Veterans Administration Division of Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy Purchases Security Solution From National Data, Inc.Business/Technology Editors MARIETTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2002 Dicut, Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). .BB: DCUT) announces the signing of a purchase order from the Veterans Administration through its wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. , National Data, Inc. Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy The Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) is an initiative by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to provide mail order prescriptions to veterans using computerization at strategic locations throughout the country. or CMOP CMOP Canadian Model of Occupational Performance CMOP Consolidated Mail Out Pharmacy (DVA) CMOP Configuration Management Operating Plan is the mail order pharmacy service for the Veterans Administration. Over 75 million prescriptions are processed and mailed to veterans each year nationwide from 7 regional CMOP facilities. The Southeast Region facility, located in Murfreesboro, TN, maintains a staff of over 200 operations workers, supervisors and pharmacists, and processes over 70,000 prescriptions a day. The facility must maintain high security policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental , such as security access via multiple identifications, audit trails and reporting, and contingency policies for Federal regulatory compliance. National Data, Inc. was selected to design and install an enhanced security project for the Schedule Drug storage area, their highest security area within the facility. This area houses all narcotic and other highly monitored prescriptions. The project includes new multi-layer identification software which allows access into the storage area through a smart card or biometric identification, along with a manually entered secret access code. Additionally, the project requires the secure sharing of identification data within the facility in other applications and hardware. "The exciting aspect of this technology is the ability to provide secured access without a live guard," remarked Michael Barrett, JD, PhD, Managing Member of EconoGenesys, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , a consultancy involved in the project. Dr Barrett adds, "The additional benefit of securely sharing identification data throughout the facility or even the enterprise allows the product to be shared in other workflows, thereby simplifying compliance within the very strict Federal regulatory guidelines." The value of the initial project was just under $25,000, but is expected to expand into other workflows and other facilities. Total potential project size can exceed $1 Million dollars. "We are very excited about this project, its scope, and its very recognizable client, and the way it establishes National Data's potential in this specialized field," stated Pierre Quilliam, President of Dicut. 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. Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995: The statements contained herein which are not historical are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain delays beyond the company's control with respect to market acceptance of new technologies or products, delays in testing and evaluation of products, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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