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TAMPA, Fla., July 28 /PRNewswire/ — Crescent City Physicians, Inc. (CCPI) has chosen the Intergy EHR by Sage integrated electronic health records and practice management system to meet the clinical and administrative management needs of its ambulatory care practices. CCPI’s Crescent City Cardiovascular Associates and NOLA Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons divisions are included in the implementation.
The 38-physician, multi-specialty practice, a division of Touro Infirmary, operates 12 locations in the greater New Orleans area.
Dale Mertens, Vice President of Physicians Services of Touro Infirmary and President of Crescent City Physicians, Inc., said the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina spurred CCPI to make the jump to electronic health records.
“After Katrina, we saw how badly some practices were affected. We were lucky — CCPI’s billing and financial systems were up and running within a week and a half and our physicians began treating patients in mid-October,” Mr. Mertens noted. “So many of our counterparts were devastated by the destruction. It showed us the importance of electronic records, both clinically and administratively, from a disaster recovery standpoint.”
“But beyond that,” Mr. Mertens continued, “electronic health records are an important tool toward helping us to continue to provide outstanding healthcare in an efficient manner. We chose Intergy EHR by Sage after a lengthy process that initially evaluated 12 electronic health records systems. Our physician evaluators were impressed with Intergy’s functionality. But the human aspect — Sage Software’s commitment to healthcare, their responsiveness and their dedication is a strong reason we partnered with them.”
CCPI also chose the Intergy by Sage practice management system and its Enterprise Desktop for multi-site administrative control, and the Practice Analytics by Sage business intelligence system for robustly detailed clinical and administrative data analysis.
“We value our long-term partnership with the forward-looking team at Touro Infirmary’s CCPI,” said Sharon L. Howard, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Sales for Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. “The adoption of electronic health records is an important aspect of disaster preparedness.”
About Sage Software Healthcare, Inc.
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc., provides integrated Electronic health Records, EDI applications and physician practice management systems to thousands of ambulatory care practices throughout North America. These systems enable physicians and practice managers to better manage their practices and improve profitability. Sage Software Healthcare, Inc. is based in Tampa, Fla., and is a division of Sage Software. For more information, please visit or call (877) 932-6301.
About Sage Software
Sage Software supports the needs, challenges and dreams of nearly 2.9 million small and medium-sized business customers in North America through easy-to-use, scalable and customizable software and services. Our products support accounting, operations, customer relationship management, human resources, time tracking, merchant services and the specialized needs of the construction, distribution, healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit and real estate industries. Sage Software is the North America business of The Sage Group plc, a leading global supplier of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses. Formed in 1981, Sage was floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1989. Sage Group now has 5.7 million customers and employs over 14,800 people worldwide. For more information, please visit the web site at or call (866) 308-2378.
Sage Software Healthcare, Inc.

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, July 22 /PRNewswire/ —

- FairWarning(R)’s Solutions Protect Healthcare Organizations from
Privacy and Legal Threats

FairWarning, Inc., the world’s leading supplier of cross-platform
healthcare privacy auditing solutions for Electronic health Records, today
announced in the first six months of 2008, the company more than doubled
revenues over the same time period of the previous year. FairWarning(R)
transitioned from break even to profitable during the first half of 2008. The
company expects by year end 2008, to double 2007 revenues.

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FairWarning has experienced a spike in sales of its privacy auditing
solutions across every sector of the healthcare industry including:
hospitals, health systems and major physician offices. FairWarning attributes
its triple-digit growth and growing customer base to a drastic increase in
major identity theft and employee snooping incidents. Additionally, the news
of HIPAA audits has fueled an industry-wide realignment of priorities with
privacy and security compliance at the top of mind for healthcare
organizations.

“Driving our market is the recognition among healthcare organizations and
patients that private patient data can be compromised and used for fraudulent
purposes,” said Kurt Long, CEO of FairWarning, Inc. “Our company is laser
focused on enabling our customers to proactively thwart patient privacy
breaches while meeting specific auditing provisions of HIPAA.”
FairWarning is increasingly being brought into a global marketplace
driven by universal concerns for patient privacy. In the US, government
action and widely publicized privacy breeches have created a sense of urgency
to protect patient privacy. Patient privacy is a global issue and
international healthcare organizations are just beginning to recognize the
impact of patient privacy issues. These organizations are looking at how
leading healthcare organizations in the US are safeguarding and auditing
patient privacy data.

“Healthcare patient privacy challenges are an issue for any healthcare
organization whether in the US or abroad and we are uniquely positioned to
protect these organizations from emerging legal and privacy threats,” said
Long. “We anticipate that our continued success both in the US and abroad
will solidify our position as the world’s leading supplier of healthcare
privacy auditing solutions.”
FairWarning has introduced out of the box privacy auditing solution
packages for EHRs specifically optimized for the healthcare industry.
FairWarning Essentials, EssentialsPlus and Enterprise are all-inclusive,
turn-key solutions for healthcare organizations of all sizes. The FairWarning
family of product packages include support for every major healthcare
application family, including: Allscripts, Cerner Millennium, ChartMaxx,
Eclipsys, Epic Systems, GE Centricity, Keane, Kronos, Misys, McKesson Care
Manager, McKesson Horizon Expert Documentation, McKesson Meds Manager,
McKesson Horizon Patient Folder, McKesson Horizon Surgical Manager, McKesson
STAR, McKesson STAR Audit, McKesson Pathways, MEDITECH MAGIC, MEDITECH
Client/Server, MercuryMD, Misys, Siemens Invision, SunQuest, T-Systems and
Wellsoft. FairWarning(R) also supports Windows servers, Unix servers, VPNs,
and Single Sign On systems.

In addition to healthcare organizations, FairWarning recently added
support of Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA) to assist RHIO’s and
HIE’s in auditing computer to computer transactions that drive the next
generation of electronic health records.

About FairWarning, Inc.

FairWarning(R) is the world’s leading supplier of cross-platform
healthcare privacy auditing solutions for Electronic health Records.
FairWarning(R) proactively protects healthcare organizations from emerging
legal and privacy threats which include medical identity theft, identity
theft, and other forms of healthcare information crimes. FairWarning is
industry’s leading best practice solution for automating HIPAA privacy
auditing. The company is located in St. Petersburg, FL, to learn more, visit
www.FairWarningAudit.com or call U.S. 1-727-576-6700.

CONTACT:
FairWarning, Inc.
Jennifer Stansbury
1-703-395-2888
Jennifer@FairWarningAudit.com

Web site: http://www.fairwarningaudit.com

FairWarning, Inc.

DALLAS, July 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(R)), , the leader in hosted services for email encryption and e-prescribing, today announced an upcoming webcast featuring Daughters of Charity health System on Thursday, July 10 at 4:00 p.m. ET. The webcast will feature Michael Day, Director of Information Technology, and Ajay Chaudhari, Network Design Specialist for Daughters of Charity and they will discuss their process for choosing and implementing a solution: how they built internal buy-in, identified and addressed potential pitfalls, and made critical decisions on replacing their previously implemented system with ZixCorp’s Email Encryption Service.
To register for this informative webinar, please visit or call 866-257-4949.
Additionally, the ZixCorp website is now featuring a Daughters of Charity success story that outlines issues that will be discussed during the upcoming webinar. Below is an excerpt from the success story:
“The security of protected health information (PHI) is very important,” said Michael Day, Director of Information Technology for DCHS. “Not only from a regulatory standpoint enforced by the health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), but because our patients and staff need to have that confidence in us.”
Not satisfied with the email encryption solution they were using, DCHS switched to ZixCorp’s Email Encryption Service.
“With our old solution, we were concerned we were at risk of not properly protecting our patients’ sensitive data or other important business information,” said Day. “It was also a massive challenge to administer the whole process from installation through to mailbox management, information tracking and overall maintenance. We needed a more efficient and thorough process.”
Day liked what ZixCorp had to offer because of its ease of use and excellent reputation as the leading email encryption solution for health care organizations. “It was simple to set up, fast to deploy, and transparent to use,” he said. “It has a better hit rate of encrypting messages than our previous solution. ZixCorp’s service detects PHI and other sensitive information and ensures they’re secured before delivery.”
To read the entire DCHS success story, please visit the ZixCorp website or click on the following link: .
About Zix Corporation
ZixCorp is the leading provider of easy-to-use-and-deploy email encryption and e-prescribing services that Connect entities with their customers and partners to Protect and Deliver sensitive information in the healthcare, finance, insurance and government industries. ZixCorp’s hosted Email Encryption Service provides an easy and cost-effective way to ensure customer privacy and regulatory compliance for corporate email. Its PocketScript(R) e-prescribing service saves lives and saves money by automating the prescription process between payors, doctors and pharmacies. For more information, visit .
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 20 /PRNewswire/ — The Continua health Alliance will host a meeting on Tuesday, June 24 at 2:30 p.m. at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Room 203/204 in conjunction with CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference and Showcase.
The session, “The next generation of personal telehealth is here!” will explore Continua’s three use cases — chronic disease management, aging independently, and health & fitness — and explain how Continua is utilizing standards to ensure interoperability while opening new opportunities in solutions and services. Speakers include:
– Rick Cnossen, Technical Working Group Chair, Continua health Alliance; Manager, Medical Device Interoperability Standards, Digital health Group, Intel Corp.
– Hyung Kim, MD, MBA, Ascension Health, Vice President of Research & Development
– Julie Cherry, RN, MSN, PHN, Director Product Marketing, Digital Health, Intel Corp.
What: “Continua health Meeting at CONNECTIONS”

When: Tuesday, June 24th, 2:30-3:30 p.m.

Where: Room 203/204 Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, California 95054
Convention Center Floorplan:

RSVP:

Interviews: To confirm your attendance and/or to arrange a meeting with
Continua, please contact Tom Hubka at
or (503) 619-0867.

About Continua health Alliance

Launched in June of 2006, the Continua health Alliance is a non-profit, open-industry coalition of the finest healthcare and technology companies joining together in collaboration to improve the quality of personal healthcare. With more than 150 member companies around the world, Continua is dedicated to establishing a system of interoperable personal health solutions with the knowledge that extending those solutions into the home fosters independence, empowers individuals and provides the opportunity for truly personalized health & wellness management.
For more information about the Continua health Alliance, its participating member companies or joining the Alliance, please visit or contact its administration at .
Tom Hubka
Continua health Alliance
(503) 619-0867

Continua health Alliance

SAN FRANCISCO, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Today at America’s health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute 2008, American Well Inc. and Microsoft Corp. announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration to introduce an integrated consumer health solution that brings together American Well’s Online Healthcare Marketplace and Microsoft HealthVault, Microsoft’s online consumer health platform. The integrated solution will allow consumers to use their health information to interact live, online and on-demand with physicians from their home or office.
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The Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA), Blue Cross Blue Shield of Hawaii, plans to be the first health plan in the nation to offer the integrated solution to all Hawaii residents. It is slated to become available during the upcoming open enrollment period.
“At the heart of this strategic collaboration is the understanding that personal health information becomes truly meaningful when consumers and providers can use it in the process of actual care,” said Peter Neupert, corporate vice president of the health Solutions Group at Microsoft.
Microsoft’s HealthVault platform allows people to collect, store and manage personal health information and share it with physicians, family members and other trusted third parties. Consumers can store information from multiple sources including provider and hospital record systems, home monitoring devices, and patient entries. American Well’s Online Healthcare Marketplace enables live communication between a consumer and healthcare provider. By adding HealthVault, consumers would be able to collect and provide health information for advised, coordinated care.
“This innovative solution promises to advance both the quality of care and quality of service HMSA brings to our members and our community,” said Michael Gold, chief operating officer of HMSA.
“Convenient, immediate and affordable online care in people’s homes is becoming a reality in 2008,” said Ido Schoenberg, M.D., chief executive officer of American Well. “With HealthVault, we can offer better data-enriched communication, device connectivity, access and portability to health plan members and nonmembers.”
The integrated solution will allow consumers to use their health information from HealthVault to drive online consultations with providers on the American Well system. In Hawaii, credentialed physicians who are already part of the HMSA network will be able to make themselves available, at their discretion, for online and phone consultations with plan members as well as other consumers. This on-demand interaction between consumers and providers will be under advisement of consumers’ care coordinator, namely their primary care physician.
About American Well
American Well has created a new healthcare marketplace where consumers and physicians can come together online to acquire and provide convenient and immediate healthcare services.
American Well is committed to supporting health plans in meeting consumer and employer demand for affordable, efficient and immediate access to quality care. For more information, please visit .
About Microsoft
Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.

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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire/ — Help2getbetter.com announces the launch of a new web site, , and the sale of online sick packs, which changes the way consumers buy household medicine and fight common illnesses. What makes these sick packs unique is that they are well known brands consumers use today, but come packaged together conveniently in one- or two-dose portion sizes and can be kept on hand anywhere at the ready when illness strikes.
“So many of us have had the horrible experience of going on vacation or being on a business trip, getting sick and not having a drug store or pharmacy available, and wishing we had packed the right supplies. Now with help2getbetter.com sick packs, people can be ready when a bug hits,” said Dean Joffe, founder, help2getbetter.com.
Gone are the days of going to the drug store or logging on to a web site and purchasing multiple bulky 4-, 8- and 12-ounce bottles of medicine when an illness arises or, storing these bottles in overcrowded medicine cabinets and then dumping the unused portions down the drain when they expire.
The help2getbetter.com sick packs are perfect for a mom sending a child to college for the first time, a business traveler who needs to stay healthy for a critical meeting, parents planning for summer vacation, or anyone who dreads an unexpected trip to the store to buy supplies when they are sick. A single sick pack is the size of a folded t-shirt and gives consumers the option to carry or store the pack wherever or whenever they need.
Sick packs available today include: stomach ache, flu, cough and cold, rash, allergy, menstrual and PMS, and hang-over sick packs. These packs range in price from $18.98 to $34.98 and contain name brand, over-the-counter medications with educational information about the particular illness so consumers are more informed about these illnesses.
About help2getbetter.com
Help2getbetter.com is a unique online source for purchasing sick packs that include all the contents needed to meet the symptom needs of a particular illness in handy one- or two-dose packaging. Help2getbetter.com offers a uniquely easy, affordable and environmentally friendly way to combat illness. At help2getbetter.com our motto is to fight the entire sickness, not just a symptom. Our goal is to help you get better.
help2getbetter.com

RICHMOND, British Columbia, June 5 /PRNewswire/ — Edge health Solutions, innovators of medical and dental practice management software developed specifically to leverage the power of Mac OS X, announces the release of edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM). This breakthrough practice management software enables physicians, dentists, and other medical professionals to manage their practice, providing paperless clinical charting and delivers the only integrated FDA-approved diagnostic imaging solution running on the Mac. It also includes value-added features from TreAura, making edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM) truly an all-in-one practice management solution.
Since Apple, Inc. is known for bringing revolutionary, intuitive, and affordable technology to market, Edge health Solutions has developed edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM) exclusively for use on the Mac. edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM) practice management offerings incorporate Calgary Scientific’s ResolutionMD(TM), an advanced visualization solution capable of delivering highly accurate, real-time 2D and 3D image analysis making edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM) the only practice management software with an FDA-approved diagnostic imaging tool accessible on an Apple desktop or laptop.
The groundbreaking Edge Clinical ChartBook(TM), a pen-based clinical charting and patient education tool, is the world’s first truly integrated tablet Mac solution and available for use with both edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM). The Clinical ChartBook(TM) is an electronic depot for storing digital images, X-rays, and DICOM image sets. Practitioners can add annotations to any image in the ChartBook(TM), which are then translated into ASCII text and stored in a searchable database with the image.
TreAura FUSiON, a proven and simply to deploy appointment reminder confirmation and management service, designed specifically to service healthcare practice is also integrated as part of edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM). FUSiON delivers advanced patient contact choice options in the form of personalized, professionally recorded phone messages, intelligent email or 2-way SMS text messaging. Each delivered appointment message choice empowers the patient to confirm their appointment by simply responding to a prompt or directly communicating to the healthcare practice. Patient reminder and confirmation message results are then delivered automatically back to edgeMD 2.0(TM) and edgeDMS 2.0(TM) virtually eliminating the need for manual appointment follow up by front desk staff.
Edge health Solutions, Inc. (EHSI) is a privately held Canadian software development company delivering one of today’s most innovative practice management solutions exclusively for the Apple Mac(R) platform. EHSI harnesses the unparalleled power of Mac OS X(R) using its proprietary Edge Management Platform(TM) (EMP(TM)) which provides a foundation specifically designed for the seamless integration of the most impressive core technologies and related services known to the healthcare industry. EHSI developed the world’s first truly integrated tablet Mac solution with its Edge Clinical ChartBook(TM), a pen based clinical charting and patient education solution available for both its edgeMD(TM) (medical) and edgeDMS(TM) (dental) software offerings. Edge health Solutions, Inc. is based in Richmond, British Columbia.
ResolutionMD is a trademark of Calgary Scientific Inc.

Edge health Solutions, Inc.

IRVINE, Calif., May 22 /PRNewswire/ — Accenx Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been formally accepted into Sun’s Authorized Subcontractor Program and is now part of Sun’s Extended Delivery Workforce to provide improved integration services to the healthcare industry. From this new relationship, Accenx Technologies will see substantial growth potential to its already robust client roster, develop a closer working relationship with Sun’s Professional Services group, and will gain enhanced access to Sun’s development resources.
“This is an exciting opportunity for Accenx Technologies. This is an example of the potential and strength that Accenx Technologies has in the Physician Outreach, health Information Exchange and Integration industry and will ultimately lead to improved technology and services to our already satisfied customer base,” says Jeff Drumm, Vice President of Consulting Services, Accenx Technologies.
Accenx Technologies has an excellent reputation for healthcare technical consulting services, innovative and scalable integration solutions, and emphasizing the importance of connectivity and interoperability for a solid foundation, which yields long-term, cost effective, and time efficient results for its customers.
About Accenx Technologies, Inc.
Accenx Technologies is celebrating its 10th anniversary of serving national and international health care organizations with health data integration and interoperability solutions.
Accenx Technologies’ EMR Interoperability solution, RyTRAK(TM) HIE, enables the secure exchange of electronic patient information with remote physician practice and clinics with EMR/PMIS or without EMR systems, providing the foundation for new initiatives in clinical informatics by hospitals, public health agencies, reference labs, payers and other diagnostic labs.
Ranked #1 in KLAS multiple times for Technical IT Services in healthcare, Accenx Technologies has over 160 healthcare customers, ranging from large health systems to regional facilities. For more information please visit .
Accenx Technologies, Inc.

REDMOND, Washington, May 13 /PRNewswire/ —

- New elements include platform updates and product road map for
developers.

Healthcare developers can take the next step towards increasing patient
safety and clinician effectiveness with the new version 1.3 of Microsoft
Health Common User Interface (CUI), available today from Microsoft Corp. A
portfolio of user interface guidance, software toolkit controls and showcase
demonstrators, the Microsoft health CUI supports software developers in
delivering safe and effective clinical applications. Based on a set of
patient safety principles, the guidance and controls from CUI are available
at no cost and are focused on medication management, patient record noting,
hand-over of care, consistent navigation and patient identification — all
areas of potential patient safety risk. Version 1.3 also provides an 18-month
road map of product releases and substantial guidance updates, and utilises
Microsoft Silverlight technology to showcase the latest demonstrators.

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Developed in collaboration with and in use today at the National Health
Service (NHS) in England, as well as a growing worldwide community of
healthcare providers and developers, the CUI became available to all
healthcare developers worldwide in July 2007. The CUI allows software vendors
and application developers flexibility to develop solutions to meet their own
specialised development challenges and spend more time focusing on
facilitating patient care through new and innovative software applications.
Most notably, version 1.3 moves the CUI to a new technology platform with
fresh controls, samples and demonstrations now being developed especially for
Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight. The use of these
platforms within the CUI enables software vendors and application developers
to provide richer and more flexible user interfaces for specific healthcare
implementations. Also, an 18-month interactive road map for the design
guidance and controls is available today, intended for software and
application developers who want to better understand updated timelines and
ways they can participate in the Microsoft health CUI community.

“A common look and feel to systems across any institution decreases the
chances for errors, but nowhere is that more important than a healthcare
institution where lives are at stake,” said Tim Smokoff, general manager of
worldwide public sector, Microsoft Healthcare and Life Sciences division.
“Sharing the road map for the next 18 months allows developers to plan for
new updates to the Microsoft health Common User Interface, meaning they can
implement them faster and with better success, reducing the margin for error
and challenges.”
Potential Benefits for Healthcare Institutions and Partners

Today’s announcement furthers Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to help
leverage the power of software to transform the healthcare industry for
patients, healthcare providers and professionals. The CUI design guidance
sets standards for the display and interaction of key clinical data within
electronic patient records, such as medications, clinical notes and
demographic information. The toolkit turns the design guidance into software
components that developers and health customers can deploy in their own
existing or upcoming clinical applications, saving their customers both money
and time to market.

“The Microsoft health CUI is a key building block to increasing
application time-to-market, clinician productivity and patient safety across
the healthcare industry,” said Roger Killen, managing director of The
Learning Clinic, a UK-based healthcare industry consultant aimed at improving
patient care and outcomes. “As an organisation developing healthcare
applications, it’s an essential planning tool to know when updates to an
application as critical as the CUI are coming, so we’re excited to have a
road map available.”

Since the CUI launched last July:

* More than 1,100 individual pieces of user interface guidance have been
published.
* More than 120,000 visitors have been to http://www.mscui.net.
* More than 12,000 visitors have downloaded individual guidance
documents.
* Almost 7,000 users have downloaded the toolkit controls.

Microsoft Connects Healthcare Platform

Application of the CUI is an important element of the Connected Health
Platform, Microsoft’s implementation of the Connected health Framework (CHF)
Architecture and Design Blueprint, a platform-agnostic set of design guidance
and tools for delivering service-oriented architecture solutions for health.

More information, including downloads of the Microsoft health CUI, can be
found at http://www.mscui.net. Additional information about the Connected
Health Framework can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/healthcare/businessvalue/chframework.mspx.

About Microsoft

Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realise
their full potential.

About Microsoft EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

Microsoft has operated in EMEA since 1982. In the region Microsoft
employs more than 16,000 people in over 64 subsidiaries, delivering products
and services in more than 139 countries and territories.

This material is for informational purposes only. Microsoft Corp
disclaims all warranties and conditions with regard to use of the material
for other purposes. Microsoft Corp shall not, at any time, be liable for any
special, direct, indirect or consequential damages, whether in an action of
contract, negligence or other action arising out of or in connection with the
use or performance of the material. Nothing herein should be construed as
constituting any kind of warranty.

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http://www.mscui.net

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LOS GATOS, Calif., May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Hifn(TM) , the catalyst behind storage and networking innovation, is validating its commitment to the security and data protection requirements of the health care IT industry by headlining two health care technology events this month, including a featured speaking role by the company’s CTO.
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A recent series of high-profile leaks at the UCLA Medical Center of the medical records of celebrity patients highlights the vulnerabilities of medical facilities that lack proper information security. It also illustrates the security challenges that health care CIOs are struggling with as the industry transitions from paper-based to electronic patient records while complying with HIPAA and other regulations.
“An increased role for IT has long been proposed as the solution to skyrocketing health care costs, but that is only the starting point in transforming the industry,” said Russell Dietz, Hifn Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. “There needs to be closer collaboration between the IT vendors and solution providers and health care IT professionals to help them cut through all the noise and create medical technology solutions that adequately address their business and patient care objectives while complying with government regulations for privacy and the security of patient records and other business critical information.”
This week, Hifn is a sponsor of the CIO Healthcare Summit at the Ritz Carlton hotel in Marina del Rey, where 60 of the country’s top Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers and Chief Information Medical Officers from leading health care organizations such as the Tenet Healthcare Corp., Shriners Hospitals and the Baylor College of Medicine will meet to discuss their specific IT requirements. The sessions will focus on the CIO’s security and data protection challenges in the areas of Electronic health Records, Backup and Disaster Recovery, HIPAA compliance and how Hifn’s Swarm secure iSCSI storage appliances can address those issues to help the CIOs improve their IT ROI and deliver improved patient care through increased productivity in an industry known for legendary inefficiency. The three-day CIO Healthcare Summit program will consist of panel discussions, themed interactive workshops, case studies and networking sessions.
Then on May 20, Dietz will be a featured speaker at the Towards the Electronic Patient Record (TEPR) conference at the Fort Lauderdale Convention Center. Dietz will be speaking as part of the Security Measures for your Organization track with a presentation on “A Risk Management Approach to Data Security — Moving beyond FUD.” Dietz will address the confusion faced by many health care IT professionals who are attempting to wade through the claims of almost 1300 companies currently selling products to address some aspect of the health care data security problem. Virtually all of them sell using fear, uncertainty and doubt to scare customers into buying their products. As a result the whole realm of data security is more infused with smoke than light. Dietz will propose a better methodology for purchasing data security technology and introduce techniques of risk management necessary to achieve data security and availability goals within limited budgets.
Hifn’s Swarm Series of secure iSCSI storage appliances are the industry’s only iSCSI storage arrays that provide HIPAA-compliant storage right out of the box based on the Swarm’s built-in hardware data encryption. The unique features built into the Swarm storage appliances deliver a simple-to-install and easy-to-use scalable solution to address the privacy and security demands of health care organizations ranging from small medical offices to hospitals.
About Hifn
Hifn delivers the key channel and OEM ingredients for 21st century storage and networking environments. Leveraging over a decade of leadership and expertise in the development of purpose-built Applied Services Processors (ASPs), we are a trusted partner to industry leaders for whom infrastructure innovation in storage and networking is critical to success. With the majority of secure networked communications flowing through Hifn technology, the 21st century convergence of storage and networking drives our product roadmap forward. For more information, please visit: .
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