Hilgraeve Accepted Into Compaq Solutions Alliance; Alliance will provide Compaq Users With a Secure, Easy-to-use Internet Delivery Service.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers MONROE, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 12, 2001 Hilgraeve, Inc., a long-time leader in data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. software, announced today it has joined the Compaq Solutions Alliance. The alliance will make Hilgraeve's secure Internet delivery service, called HyperSend, available to healthcare users of Compaq equipment. The secure online transmission of patient data is paramount in today's healthcare environment 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, (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 ) compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). looming on the horizon. HyperSend is a Web-based system that enables Internet users to exchange sensitive information securely with anyone in the world, through a 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. . HyperSend also features powerful capabilities that give healthcare organizations the ability to exchange patient data automatically - even among unattended computers. HyperSend requires virtually no training, doesn't require maintenance by an IT staff, and can be quickly implemented. "Compaq technology is helping to redefine and increase the value of the Internet to the healthcare industry, and secure information exchange is one of the `must-haves' for our customers to get maximum value from their connections," said Ed Deppert, Compaq's director of healthcare e-business solutions in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . "Compaq is very pleased to welcome Hilgraeve to our Solutions Alliance with their HyperSend network security solution. Their distinguished track record in healthcare data communications will be a major asset to our customers." "The impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. HIPAA regulations are very alarming to healthcare executives and rightly so," said Matt Gray, 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 Hilgraeve. "Everyone's trying to figure out what they will do about it. HyperSend provides healthcare organizations with an easy-to-implement, HIPAA-ready solution that lets them exchange patient data through the Internet today, safely, securely and economically," Mr. Gray added. HyperSend secure delivery service was designed to overcome the risk of using e-mail to exchange large amounts of patient data through the Internet. Legacy digital data transfer technologies are not secure enough or robust enough to transmit large, highly confidential patient documents or files. HyperSend software provides encryption, authentication via passwords and digital certificates, and an audit trail to ensure complete security of communications. About Hilgraeve, Inc. Hilgraeve, Inc. is a leader in secure Internet communications software with over twenty years TWENTY YEARS. The lapse of twenty years raises a presumption of certain facts, and after such a time, the party against whom the presumption has been raised, will be required to prove a negative to establish his rights. 2. of experience. Hilgraeve's HyperTerminal product is on more than 50 million desktops as a standard feature within all Microsoft Windows products since Windows 95. Their award-winning, new HyperSend family of products enables computer users the world over to tap the exploding potential of online communications with easy to use, advanced data communications software that also addresses the dilemma of secure messaging. For more information, please visit www.hypersend.com or www.hilgraeve.com. For Technical Questions Regarding This Release, Contact: Chris Barecki, Hilgraeve marketing communications manager at 734/243-0576 or chrisb@hilgraeve.com |
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