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Latino Coalition Highlights Importance of Personal Health Records At Economic Summit

Date:5/6/2009

MyMedicalRecords Bilingual PHR Identified as Helping Bring Healthcare Equality to Latino Families

LOS ANGELES, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MMR Information Systems, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MMRF), which through its wholly-owned operating subsidiary, MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (collectively, "MMR") provides consumer-controlled Personal Health Records ("PHRs") (www.mymedicalrecords.com) and electronic safe deposit box storage solutions (www.myesafedepositbox.com), was recognized by Hector V. Barreto, Chairman of The Latino Coalition ("TLC") at The Latino Coalition's 2009 Economic Summit being held today in Washington, D.C. Mr. Barreto cited the MyMedicalRecords PHR as the first bilingual Personal Health Record to serve the Latino population and help bring healthcare equality to Latino families.

Appearing at The Latino Coalition Economic Summit are experts from federal agencies and corporations that include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Lockheed Martin and Serco, among many others, to advise TLC members on how to pursue existing business development opportunities, including those linked to the economic stimulus package.

The Latino Coalition, based in Irvine, California, was founded in 1995 to research and develop policies relevant to Latinos and has a network of more than 600,000 business owners nationwide.

"President Obama's economic stimulus package allocates $19 billion for health information technology under the HITECH Act. We want to ensure that the Latino population receives its fair share of the resources that will make it easier for Latino families to better manage their health and medical information, which becomes increasingly critical as America's
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