CMS Peripherals to Assist $1.3 Trillion Health Care Industry Secure Electronic Patient Information.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers/High-Tech Writers BIOWIRE2K COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003 As the health care industry prepares to meet 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 of 1996 (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, ) security standards, CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. Peripherals(R), Inc., today announced its award-winning ABSplus product line is the ideal solution to assist securing electronic patient information. In addition to its ability to aid in HIPAA compliance, the ABSplus also features an affordable starting price starting price n (COMM) → precio inicial starting price n → prix initial starting price start n (at auction of $299. The HIPAA security standards protect individually identifiable stored health information and go into effect April 14, 2003. Under the new security standards, health insurers, certain health care providers and health care clearinghouses must establish procedures and mechanisms to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronically stored health information. The rule requires covered entities to implement administrative, physical and technical safeguards to protect electronic health information in their care. In addition, it is estimated that more than 2.6 million covered entities will be impacted by the new electronic patient security standards. "The HIPAA security standards have left the $1.3 trillion health care industry searching for viable solutions to protect electronic private and privileged patient data," said Ken Burke, president of CMS Peripherals. "CMS is confident the ABSplus, with its unique blend of security and functionality, offers the health care industry an affordable and practical option to address the HIPAA electronic storage requirements." In addition to the HIPAA requirements, other legal, ethical and good business practices make the protection of electronic patient information a priority. The ABSplus assists health care professionals achieve a high level of protection for the personal data patients have entrusted to their care. CMS's ABSplus satisfies security requirements through the integration of password protection option and its compact, portable form factor design. Because of its unique form factor, the ABSplus can easily be locked away to secure data and guard against theft. The ABSplus is the industry's first comprehensive all-in-one software and hardware solution providing users with complete backup, restore, disaster recovery capabilities and a bootable, removable hard drive. It is an easy-to-use, plug-and-play device powered by CMS's robust ABSplus Backup software See backup program. (tool, software) backup software - Software for doing a backup, often included as part of the operating system. Backup software should provide ways to specify what files get backed up and to where. . This software performs a complete bootable backup of a notebook, desktop or Tablet See digitizer tablet and tablet computer. TABLET - A query language. ["Human Factor Comparison of a Procedural and a Non-procedural Query Language", C. Welty et al, ACM Trans Database Sys 6(4):626-649 (Dec 1981)]. PC's entire hard drive once the ABSplus is connected. This easy-to-use backup solution is ideal in maintaining an accurate copy of all types of electronic files. Availability The ABSplus is available in either portable or desktop versions and support backup, archival and migration of data with one of the market's lowest total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ). The portable ABSplus is available with the choice of PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. , USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. 2.0 or FireWire interfaces and comes standard with a 3-year warranty in capacities ranging between 20GB to 60GB. Pricing for the portable version starts at $299. The desktop ABSplus is available in capacities ranging between 80GB to 160GB with either FireWire or USB 2.0 interfaces and includes a 3-year warranty. Pricing for the desktop version starts at $349. A professional software upgrade called ABSpro with Bi-Directional Synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. and Versioning functionality is available for $79. The entire ABSplus product family is compatible with both Windows (98SE/Me/2000/XP) and Mac operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . All of CMS's solutions are available through major distributors, corporate resellers, mail order and direct from the company's Web site, www.cmsproducts.com. About CMS Peripherals With more than four million CMS storage solutions installed in over 90 countries, the complete line of CMS storage products includes automatic backup solutions for both notebooks and desktops, notebook hard drive upgrades and data transfer kits, and high capacity desktop hard drives. For more information, contact CMS Peripherals, Inc., 3095 Redhill Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626, Phone: (800) 327-5773 / (714) 424-5520, Fax: (714) 435-9504 or visit CMS's Web site at www.cmsproducts.com. CMS Peripherals, Inc., is a registered trademark. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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