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Durham, NC 7/5: The marketing firm GeerStreet LLC (GeerStreet) reached an agreement with Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. The strategic partnership targets market and sales opportunities in the growing field of electronic health records (EHR).

In 2009 the Federal Government mandated the use of electronic health records (EHR). By 2015, health records must be converted to electronic format. The Obama Administration allocated billions of dollars to achieve the goal. This major undertaking will require conversion, storage, access and management of electronic health records.

GeerStreet LLC is a company that targets growth opportunities in new and emerging industries. The company specializes in marketing communications, health information technology, training, and education.

GeerStreet LLC is building 'trustworthy' digital archive services. The collaboration between GeerStreet and Data Conversion Laboratory Inc. brings together entrepreneurial and preservation knowledge to address one of the most important public needs for this century—which is to ensure efficient and secure access to electronic health records.

Since 1981, Data Conversion Laboratory Inc. (DCL) has provided conversion services and software to publishers, industry, government, libraries, and documentation developers. DCL specializes in the implementation and management of large, complex data conversion projects. The company has successfully converted more than 500 million pages to date. Data Conversion Laboratory, Inc. (DCL) is recognized as one of the leading companies in the preparation of content for electronic access converting documents to structured formats such as XML, SGML, OeB, and HTML.