Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care Wins MEA Mobile Impact Award for Citrix Implementation.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. -- Non-Profit Organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. Honored for Using Mobility Enabled by Citrix Access Infrastructure to Provide Better Patient Care 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 that Pikes Peak Hospice & Palliative Care palliative care (paˑ·lē·ā·tiv kerˑ), n an approach to health care that is concerned primarily with attending to physical and emotional comfort rather (PPHPC PPHPC Pangasinan Postharvest Handling & Processing Center (Pangasinan State University, Philippines) ), a non-profit organization that provides end-of-life care to patients living with life-limiting illnesses and their families, has been honored as a winner of the 2004 Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA MEA Multiple endocrine adenomatosis. See Multiple endocrine neoplasia. ) Mobile Impact(TM) Award in the category of mobile office. By using Citrix access infrastructure to create a mobile environment, PPHPC was able to save money on IT infrastructure while enhancing patient care. The MEA, a global advocacy group promoting the benefits of workforce mobility, sponsors the Alliance's Mobile Impact Awards to recognize leading enterprises for successful deployments of mobile enterprise solutions. The award recognizes Pikes Peak's success using Citrix(R) MetaFrame(R) Presentation Server to provide a real-time, cost-effective mobile environment that allows doctors and nurses to transition from using devices, such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). to a laptop, without missing a beat so they can take notes while visiting with patients -- consequently allowing more face time with patients and less time at their computer. "We're honored to receive this award for our wireless and mobile capabilities," said Martha Barton, PPHPC 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. . "With Citrix we estimate that we saved more than $250,000 while giving all of our doctors, nurses and staff real-time access to all patient information. This saves time and gives our staff more interaction with patients." PPHPC wanted to improve the hospice patient care with better communication among caregivers. To do so, the hospice needed to modernize its paper notes and voice mail system in a cost-effective way to provide on-demand information access, while safeguarding medical data under 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 (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. PPHPC turned to Citrix and implemented Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server to give all doctors, nurses and patient care staff a high-performance wireless experience as well as instant access to Web-enabled applications and 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 for data security over the Internet. Now, staff can input their clinical notes directly into the patient information management application during visits, keeping the entire team up-to-date with the latest details. With patient care around the clock, on-demand access has had a huge impact on the quality of care and safety of patients. "The winners of the Mobile Impact Awards each serve as an outstanding example of how organizations can implement and benefit from workforce mobility," said Daniel Taylor, managing director, MEA. "PPHPC submitted an exemplary case study documenting the success of this initiative, and we offer our sincere congratulations and hope that IT managers around the world will find the lessons these companies have learned to be helpful in their own projects." About the Mobile Impact(TM) Awards The 2004 Mobile Impact(TM) Awards were presented to enterprise IT organizations in five different categories, including: Cost Effective Extended Enterprise Computing and Connectivity, Field Force, Greatest Foresight in Mobile Management, Mobile Office, and Most Pragmatic Mobile Security Solution. Entries were scored on a 50-point scale by a panel of independent judges including Kara Kara (kär`ə), river, c.140 mi (230 km) long, NE European and NW Siberian Russia. It flows N from the N Urals into the Kara Sea, forming part of the traditional border between European and Asian Russia. It is navigable in its lower course. Gattine from SearchMobileComputing.com and Eugene Signorini from Yankee Group. Winners were announced at a reception in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 and successful case studies will be highlighted in a special advertising section to be published in the January issues of Fortune and Business 2.0 magazines. About MEA The Mobile Enterprise Alliance (MEA) is a global advocacy group promoting the business benefits of workforce mobility to enterprise end users and decision makers. The MEA provides a vendor-neutral and technology-independent clearinghouse for information about the mobile enterprise including news, case studies, research, business analysis tools, and more. This information is available - free of charge - to enterprise managers, solutions providers and industry professionals. This helps enterprise decision makers to make informed decisions about the technical architectures within the context of enterprise business objectives. As a not-for-profit organization, the MEA is funded through dues from participating vendors, service providers and systems integrators. The MEA currently represents more than 700 members worldwide. More information can be obtained at http://www.mobileenterprise.org. About Citrix Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS) is the global leader in access infrastructure solutions and the most trusted name in secure access for enterprises and individuals. Nearly 50 million people in more than 120,000 organizations around the world use Citrix every day. Our software gives people secure and well-managed access to business information wherever it lives--on demand. Citrix customers include 100% of the Fortune 100 companies, 99% of the Fortune 500, and 92% of the Fortune Global 500. 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 approximately 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) and MetaFrame(R) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Citrix Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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