Tarrytown (NY)- Sept 16, 2005---Physicians at New Orleans are facing an additional problem of loss of medical records of their patients in the wake of Katrina disaster. Even with backups at the medical practice, much of the patient records that have been stored on paper or electronically may have been destroyed. However, OmniMD^™ EMR was able to recapture the patient records of its clients that were affected by this disaster.

Dr. David John Yeh, a neurologist based in Louisiana, New Orleans is one such physician whose patient records and machinery was heavily hit by Katrina. "Since OmniMD^™ EMR has the facility of storing all patient records on a remote server location, I was able to recover all my records and other important documentation, even after loosing it at my end. This will help me considerably in getting my practice back on the track, once things get normal here." says Dr. Yeh.

OmniMD^™ ASP EMR version offers backup of all patient records at their remote server locations. This means that even if all records are destroyed by a calamity or an accident at the practice site, the data can be accessed from the server that is placed at a location outside the practice premises. 128-data bit encryption and Digital certificates ensure the security of such records.

Another advantage of having an ASP EMR is that physicians do not need to spend large sum of money on Servers and other equipment required for hosting the data at their end. It is also easier for the physician to put his practice back in the operational mode. He just needs to have his PC and Internet connection running. Installation, support, maintenance and upgrades also works out be quite economical when compared to the enterprise version, wherein all servers are locally placed at the practice site itself.