Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, selects Accellion Courier Secure File Transfer Appliance SFTA.Accellion Courier Secure File Transfer Appliance supports the secure file transfer needs of medical teaching and academic research institutions PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Accellion, Inc. (www.accellion.com), a leading provider of on-demand secure file transfer and data management solutions for enterprise users, announced today that Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Both an international and regional referral center, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston, Massachusetts is a major teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. It was formed out of the 1996 merger of Beth Israel Hospital (founded in 1916) and (BIDMC BIDMC Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center ), a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. , has selected Accellion Courier Secure File Transfer Appliance SFTA SFTA South Florida Technology Alliance (Miami, FL) SFTA Société Française de Toxicologie Analytique SFTA Secure File Transfer Appliance SFTA Santa Fe Trail Association (Larned Kansas) for its secure file transfer needs. "We were looking for a secure file transfer solution that would enhance our HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, compliance and further reduce potential liability infractions with third-parties, such as the RIAA," said Ben Paradis, Technical Security Engineer, BIDMC-Caregroup Information Systems. "A key requirement for BIDMC was an intuitive self-provisioning capability. Accellion's secure file transfer appliance user interface makes it possible for non-technical users to self-register and to transfer large files to internal users and external users, such as vendors and business partners." "For administrators, integration with our Windows directory environment ensures an easy deployment for user authentication. Moreover, configurable policies on the deletion of historical files and unused user accounts provide the administrative capabilities for the self provisioning process that we were looking for," continued Paradis. "Going forward, because BIDMC provides network support for several affiliated hospitals within the Harvard enterprise, the modular scalability of the Accellion SFTA gives BIDMC the capability to expand the secure file transfer service to our affiliates," added Paradis. "Accellion is proud to support BIDMC's mission in providing world class medical teaching and healthcare to patients," said Yorgen H. Edholm, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Accellion. "Accellion has extensive knowledge on meeting the secure file transfer needs of medical/healthcare and academic research institutions with the Accellion Courier Secure File Transfer Appliance solution." Additional information regarding Accellion's Courier SFTA solution can be found at www.accellion.com. About Accellion Founded in 1999, Accellion, Inc. is headquartered in Palo Alto, California “Palo Alto” redirects here. For other uses, see Palo Alto (disambiguation). Palo Alto (IPA: /ˌpæloʊˈʔæltoʊ/, from Spanish: palo: "stick" and alto: "high", i.e. , with additional offices in both Asia and Europe. For more information, please visit www.accellion.com or call +1 (650) 739-0095. |
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