In recent news, MedeFile International, Inc. (MDFI.OB) has teamed up with Personal Choice Family Practice to provide patients with convenient management of their individual and family medical records. Personal Choice Family Practice was founded by Dr. Lorne S. Stitsky in Jupiter, Florida. Dr. Stitsky, who is Board Certified in Family Medicine and Osteopathy, is known locally as the “House Call Doc.” The new concierge medical practice’s main goal is “”putting the care back into health care — one house call at a time.”
To meet the practice’s objective, it will be limited to only 400 patients who will pay an annual membership for guaranteed personalized medical care. The limited number of patients will allow Dr. Stitsky to provide same-day extended office or home appointments that will focus on the specific health and wellness needs of each patient. At his previous practice in West Palm Beach, Florida, he provided care to over 30,000 patients. At that practice Dr. Stitsky would see at least 30 patients per day.
According to Dr. Stitsky, “In that fast-paced, time-constrained environment, ensuring the delivery of superior medical care with any level of consistency unfortunately proved challenging, if not altogether impossible. Moreover, the highly inefficient use of time and resources spent tracking down old medical records, insurance information, test results and critical clinical data from other care specialists who were also treating my patients proved both frustrating and costly.” Dr. Stitsky continued by saying, “I knew that there had to be a better way to address the gross administrative inefficiencies that currently plague the traditional healthcare system. The answer is MedeFile.”
MedeFile specializes in portable electronic medical records management system. The proprietary, patent-pending system gathers and digitizes records to enable users to maintain a comprehensive compilation of records to provide to physicians, dental professionals, or other specialists. MedeVault™ is MedeFile’s premier solution that is designed to gather all of its members’ actual medical records and create one comprehensive record. The solution allows its members to have access to the records 24 hours a day from any desktop, laptop, or hand-held web-enabled device. To maintain security, members provide MedeFile with a list of physicians and hospitals located anywhere in the word who have their authorization to access records.
Each MedeFile member is also given a MedeDrive, which is a specially designed Flash Drive that holds a member’s Emergency Medical Information along with the comprehensive medical records. The flash drive is inserted into any personal computer USB slot to view the records. No additional programs are needed as the MedeDrive has its own viewer. The flash drive can also be formatted to store Living Wills, DNR Order, Durable Powers of Attorney, Advanced Directives, and Healthcare Proxies.
Dr. Stitsky stated, “The peace of mind that MedeFile makes possible for my patients — and the convenience, ease of use and invaluable insight it provides me, can not be underestimated. It is proving to be wildly popular with my staff and patients, alike. Consequently, I have very little doubt that MedeFile’s revolutionary solution for archiving, managing, updating and providing access to my patients’ comprehensive medical records anywhere, anytime, will have the single largest impact on the success of my new practice.”
All patients at Personal Choice Family Practice are provided with a subscription to MedeFile Basic. Currently, more than 60 percent of the patients have elected to upgrade to the MedeFile Premium plan. The upgraded plan allows members access to MedeFile’s full product line and services, including Emergency Call Service, Interactive Health Calendar, Audit Trail, and Healthy Lifestyle Tools.
Milton Hauser, Chairman and CEO of MedeFile, stated, “Concierge Medicine represents an exciting new market opportunity for MedeFile, particularly given that it is entirely patient-centric.” Hauser added, “People who make their family’s health and wellness a priority in their lives are now demanding new medical care delivery models such as that offered by Personal Choice Family Practice. MedeFile is thrilled to be playing such an active role in helping Personal Choice take the lead in providing a compelling alternative to traditional medical care — one that focuses squarely on the patient.”
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