Personal EHR insured at Chartis

NEW YORK, US: Chartis has announced that it will offer electronic personal health records to clients worldwide through a strategic alliance with MMR Information Systems (“MMR”).

The Chartis insurers will initially offer electronic personal health records to Accident & Health policyholders and expect to expand the offering to additional product lines in the coming months. Powered by MMR using its MyMedicalRecords technology, policyholders and their families will be able to store and manage their personal health records, as well as other important documents, in a secure, encrypted Web-based application that can be accessed 24/7 from anywhere in the world.

Personal health records will initially be available in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Japanese and Chinese. Storing personal health records is not the program’s only feature. The program will also include a virtual MyESafe deposit box for the storage of other important documents, such as insurance policies, passports, deeds of trust, wills and advance directives, in a secure, encrypted Web-based application.

In addition to a comprehensive file management system, each personal health record will feature a separate emergency log-in that will allow first responders and other medical personnel to access potentially life-saving information such as blood type, medications, and allergies from virtually anywhere in the world.

“Chartis is excited to be able to offer its clients the ability to manage their personal health records and other critical personal documents, and make them available around the clock and from anywhere in the world,” said Jeffrey Kestenbaum, President of Chartis International Consumer Lines.

“It is especially exciting to work with Chartis to introduce this life-saving service at a time when the world is spending hundreds of billions of dollars on health information technologies,” said Robert H. Lorsch, Chairman and CEO of MMR Information Systems.