BONITA SPRINGS, Fla., Aug. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Burst Technology, Inc., a leading provider of employee Internet management (EIM) solutions, today announced that Grove Hill Medical Center, the largest independent multi- specialty health care clinic in the state of Connecticut, chose Burst Technology’s Enterprise Suite to protect the confidentiality of its patients’ health information and the integrity of its computing environment from emerging threats such as spyware, illegal file sharing and more.
Grove Hill’s implementation of Enterprise Suite will enable the medical center to comply with the privacy and security rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). HIPPA requires that all health care organizations protect confidential medical data but allows each organization to plan and implement its own data security measures. To highlight the seriousness of this issue, HIPPA can impose severe penalties, which range from fines of up to $250,000 to imprisonment for up to 10 years for failing to report the misuse of individually identifiable health information.
“In our 57-year history, Grove Hill Medical Center has always focused on quality of delivery of health care to our patients,” said Carl Labbadia, Information Technology Director, Grove Hill Medical Center. “Our patient confidentiality has always been of utmost importance. HIPAA focused our efforts towards the protection of our patients’ privacy, and with Burst Technology’s Enterprise Suite, we are able to deliver on that promise. Each department receives detailed reporting and real-time monitoring of their Internet activity. We are able to limit our employees’ Internet access so that only the websites they need for their job functions are accessible while safeguarding them against spyware. Overall, our experience with Burst Technology has been impressive.”
Burst Technology’s Enterprise Suite protects individual medical information from unauthorized access in two major ways. First, it gives IT administrators control to block the access of software applications such as malicious code-infected websites, while allowing free access to all other categories of software deemed acceptable. Secondly, it protects against keystroke logging programs, a form of spyware, which has the potential to be especially dangerous in a health care environment because of the continuous communication of patient and hospital data.
“Instant access to patient information is critical to the day-to-day operation of any health care facility,” said Kate Barrett, Director of Marketing, Burst Technology, Inc. “Grove Hill’s choice of our Enterprise Suite to protect its patients’ medical records is an example of our commitment to providing the best technology solution in the marketplace to help health care organizations meet HIPAA requirements.”
For more information on how Burst Technology’s Enterprise Suite creates the most effective and powerful filtering and reporting solution available on the market today, call us at 1.800.709.2551 to speak with a sales professional or email sales@burstek.com.
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Burst Technology is a worldwide leader of employee Internet management (EIM) solutions. Founded in 1997, it provides organizations with a superior level of insight and analysis necessary to protect and optimize their Internet and Email resources. Burst Technology’s customer base includes many Fortune 1000 companies, as well as health, educational, financial, legal, government and defense organizations.
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