CHITA Announces Beginning of Registration for Secure Email Evaluation and Discovery -SEED- Project.Business Editors, High Tech & Health Writers Secure Email Now Available for Download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. by Washington State Health Care Community at www.zixcorp.com/healthstudy SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002 The Community Health Information Technology Alliance (CHITA) today announced the beginning of registration for the Secure Email Evaluation Discovery (SEED) project for the state of Washington, in cooperation with Zix Corporation Zix Corporation (NASDAQ: ZIXI) is an American company based in Dallas, Texas that provides email encryption to health care organizations, financial institutions and government agencies. (ZixCorp(TM)) (Nasdaq:ZIXI), a global provider of secure e-messaging services. The SEED project is designed to determine the impact of adopting and using secure email in the health care industry, as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (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, ) deadline of April 14, 2003, approaches, and to help experts assess one of the country's first wide-scale deployment efforts to bring security to confidential email communications. Participants of the project receive a complimentary one-year subscription to ZixMail(TM), an easy-to-use, send-to-anyone, desktop-level secure email service See Internet e-mail service. , provided by ZixCorp. This one-year service is being made available to all members of the Washington state health care community. Eligibility is conditioned upon participation in two 10-minute online surveys -- one at first use, the other after six months. Doctors and their staff members may receive up to five licenses, while payors, state health agencies and other organizations may receive up to 15 licenses. Project participants immediately have the capability to send secure email to other health care professionals in compliance with HIPAA privacy regulations for electronic transmission. Interested organizations with ties to the Washington state health care community may visit www.zixcorp.com/healthstudy for registration. Registration is available until Feb. 1, 2003. "The SEED project will help us determine current perceptions, and possible misperceptions, usage patterns and trends in the health care industry's use of secure email," said Todd Todd , Sir Alexander Robertus 1907-1997. British chemist. He won a 1957 Nobel Prize for his study of nucleic acids and nucleotide structures. Langton, program director, CHITA. "Under the new HIPAA privacy regulations, security for email transmission of protected health information protected health information Health informatics Any individually identifiable health informatlon that is used or circulated by an entity that falls under the governance of HIPAA; the privacy regulations mandate safeguards for protected health information, and the is a 'must-have' for the health care community. This project will help the industry as a whole to better understand how the use of secure email will impact cost, efficiency and quality of care." "We chose to partner with ZixCorp for this project because they have an easy-to-use, practical, and instantly interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. service, while also supporting HIPAA compliance -- important selection criteria for the health care industry as a whole," Langton said. Survey responses to the study will help assess information related to adoption and use by doctors, patients, hospitals, payors and other health care organizations. Issues being addressed by the survey include: the purpose of any secure communication by email, factors likely to increase overall usage or satisfaction, and any obstacles to adoption of secure email. "The information gathered from the SEED project will help the health care community in Washington state and across the country discover the benefits of secure e-messaging," said Daniel S Daniel, book of the Bible Daniel, book of the Bible. It combines "court" tales, perhaps originating from the 6th cent. B.C., and a series of apocalyptic visions arising from the time of the Maccabean emergency (167–164 B.C. . Nutkis, vice president, strategy and products for ZixCorp. "SEED will also help those of us working to advance the technology of secure e-messaging learn how we can best serve the community. We are proud to be a part of such a good cause." About Zix Corporation Zix Corporation (ZixCorp(TM)) is a global provider of comprehensive, easy-to-deploy secure e-messaging solutions and services. From assessment and verification tools, to desktop and enterprise services, ZixCorp's cost-effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. solutions enable organizations to leverage email as a business-critical application to securely exchange sensitive and highly confidential information Noun 1. confidential information - an indication of potential opportunity; "he got a tip on the stock market"; "a good lead for a job" steer, tip, wind, hint, lead . Additional information about ZixCorp can be found at www.zixcorp.com. About CHITA The Community Health Information Technology Alliance (CHITA) is a member-driven alliance of healthcare and technology organizations, both public and private. It is operated under the non-profit Foundation for Health Care Quality. CHITA advocates marketplace activities and provides leadership that will help expand and enhance the use of electronic commerce in the healthcare industry. For further information, visit www.chita.org. |
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