January 5, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Patient Access Solutions, Inc. (OTC: PASO), an emerging provider of healthcare/financial processing technologies that provide the healthcare industry a graceful migration to Electronic Medical Records, announced its commitment to full support of the proposed set of regulations outlining “meaningful use” criteria and the set of proposed regulations that lays out the standards and certification criteria that adopters of EMR must meet to be eligible for federal stimulus funds.

Between $14.1 billion and $27.3 billion is being made available under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Healthcare Act provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Patient Access Solutions intends to fully conform to all standards and will place significant emphasis on assisting its smaller-sized healthcare practice customers conform to all federal regulations to ensure receipt of all eligible funds available through the program.

Under the regulations proposed by the Department of Health and Human Services, eligible healthcare providers must use electronic medical records to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare services; reduce healthcare disparities; engage patients; improve the coordination of care; improve public health; and ensure the privacy and security of personal medical information. Additionally, other proposed regulations state that EMR users must be able to securely exchange information among providers and between providers and patients using standardized data elements in technologies. Patient Access Solutions is making a strong commitment to adhere to all regulations proposed by HHS.

Patient Access Solutions, Inc.  is a Healthcare Solutions company which has created a formidable array of technology, resources and allies to enable it to become an agent of radical change in what has traditionally been a slowly evolving healthcare information technology environment.

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