SecureLogix Corporation Announces First TeleWall Firewall Deployment to a Major Healthcare Facility; Memorial Hermann Utilizes New Technology to Protect Patient Records.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers SAN ANTONIO--(BW HealthWire)--May 4, 2001 SecureLogix Corporation, a leader in secure network convergence, announced that they have installed a full suite of their TeleWall(R) telecommunications firewalls at Memorial Hermann Hospital Memorial Hermann Healthcare System is composed of two separate hospital systems which formed in the late 1990s when the Memorial and Hermann systems joined. Both the Memorial and Hermann health care systems started in the early 1900s. in Houston. The deployed technology focuses on security for the often-overlooked telephone network, and it is allowing the hospital to further protect private patient records. "The complexity of the telecommunications network A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. at Memorial Hermann coupled with the professional management of the telecom facility made Memorial Hermann an ideal partner for the first deployment of a TeleWall(R) system in a healthcare facility," said Tony McCoy For the football player of the same name see Tony McCoy (football player). Anthony Peter "AP" McCoy MBE (born 4 May 1974, Moneyglass, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish horse racing jockey, and is widely regarded as the greatest jump jockey to date. , SecureLogix project manager for the Memorial Hermann project. Memorial Hermann Hospital is a part of the Memorial Hermann Healthcare System of Houston, the largest community-based, not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The TeleWall telecommunications firewall offers real-time visibility and control of the hospital's telephone network traffic, bringing their telecommunications systems into a 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. and secured enterprise management environment. "We've already benefited from the reports generated by the TeleWall firewall system," said Steve Hagmaier, director of Telecommunications for the healthcare system. "I have visibility over usage details that had not been readily available before now. In addition to providing unprecedented protection to our data network it will help us plan for, and size, our telecom resources for maximum efficiency and optimized service and that is going to reduce telecommunication costs." SecureLogix will use information gained at Memorial Hermann to quantify Quantify - A performance analysis tool from Pure Software. and document that the TeleWall firewall system not only provides security but also produces a significant return on investment through telecommunications network resource management and centralized administration. The Memorial Hermann Healthcare System is spread throughout the greater Houston Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown is a 10-county metropolitan area defined by the Office of Management and Budget. It is located along the Gulf Coast region in the U.S. state of Texas. area. In the past, travel between facilities to perform telecommunications management functions took an extensive amount of time. Hagmaier has seen greater efficiency due to the distributed management capabilities of the TeleWall firewall's, which allow him to perform those functions from his office. The TeleWall firewall also allows Hagmaier to attribute telephone usage to individual extensions, which aids in billing departments for their long distance and international calls. Hagmaier also plans to use the TeleWall system to analyze call traffic between the system's hospitals for objective data to justify replacing their existing local access trunks with less expensive tie trunks. Return on investment data models indicate that deployment of the system quickly pays for itself through cost avoidances Cost avoidance is a management accounting term referring to an expense one has avoided incurring. It is commonly used in the field of energy management to describe the energy costs you avoided due to energy management initiatives. and savings. The TeleWall system provides a level of protection to patient healthcare information previously unavailable with any other security product. Memorial Hermann has a strict "no unauthorized modem" policy, but initial TeleWall reports indicated numerous policy violations. Memorial Hermann now has an automated technology to immediately enforce that policy. In addition to unauthorized modem connections, there are many authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: uses for modems that the TeleWall firewall can secure for the healthcare community. These uses include remote medical transcription
Additional data will be gathered over the next quarter at Memorial Hermann as they activate additional existing TeleWall functionality across the enterprise. About SecureLogix Corporation SecureLogix Corporation is a convergence company providing secure, intelligent communications products, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , consulting and training enabling the secure convergence of all business-critical voice, video and data infrastructure assets. Additional information is available at www.securelogix.com. SecureLogix Corporation is located at 13750 San Pedro, Suite 230, San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. , 78232. TeleWall, SecureLogix Corporation and the SecureLogix Diamond Emblem are trademarks or registered trademarks of SecureLogix Corporation in the U.S.A. and other countries. All other trademarks mentioned herein are believed to be trademarks of their respective owners. U.S. Patent No. 6226372. U.S. and Foreign Patents Pending. |
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