CBE Technologies' FireTower and Martin's Point Health Care Complete Testing of Biometrics System for Electronic Health Records
Posted on: Tuesday, 8 November 2005, 09:01 CST
CBE Technologies and its subsidiary FireTower recently completed proof-of-concept testing of a biometrics and access application that speeds and secures admission to electronic health records (EHR) by health care providers, while lowering management costs. The new system is a critical component in the rollout of an EHR system at Martin's Point Health Care clinics in Maine and New Hampshire beginning this fall.
CBE Technologies, the New England-based provider of information technology and telephony services, and FireTower, its subsidiary specializing in information security, provided systems integration for the biometrics and related software configuration at Martin's Point. This configuration is critical for provider access to medical records in a way that meets the security and patient privacy guidelines and regulations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and DITSCAP (U.S. Department of Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process).
During the proof-of-concept testing FireTower worked with Martin's Point to integrate password management, two-factor user access authentication, patient information applications, and centralized management technologies. Biometric thumbprint technology positively identifies and authenticates authorized EHR system users with Citrix Password Manager software granting appropriate network and health record access. CBE and FireTower will implement and support these technologies at Martin's Point clinics.
"Having electronic health record access controlled with a thumbprint reader is a great example of our investing in advanced information technology to enhance the quality of care," said Greg McCarthy, Martin's Point's director of information services. Martin's Point will begin field testing the EHR system within the next month, with completion of a system-wide rollout to its three clinics in Portland and Brunswick, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire by March 2006.
About Martin's Point Health Care
Martin's Point is a physician-led, customer-centric medical system providing superior care to more than 50,000 individuals in Maine, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont. Founded in 1981, the not-for-profit is headquartered in Portland, Maine. Martin's Point has three primary care clinics, administers the US Family Health Plan for the Department of Defense and offers self-insured businesses PointPartners(TM) - holding down costs through healthier employees. Martin's Point employs approximately 400 and has a network of 520 primary care providers and 1,715 specialists, and clinics in Maine and New Hampshire - with a network expansion to New York and Vermont underway. For more information, visit www.martinspoint.org.
About CBE Technologies
CBE Technologies, headquartered in Boston, offers a comprehensive suite of "one stop, one view, one price" managed IT and telephony services, delivering top-quality skills and business understanding from design to implementation to support. It has sales and services offices in Wilmington, Massachusetts; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Hartford, Connecticut; Portland, Maine; and Providence, Rhode Island. Its FireTower information security subsidiary and Ntirety remote database administration subsidiary are based at CBE's Boston headquarters. FireTower has provided security solutions to companies throughout the northeastern United States since 1995.
For over 20 years, CBE Technologies has served more than 3,500 customers across New England in the commercial, health care, government, and education market sectors. The company has pursued a careful growth strategy, always maintaining its focus on providing technology services that meet the unique needs of each customer. For more information, visit www.cbetech.com, www.ntirety.com and www.firetower.com.
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Source: Business Wire
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