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Vemics’ iMedicor HIPAA compliant EHRT Portal to Give HealthVault Subscribers a User-friendly Conduit for Patient-physician Communication

(Feb 29, 2008)-- Vemics, provider of hosted, real-time learning and productivity portals, announced that the Company and Microsoft Corp.  have formalized their relationship through the execution of the Microsoft HealthVault Solution Provider agreement. Launched in October, 2007, HealthVault is the recently announced software and services platform aimed at helping people manage and collect their personal health information. Through this agreement, Vemics’ iMedicor HIPAA compliant EHRT (Electronic Health Record Transport) portal will give HealthVault subscribers a user-friendly conduit for patient-physician communication as well as expedited access to their medical records and images.

“We, at iMedicor, are very excited to be collaborating with Microsoft HealthVault,” said Tom Dorsett, President of Healthcare Solutions for iMedicor. “From the chronically or serious ill to those needing second opinions or emergency procedures, this strategic relationship can help facilitate a better quality of medical care by enhancing the level of communication between patients and their doctors.”

“Improved communications between physicians and their patients is a critical step in empowering consumers to better manage their health and wellness,” said Peter Neupert, corporate vice president for the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp. “Using Microsoft HealthVault, iMedicor will provide a central place for people and their caregivers to privately collect and share medical information, leading to better outcomes through a more collaborative and informed approach to health.”

Benefits of the new Microsoft HealthVault-iMedicor relationship include:

* HealthVault users will be able to open up an iMedicor account through which they can communicate securely and electronically directly with their physicians.
* Physicians with HealthVault user permission will be able to access information from the patient’s HealthVault account to upload test results, x-rays, MRIs, and other images in order to communicate and collaborate on treatment.
* iMedicor will be listed in HealthVault’s provider page as a partner.
* iMedicor users will also be able to open up a HealthVault account to deposit or extract personal health information.

The iMedicor portal, which went live on October 10th, is the health industry’s first free, HIPAA-compliant online personal health data exchange and secure messaging portal for physician collaboration, community and referrals. MedGadget, the influential online journal of emerging medical technologies, recently praised the portal’s simple interface and usability of the system. The portal’s proprietary HIPAA-compliant technology and ability to enable health providers to exchange medical record data, documentation, images, etc. are what distinguishes it from the chat-room-style portals for doctors currently in existence.

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