Citrix Announces Agreement with Nation's Largest Not-for-Profit Healthcare Organization.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 26, 2003 Citrix Software Improves Patient Care and Caregiver Efficiency, Reduces Administrative Costs administrative costs, n.pl the overhead expenses incurred in the operation of a dental benefits program, excluding costs of dental services provided. and Ensures Compliance with 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, Citrix Systems Citrix Systems' (NASDAQ: CTXS) is an American technology company, based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, with subsidiary operations in California and Massachusetts, with additional development centers in Australia, India and the UK. , Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS CTXS Citrix Systems (NASDAQ stock ticker symbol) ), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced an agreement with Kaiser Permanente, the nation's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, to extend its use of Citrix(R) MetaFrame XP(TM) Presentation Server, Feature Release 3. Under the terms of the agreement, Kaiser plans to use Citrix access infrastructure to increase caregiver efficiency and reduce administrative costs by deploying applications more quickly. With a successful implementation in Atlanta earlier this month, Kaiser plans to use Citrix access infrastructure to enable its 11,000 physicians and healthcare providers to get secure, easy, and instant access to 8.3 million patient medical records from Epic, the company's automated medical records (AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. ) system by Q4 2003. With Epic stored and managed on a central server and deployed through Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server to Kaiser Permanente offices across the United States, caregivers can access and update patient information from any location, increasing the quality of patient care and reducing the amount of time spent on medical paperwork. Security is also enhanced due to encryption and authentication capabilities within Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server, thereby helping Kaiser Permanente to meet security requirements of 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). "Citrix access infrastructure for the on-demand enterprise helps organizations like Kaiser Permanente cut IT costs, ensure secure access to information, improve employee productivity and increase business agility," said Kate Hutchison, senior vice president of marketing for Citrix. "We're seeing a rise in Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server as a corporate standard, in part because organizations today are trying to do more with less and Citrix helps them save millions of dollars by consolidating their heterogeneous IT systems and providing secure and well managed access to the resources their employees need to be more productive." Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server is the world's most widely deployed presentation server, designed to enable IT staffs to centrally manage any custom or commercially packaged Windows(R), UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) or Web application and provide access to them from any client device, across any network connection. As the foundation of the Citrix MetaFrame(R) Access Suite, Citrix MetaFrame XP Presentation Server provides highly scalable, flexible, secure and manageable access solutions that reduce computing costs and increase the utility of any information system. Kaiser Permanente serves members in nine states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . An integrated health care integrated health care, n healthcare services combining the best of conventional and complementary health care. delivery system, Kaiser Permanente provides and or coordinates members' care, including preventive care such as well-baby and prenatal care prenatal care, n the health care provided the mother and fetus before childbirth. , immunizations, and screening diagnostics; hospital and medical services; and pharmacy services. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions for businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. The most trusted name in enterprise access, the Citrix MetaFrame Access Suite enables people to easily and securely access the on-demand enterprise, from anywhere, anytime, using any device over any connection. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Citrix customers include 99 percent of the Fortune 500, 95 percent of the Financial Times European 100, and 97 percent of the Fortune Global 100. Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , Citrix has offices in 22 countries, and more than 7,000 channel and alliance partners in more than 100 countries. For more information visit http://www.citrix.com. For Citrix Investors This release contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this release do not constitute guarantees of future performance. Those statements involve a number of factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, including risks associated with the company's business involving the company's products, their development and distribution, economic and competitive factors and the company's key strategic relationships and other risks detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Citrix assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein. Citrix(R), MetaFrame(R) and MetaFrame XP(TM) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Windows(R) is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. UNIX(R) is a registered trademark of The Open Group in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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