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ASA HUTCHINSON, FORMER CONGRESSMAN AND
HOMELAND SECURITY UNDER SECRETARY, JOINS BOARD OF ADVISORS
OF MYMEDICALRECORDS.COM
Former Head of Drug Enforcement Agency Brings Executive and Legislative Experience
To Promoting Health Care Reform through Electronic Medical Records
LOS ANGELES -- MyMedicalRecords.com today announced that Asa Hutchinson, former U.S. Congressman and the first Under Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the company’s Board of Advisors. MyMedicalRecords.com empowers individuals and their families to have greater control over their health and well-being by delivering the only fully active, comprehensive online solution for storing medical and personal health records and other vital documents.
“Asa Hutchinson has been one of the nation’s most admired public officials and we are honored to have him join the company since his return to the private sector,” said Robert H. Lorsch, MyMedicalRecords.com Chairman & CEO. “His experience in federal government, enhanced by his position as one of the nation’s top-ranking Department of Homeland Security officials, will be of significant benefit to MyMedicalRecords.com. With unique expertise in technology and data security, especially as relates to disaster preparedness, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the Board of Advisors.”
“What sets MyMedicalRecords.com apart is its range of offerings in a secure, user-friendly, web-based environment that is capable of connecting Americans with their critical information right now,” Hutchinson said. “As a consumer-controlled electronic health record, it also stores vital documents and it has significant value as an emergency- preparedness tool.”
The President first set the goal for every American to have an electronic medical record by 2014, and in response to the nation’s health IT initiative, MyMedicalRecords.com was developed by the private sector and made available to consumers in Q1 2006. Built on state-of-the-art encryption technology for security and 100% user-controlled to ensure privacy, MyMedicalRecords.com delivers the most feature-rich product of its kind in an easy-to-use, convenient and portable framework. Files can be accessed anytime from anywhere using an Internet-connected computer. A special Emergency Login feature allows doctors and other medical personnel access to critical information that is pre-selected by the individual during an emergency situation in which he or she cannot communicate.
In addition to maintaining medical and personal health records, MyMedicalRecords.com also serves as a virtual safe deposit box that can keep any important documents, such as insurance statements, advance directives, birth certificates, living wills, passports, and photos of family, property and pets, from being lost or destroyed in a natural disaster or act of terrorism.
Hutchinson currently divides his time as a partner in Washington-based Venable LLP, one of the nation’s most respected law firms, and the Hutchinson Group LLC, a consultancy he founded in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas that provides a wide range of business development services to companies operating in today’s global economies.
Appointed as the first Under Secretary of Homeland Security in January 2003 shortly after the department was created, Hutchinson was responsible for more than 110,000 federal employees housed in such agencies as the Transportation Security Administration, Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Prior to DHS, he headed the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for two years. He was appointed to that position after being re-elected to his third term in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was a prominent member of the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees.
“Throughout his career in both government and private industry, Asa Hutchinson has developed programs and set policies that use technology to transform and manage complex systems,” said Lorsch. “The health care system is moving away from a fragmented paper-based system to one that can save lives and reduce costs through technology, and he has a proven understanding of how this works in both the public and private sectors, and it is what MyMedicalRecords.com is helping to accomplish.”
About MyMedicalRecords.com
MyMedicalRecords.com is a privately held corporation based in Los Angeles that empowers consumers to have greater control over their health and their well-being by providing Web-based storage of personal health and medical records and other vital documents, including living wills, birth certificates and insurance policies. Using proprietary technology, MyMedicalRecords.com is an easy-to-use, secure and affordable solution that is 100% user-controlled and allows documents, images and voicemail messages to be transmitted in and out of the system using a variety of methods, including fax, file upload and e-mail. To take a multimedia Flash tour of the website, visit www.mymedicalrecords.com and enter the registration code MMR30 for a free 30-day trial.