AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SecureCARE Technologies, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: SCUI) , the leading Internet-based document exchange and e-signature solution company within the healthcare curriculum, announced today the appointment of Eugene L. Fry as chief compliance officer for the software solution company.
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The new role is a part of a comprehensive plan designed to ensure that the company meets federal guidelines requiring all healthcare organizations to be in compliance with the HIPAA security standards by April 21, 2005. HIPAA is the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) having to do, in part, with patient-identifiable health records stored or transmitted electronically. To provide for administrative simplification in the healthcare industry, federal regulations set out consistent standards, procedures, policies and rules for all providers of healthcare-related services.
Fry reports to William B. O’Loughlin, SecureCARE’s chief operating officer. “Gene’s expertise and new role are important to the success of our company at this time,” said O’Loughlin. “He has a thorough understanding of what it takes to develop, manage and protect a complex technology environment.”
For the past four years, Fry has been helping SecureCARE meet HIPAA standards prior to mandated dates, in part, by attending numerous industry seminars and professional conferences on the issue.
Fry, who has worked in IT for more than 20 years, said the “new position will ensure all patient records are protected from an invasion of privacy. The assignment goes well beyond enforcing current SecureCARE privacy policies.”
Fry will monitor “risk and good practice” issues, change processes and monitor systems and procedures on an ongoing basis and educate all employees, including senior management, on HIPAA. Additionally, Fry will implement an incident response procedure to investigate any privacy and security breaches that may occur while verifying that initiatives in progress include appropriate measures to prevent or mitigate similar breaches in the future.
All of SecureCARE’s solutions, including the soon-to-be-released web-based application, SecureCARE.net, are HIPAA-ready. The solutions provide for an automated history and audit trail in a secure environment.
In addition to his role as chief compliance officer, Fry is vice president of product and technology development. He is responsible for strategic partnerships with other software vendors with whom SecureCARE is integrating technology applications and company production application and new system architecture. He is the company’s patent custodian and handles SecureCARE’s ongoing competition assessment.
Fry has been with the company since 1999. He holds technical certifications in numerous protocols, operating systems and software programs. He received his B.S. degree in computer science from Almeda University in Lakeland, Fla.
About SecureCARE Technologies, Inc.
SecureCARE Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of Internet-based document exchange and e-signature solutions for the healthcare industry. Tailored to the needs of physicians, clinics and home healthcare, hospice and durable medical equipment providers, these end-to-end solutions offer a revolutionary approach to accessing information and managing time-consuming forms and authorizations. SecureCARE’s easy-to-use technology eliminates paper, while enhancing the ability of physicians to capture fees for otherwise unbilled time and services. The solution is a highly secure, HIPAA-ready tracking and reporting tool that streamlines operations while providing physicians with additional revenue opportunities.
An online investor kit containing SecureCARE press releases, SEC filings, current Level II price quotes, interactive Java stock charts and other useful information for investors can be found at http://www.hawkassociates.com/ and http://www.hawkmicrocaps.com/ . Investors may contact Frank Hawkins or Julie Marshall, Hawk Associates, at (305) 852-2383, e-mail: info@hawkassociates.com , or contact Neil Burley at (512) 439-3905.
Additional information about SecureCARE can be found on the website http://www.securecaretech.com/ .
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