Monday, October 13 2003
The Heart Institute of Spokane Implements Kryptiq's Secure Messaging Solution for Communicating Confidential Health Information
Increased Workflow Efficiency, Improved Quality of Care and HIPAA Compliance Drive Adoption of Kryptiq Secure Email
PORTLAND, Ore. — Oct. 13, 2003 —Kryptiq Corp., the premier provider of enterprise software for securing email and automating healthcare workflows, today announced that The Heart Institute of Spokane, Wash., a non-profit institute providing cardiovascular care, education and research, has selected Kryptiq E-Gateway™ as its secure email platform to integrate with their electronic medical record (EMR) solution and streamline clinical workflows.
The Heart Institute of Spokane is installing Kryptiq as the secure email and workflow vehicle for exchanging confidential patient information between its 180 users throughout their clinical network. The Kryptiq E-Gateway’s platform will interface directly with the Heart Institute’s existing EMR solution, Logician, to automate routine patient communications and workflows. Users can now send confidential information securely wherever it is needed without requiring the recipients to install any special software. Kryptiq’s software monitors and automatically protects sensitive information in The Heart Institute’s email, such as social security numbers, medication or prescription information, treatment regimes or laboratory results.
“The decision to use Kryptiq’s E-Gateway was based on physician and administrative team requirements for simplicity, security and seamless integration with existing systems,” said Gary Pellham, chief operating officer and chief information officer at The Heart Institute of Spokane. “With the Kryptiq E-Gateway, we now have the capability to greatly enhance our workflow through a single secure messaging platform. The ability to exchange documents between dissimilar applications and between users inside and outside our organization will save a lot of time.”
The Kryptiq E-Gateway allows The Heart Institute to share confidential patient data electronically, replacing manual communications such as phone and fax. By integrating secure messaging with existing information systems, The Heart of Institute positions itself at the forefront of an increasing trend among healthcare organizations to leverage secure messaging to integrate information flows and produce tangible benefits in health care quality, affordability and outcomes.
“Kryptiq customers are experiencing productivity gains through integrating secure messaging with existing systems such as electronic medical records,” said Luis Machuca, chief executive officer of Kryptiq. “With the Kryptiq E-Gateway, our customers have a flexible and scalable platform for connecting their existing information systems to streamline workflows and improve productivity throughout their organizations using email as the communication backbone.”
Kryptiq has recently expanded its product availability throughout the Northeast and Southeast regions to meet increased demand. Subsequent deployments will build on the successful implementations Kryptiq has achieved in the Pacific Northwest.
About Kryptiq
Kryptiq is a leading provider of middleware platforms for automating healthcare workflows. Kryptiq adds security and workflow components to the existing email infrastructure to enable trusted transport of health information across organizations and between users and databases. Kryptiq solves real business problems by providing increased access to data stored in existing information systems and automating the movement of health information where and when it is needed. For more information visit the company on the Web at http://www.kryptiq.com/.
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