Devon Health Services Deploys the Netilla Service Platform for Improved Benefits Administration.Business Editors/Health Writers SOMERSET, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 19, 2002 Netilla Networks, Inc., (www.netilla.com), the networking services company that supplies secure remote access to applications, files and data over the Internet, announced today at the Ethic2002 conference in Washington DC that Devon Health Services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract , a multi-state PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there serving 135,000 physicians and 675 hospitals, has deployed the Netilla Service Platform for secure, HIPAA-compliant remote access to centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. patient information. With the Netilla solution, Devon Health now has secure remote access to TriZetto(R) RIMS, an e-health enterprise benefits administrator tool. Because the Netilla platform is accessed through any Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. and requires no configuration of the remote site, Devon Health customers and extranet partners have immediate, secure access to centralized patient information, allowing them to better manage costs and track employee benefits. Netilla's browser-based, client-less deployment was an ideal fit for the PPO. "With the Netilla Service Platform, our customers and partners have secure, real time access to benefits information, from any location, allowing them to more easily manage their administration with significant time and cost savings," said Ningjun Liu, CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. of Devon Health Services. "The Netilla Service Platform, which requires no IT maintenance at the remote site, delivers an easy to maintain, cost-effective and secure solution, with a surprisingly fast ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). ," said Charlie Falcone, Devon Health COO. Devon IT, a leading Managed Service Provider of VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. services with a specialty in the healthcare industry, and a recently named Netilla Certified Solution Provider, recognized the Netilla solution as a way to more effectively manage Devon Health's constantly expanding network of providers, payers, and members. "The Netilla platform was an ideal fit for Devon Health's remote access needs," said Lou Molettiere, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Devon IT. "The solution provides fast, secure, and reliable access to centralized information, and meets the security requirements demanded by 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, ." "Our solution allows medical providers and staff to securely and easily extend medical information to any Internet-connected location, without touching the remote PC," said Reggie Best, president and CEO of Netilla Networks. "It's an ideal extranet solution, one that is particularly well suited for the health care marketplace." For more information on Netilla Networks' secure remote access platform, visit the Ethic2002 conference, from June 19 - June 21, at the Washington Hilton & Towers in Washington D.C., Booth 313. About Devon Health Devon Health offers a comprehensive PPO network consists of more than 135,000 physicians and 675 hospitals. Devon Health products include highly competitive PPO plans for group health and workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. and nationwide provider access. The company also offers a highly effective, state-of-the-art medical management program that integrates with Devon Health PPO networks. About Devon IT Devon IT is a Managed Service Provider based in King of Prussia King of Prussia, industrialized suburban area (1990 pop. 18,406), Montgomery co., SE Pa. It has glass and steel fabricating, food processing, printing and publishing, and varied manufacturing (textiles, liquified petroleum gas, water-treatment and electrical , PA. The company provides secure turnkey dial-up and site-to-site VPN services through the Internet, secured server hosting services, and business application delivery through thin client technology. Devon IT services allow a company's remote employees to easily access a business application or database at their company's primary business location, from home while, traveling, or at a branch location. Business partners and vendors are able to access applications, or to provide or retrieve information. For more information visit www.devonit.com. About Netilla Networks Netilla Networks, Inc. is the marketplace leader in supplying Web-based secure remote access platforms that connect geographically distributed employees, partners, customers, suppliers and branch offices to centralized applications, files and data. With an appliance based on Secure Socket Layer (SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) The leading security protocol on the Internet. Developed by Netscape, SSL is widely used to do two things: to validate the identity of a Web site and to create an encrypted connection for sending credit card and other personal data. ) encryption and other Web technologies, Netilla service platforms enable browser-based secure access to legacy Windows, Unix/Linux, mainframe and native Web applications. Unlike traditional networking approaches that require complex integration, Netilla provides a practical, quick to implement and simple to manage solution that lowers the total cost of ownership of remote access deployments. For more information, visit www.netilla.com or call 1-877-NETILLA. |
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