Glide Health Corporation Announces Unified Platform for EMR and PHR, New Mobile PHR Application for the iPhone and New Board Members

09 March 2010
by TransMedia
NEW YORK - (Business Wire) Glide Health Corporation (GHC) announced today a unified platform for healthcare professionals and patients to access EMR (Electronic Medical Records) and PHR (Patient Health Records). GHC will be launching mobile PHR applications for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Palm Pre, Symbian and Windows Mobile smart phones that will be available in Q2 of 2010. GHC also announced today the addition of highly distinguished new members to its Board of Directors.

Large healthcare groups are recognizing the importance of providing their healthcare professionals and patients with access to EMR and PHR. Integrated Medical Professionals PLLC (IMP) recently announced a partnership with Glide Health Corporation (GHC) to deploy the Glide Health mobile medical record platform. IMP is the largest multi-specialty group practice of its kind in the United States caring for over one million patients in fifty locations.

"Glide Health is a platform where PHR and EMR meet so that healthcare professionals can more easily monitor patients' conditions between visits and treatments and patients have anytime, anywhere access to their medical records," said TransMedia Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "Easy access to health record data entered by patients between visits, provides healthcare professionals with up to date patient information that has real value to healthcare professionals."

Glide Health Corporation Announces New Board Members

Today, Glide Health Corporation (GHC) announced the addition of highly distinguished new members to its Board of Directors. GHC will be making additional announcements regarding appointments to the Board of Directors, Advisory Board and Management shortly.

"We are thrilled that there is a recognition among leading healthcare professionals that the hoped for efficiencies derived from electronic medical record systems cannot be realized without cross platform technology," said Glide Health Corporation Chairman and CEO, Donald Leka. "Patient records siloed in proprietary EMR ecosystems unnecessarily cost our healthcare system billions of dollars and result in delayed care for patients. For electronic medical records to truly create new efficiencies and improve healthcare, it is imperative that healthcare professionals and patients have immediate access to patient records. This cannot be achieved without seamless and secure cross platform translation between EMR systems and automated compatibility with a broad range of devices used by healthcare professionals and patients."

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New Additions to the GHC Board of Directors

DR. CAROLYN BARLEY BRITTON, M.D., M.S. is Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and Associate Attending Physician at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She is past Director of Ambulatory Care for the Department of Neurology and past Chair of the Doctor's Private Office Committee at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Britton is Immediate Past President of the National Medical Association.

Dr. Britton is a frequent guest lecturer, faculty advisor to medical students and a member of the medical school admissions committee. She has held leadership positions in several professional organizations and Boards. Dr. Britton's honors include listings in New York Magazine's "New York's Best Doctors" and in Castle-Connolly's "Best Doctors New York Metro area" and "Best Doctors in America". She was elected to AOA, the medical honor society in 2008.

Dr. Britton is a graduate of New York University medical school. She also received a Masters of Science in Microbiology (Virology) from New York University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She completed two years Internal Medicine at Harlem Hospital and a Neurology Residency and Neurovirology Fellowship at Neurological Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. She is double boarded in Internal Medicine and Neurology.

"Medical excellence requires effective communication," said Dr. Britton. "Glide is effective communication through information technology that will set the standard for medical excellence in the future. The future is now."

DR. DEEPAK KAPOOR is Chairman and CEO of Integrated Medical Professionals, PLLC, the largest group practice of its kind in the United States. He is one of the youngest physicians to have been certified by the American Board of Urology, and received his B.S. magna cum laude from the Pennsylvania State University and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College, in the Accelerated Five Year Honors Program. He completed his residency at Geisinger Medical Center, after which he served as Assistant Professor of Urologic Surgery at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. His background includes both laboratory and clinical experience in both academic and private sectors. Dr. Kapoor's expertise includes basic science research in molecular biology as well as extensive experience in oncologic and reconstructive surgery.

Dr. Kapoor serves on the Board of Directors of the Large Urology Group Practice Association, is a member of the Board of Directors of Allied Urological Services, and is Chairman SCRUBS RRG, a national medical malpractice risk retention group. Dr. Kapoor has published and lectured extensively on both clinical and business medical issues and continues to enjoy an active clinical practice along with his administrative responsibilities.

"Medical professionals must focus on both quality and value, and critical to both is the ability to share data between health care providers, and to allow patients access to that data," said Dr. Kapoor. "Glide fills a void that will permit unprecedented inter-connectivity across multiple platforms, which will allow us to deliver services better, faster and cheaper than in the past."

DR. MICHAEL J. GOLDBERG received his DMD from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, magna cum laude, in 1976. He has been involved with both clinical and academic Dentistry for over 30 years, having served in many capacities at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, including Director of the General Practice Residency Program and Directing several of the University's Faculty Practices. He currently practices in one of the most technologically advanced dental offices in the World, lectures internationally and is on the Board of Directors of American Friends of DVI, an organization that supports a free children’s dental clinic in Jerusalem.

"I am thrilled to be a part of an organization like Glide Health that has both a global vision and social conscience," said Dr. Goldberg. "The opportunity to truly make a difference in the lives of people is what originally motivated me to be a healthcare professional. Glide Health is ultimately about making people’s lives better."

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