.
MedicAlert(R) is committed to providing technology-based solutions and is an active member and a leader in developing interoperability standards with all the major Healthcare IT standards organizations. The MedicAlert(R) repository uses web service interfaces to support standard Electronic Health Records (EHRs), including electronic drug prescriptions and for patient record interoperability. These activities will ensure the rapid development and deployment of standards to improve the quality of care, lower healthcare costs while increasing patient safety.
MedicAlert(R) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1956 with a mission to protect and save lives, is headquartered in the United States and has international affiliates in nine countries.
Additional information about MedicAlert(R) is available at http://www.medicalert.org
MedicAlert Foundation
CONTACT: Ramesh Srinivasan of MedicAlert Foundation, +1-209-669-2407 orrsrinivasan@medicalert.org
Web site: http://www.medicalert.org/
