First Free HIPAA-Compliant Health Exchange Taps Top Physicians for Board

Vemics has announced its Advisory Board roster for iMedicor. iMedicor, 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. The new online health exchange recently reported registrations of 10,273 health-care professionals in the first fourteen days since its launch.

“We have put together a board of advisors from the top echelons of a variety of medical disciplines to provide insight and circumspection to Vemics in this endeavor,” said Dr. Geoffrey Kalish, an iMedicor Advisory Board member and Chairman of MD Communications.

“We are very honored to have such a nationally known and highly credentialed group of physicians and experts to advise iMedicor,” said Vemics CEO and President Fred Zolla. “With their combined expertise, we think that iMedicor will make a significant contribution to improving the quality of healthcare for patients both nationally and internationally.”

Tom Dorsett, President of Healthcare Solutions for Vemics agrees. “The iMedicor portal has been developed for doctors, by doctors and that is what distinguishes us. With the help of our impressive group of advisors, iMedicor can make a tremendous difference to the future of healthcare technology and the community of physicians its serves.”

iMedicor’s Advisory Board is composed of top physicians and their respective fields and experts in the healthcare industry. The Advisory Board members are as follows:

• Dr. Jay Cohn, M.D. – President Emeritus of the University of Minnesota; Founder of the Heart Failure Society of America
• Dr. Thomas G. Giles, M.D. – Immediate Past President of the American Society of Hypertension Association
• Dr. Dennis Langer, M.D/J.D. – Former Vice President of Glaxo Smith Kline Pharmaceuticals; Former President of Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories
• Dr. Geoffrey Kalish, M.D. – Chairman and Director of MD Communications
• Dr. Robin Kalish, M.D. – Director of Clinical High Risk of Obstetrics, New York Weill Cornell Medical Center
• Claire Klepner – President of Maestro Communications
• Dr. Venkata Ram, M.D. – Board Member, the International Association of Hypertension in Blacks; Board Member, American Society of Hypertension
• Dr. Larry Shemen, M.D. – A Surgical Attending - Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, St. Vincent's Hospital, New York Hospital Queens, Beth Israel Medical Center, Hackensack Medical Center, Catholic Medical Center, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary

Through iMedicor, physicians will be able to securely communicate with other doctors, sharing HIPAA compliant patient files, records and images quickly and safely. The portal can also help doctors tap corresponding services from other professionals in the medical industry. Moreover, the portal environment allows for fundamental document creation and management tasks in a user-friendly, online environment. Costly transcription services and tedious handwritten documentation can actually be eliminated through iMedicor’s voice recognition advanced technology. iMedicor will also be a repository for Certified Continuing Medical Education courses and non-certified and product specific educational resources made available to any registered member on a non-intrusive opt in basis.

Physicians, healthcare professionals and patients are all permitted to access the free site at www.iMedicor.com. For more information or to schedule an interview, contact Laura Grock (lgrock@janispr.com) at Martin E. Janis & Company, Inc., 312-943-1106.