IMedicor

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name = iMedicor
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url = http://www.imedicor.com/
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type = Social network service
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owner = Vemics, Inc.
author = Vemics, Inc.
launch date = October, 2007
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revenue = The iMedicor portal, which went live on October 10, 2007, is online personal health data exchange and secure messaging portal for physician collaboration, community and referrals. iMedicor reached its 32,000th physician registration on December 12, 2007. It has been discussed in such journals as Healthcare Informatics, Journal for Advance for Healthcare Information Professionals, Virtual Medical Worlds, and Highway Hypodermics among others and received positive review by the Internet journal Medgadget.

The portal's proprietary HIPAA-compliant technology and ability to enable health providers to exchange medical record data, documentation and images distinguish it from chat-room-style portals for the medical community. The launch of iMedicor’s portal coincides with the entrance of Microsoft's Healthvault and Google’s Health Scrap Book into the PHR space.

iMedicor has a proprietary HIPAA-compliant interface. HIPAA, which stands for the American Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a set of strict rules to be followed by doctors, hospitals and other health care providers concerning the handling and privacy protection of vital patient medical data. Violations can result in serious fines or, in extreme cases, imprisonment.

On November 20, 2007, the iMedicor portal was given a positive review by Medgadget] , the influential Internet Journal of Emerging Medical Technologies. [ [http://medgadget.com/archives/2007/11/imedicor.html Medgadget. Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - Review of iMedicor Portal for Medical Professionals] ] The journal said that iMedicor is "strikingly different" from other medical networks such as iMedExchange and Sermo. Medgadget also stated, "The service behaves more like a typical email provider and a file sharing site, lumped together with a social network for clinicians."

Some of iMedicor's partner associations include the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), the American Society for Hypertension (ASH), and the Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association (HCA).

External links

* [http://www.imedicor.com/ iMedicor]
* [http://www.vemics.com/ Vemics]

References

* [http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/889796/?hcode=relatednews iMedicor Announces Agreement With eRx Network - Thursday, December 06, 2007; Posted: 09:00 AM]
* [http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080114005818&newsLang=en January 14, 2008, 09:06 AM Eastern Time - American Society of Hypertension Partners with iMedicor - Online Medical Portal Tapped to Help Expand Hypertension Initiative]