Courion Provides Rx for Leading Healthcare Organizations Requiring Identity Management Solutions.Recent Customer Wins Continue Momentum in the Healthcare Market; Access Control, Resource Provisioning and Regulatory Compliance Remain Key Drivers for Courion Enterprise Provision Suite Adoption FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Courion[R] Corporation, the provisioning experts for results-driven operations, today announced that four leading US healthcare organizations have selected the Courion Enterprise Provisioning Suite[TM] to automate critical aspects of their identity management strategies. Baptist Memorial Healthcare Corporation, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City is a cancer treatment and research institution founded in 1884 as the New York Cancer Hospital. The main campus is located at 1275 York Avenue, between 67th and 68th Streets, with other locations in New and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta all selected Courion after rigorous vendor evaluations. Identity management and user provisioning The ability for customers to change voice and data services from their carriers online without having to place the order with a human representative. Web-based user provisioning lets you add and delete services and features from your browser. See automated provisioning. remain top IT priorities for leading healthcare organizations across the country. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent research report issued by the analyst firm Gartner, Inc., 40 percent of all healthcare organizations will have purchased or installed a user provisioning system by 2008. In the report, Barry Runyon, Research Director, Healthcare at Gartner contends that "user provisioning should be implemented as part of an overall care delivery organization's identity and access management strategy. If possible, user provisioning should be implemented before other care delivery organization identity and access management initiatives. With increased clinical automation and interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. requirements that extend beyond the enterprise firewall, the need for the consolidated, efficient and accurate provisioning of user identities and privileges has never been as compelling an argument1." Facing critical security issues such as access control, regulatory compliance and resource provisioning, healthcare providers are increasingly investing in technologies that automate the manual processes involved with providing quick and secure access to applications and information, while supplying audit trails that ensure compliance with government regulations. Based on the company's long history as a technology leader in the healthcare market, more and more healthcare organizations are turning to Courion to address these identity management challenges. Courion's Enterprise Provisioning Suite enables healthcare organizations to simplify the complexities of provisioning, automating manual identity management policies for user provisioning, role management, password management, enterprise single sign-on Enterprise single sign-on (E-SSO) systems are designed to minimize the number of times that a user must type their ID and password to sign into multiple applications. The E-SSO solution automatically logs users in, and acts as a password filler where automatic login is not possible. and audit compliance. By leveraging existing infrastructure and integrating disparate workflows within the enterprise, Courion solutions help organizations achieve rapid business impact by: * Providing immediate and appropriate access to clinical applications and 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 (PHI phi n. Symbol  The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet.PHI, n See health information, protected. ) to ensure a high level of patient care is delivered * Minimizing disruption to clinical workflow through automated provisioning The ability to set up new communications services for customers automatically. Carriers use automated provisioning to set up their network based on customers' requirements. Such systems control all network devices from a central console and greatly speed up deployment time from days to and self-service password reset Self-service password reset is defined as any process or technology that allows users who have either forgotten their password or triggered an intruder lockout to authenticate with an alternate factor, and repair their own problem, without calling the help desk. integrated with enterprise single sign-on * Significantly reducing provisioning time - granting, modifying, or removing employee access quickly and accurately - from weeks to hours * Effectively managing access rights for a constantly rotating and mobile workforce such as residents, interns  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . and visiting nurses vis·it·ing nurse n. A registered nurse employed by a public health agency or hospital to promote community health and especially to visit and administer treatment to sick people in their homes. * Automating password management policies that results in significant reduction in help desk calls, freeing up resources to focus on more immediate and pressing tasks * Managing affiliated and independent clinicians' access activation and verification - including immediate revocation The recall of some power or authority that has been granted. Revocation by the act of a party is intentional and voluntary, such as when a person cancels a Power of Attorney that he has given or a will that he has written. of access rights upon termination, eliminating the security risk of orphaned accounts * Providing comprehensive audit trails to streamline IT audit processes and ensure compliance with government regulations "Courion understands that the level of patient care a healthcare organization provides is directly related to how fast it can provide its workforce with access to clinical applications and patient information. This is why we focus on automating the manual identity management tasks that can impede secure access," said Deb Pappas, vice president of market strategy, Courion. "Courion continues to experience tremendous growth in the healthcare market because of the Enterprise Provisioning Suite's ability to rapidly tackle a wide range of identity management issues, ranging from enforcing strong password A password that is hard to detect both by humans and by the computer. Two things make a password stronger: (1) a larger number of characters, and (2) mixing numeric digits, upper and lower case letters and special characters ($, #, etc.). See password. polices to quickly and securely providing access to vital information and applications." These recent customer wins continue Courion's momentum in the healthcare industry, following the company's addition of the Trusted Healthcare Information Solutions Alliance (THISA THISA Trusted Healthcare Information Solutions Alliance ) as a strategic partner in Courion's new reseller (VAR) program (http://www.courion.com/news/releases/2006/THISA_VAR_pr2006.asp). THISA is a national network of regional IT solution providers dedicated to delivering information solutions to mid-market healthcare organizations that are looking to reduce costs, improve quality of service and maintain compliance. ABOUT COURION Courion is the Enterprise Provisioning and Access Compliance Expert for results-driven organizations. Built on market-proven technology, Courion's software solutions streamline operations and automate business processes to simultaneously achieve cost, security and service quality results. Courion's innovative approach eliminates the complexity and barriers to provisioning and compliance adoption, resulting in an unparalleled track record of customer success. For more information, please visit www.courion.com Courion is a registered trademark of Courion Corporation. Enterprise Provisioning Suite is a trademark of Courion Corporation. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. 1 Gartner, "User Provisioning is a Sound Foundation for Identity and Access Management," April 4, 2006 |
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