Comdisco Introduces HIPAA Security Management Services.Business Editors/High Tech Writers NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2001 Solutions Enabling Healthcare Organizations to Effectively Meet 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, Regulations for Security and Contingency Planning Comdisco (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) A programming interface from Microsoft for accessing MAPI-based e-mail, calendaring and scheduling servers. Originally called "OLE Messaging" and "Active Messaging," CDO wraps the Enhanced MAPI library into a COM object that provides the ), through its healthcare group, today announced a new set of Security Management Services. The services provide a comprehensive, scalable solution to help healthcare organizations meet HIPAA standards for data security and contingency planning. The federal 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) of 1996, created to standardize and simplify electronic exchange of medical information, includes extensive security regulations affecting all healthcare organizations that maintain or transmit health data. The security standards detail guidelines for electronic data transmission and storage as well as contingency planning and data recovery. Depending upon the type of healthcare organization, compliance with the regulations is required within the next 24 to 36 months. "The HIPAA security regulations are vast, requiring a substantial change in the way healthcare providers operate their organizations, from their technology infrastructure to their business policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental for transmitting and protecting patient information," said Michael Kennedy
Michael LeMoyne Kennedy (February 27, 1958 – December 31, 1997), was the sixth of eleven children of Robert F. Kennedy and Ethel Skakel Kennedy. , general manager for Comdisco's healthcare group. "The regulations also are coming at a time when the healthcare industry continues to face financial pressure and a lack of internal technical resources to help them plan for and implement an effective HIPAA response program." Comdisco's Security Management Services, announced at the 2001 Annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society Conference (HIMSS HIMSS Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society ) in New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded today, provide the resources and expertise to efficiently and cost-effectively bring healthcare organizations into compliance with the HIPAA guidelines. Leveraging the expertise of its healthcare security and technical consulting professionals, Comdisco's HIPAA readiness assessments provide security penetration testing and audits of current security policies and procedures. Gap analyses are conducted to identify possible security breaches in light of HIPAA security and privacy policies and Comdisco provides detailed recommendations and security strategies for meeting HIPAA regulations. Building on its experience as the leading provider of business continuity and availability services, Comdisco also can provide implementation of the security recommendations, such as developing contingency planning and data back-up programs, creating and documenting security policies and controls, and providing Web security, intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. , firewall and encryption solutions. Through its Storage and Access Management Services, Comdisco comprehensively manages the data and security issues for healthcare providers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an outsourced solution. Introduced late last year, these services provide a fully managed, hosted storage environment for health organizations' digital assets and are designed to address HIPAA security standards. As part of its Security Management Services, Comdisco also offers HIPAA Awareness and Security training programs to educate a hospital's internal staff about HIPAA security standards. About Comdisco's Healthcare Group Established in 1988, Comdisco's healthcare group provides information technology and image management solutions that secure availability of the critical information healthcare providers rely upon. These solutions include Comdisco's proven, industry leading business continuity, managed web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. solutions, IT Control and Predictability Solutions(SM) and storage and access management solutions as well as medical imaging equipment solutions, imaging and IT consulting services, and medical technology financing solutions. About Comdisco Comdisco (www.comdisco.com) provides technology services worldwide to help its customers maximize technology functionality, predictability and availability, while freeing them from the complexity of managing their technology. The Rosemont, (IL) company offers a complete suite of information technology services including business continuity, managed web hosting solutions, storage, and IT Control and Predictability Solutions(SM). Comdisco offers technology services and equipment solutions to key vertical industries, including semiconductor manufacturing and electronic assembly, healthcare, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and manufacturing. Through its Ventures division, Comdisco provides equipment leasing Equipment Leasing is a financing option to lease equipment for a certain amount of time. Leasing Benefits
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