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Siemens and Sigaba Partner to Bring Secure Messaging Solution to Healthcare
Encrypted Messaging Service Will Improve Workflow and Speed Communication Between Hospitals, Community Physicians, and Patients.
MALVERN, Pa, and SAN MATEO, Ca, September 3, 2002 - Siemens Medical Solutions, one of the worldis largest suppliers of healthcare information technology solutions and medical equipment, has partnered with Sigaba, a leading provider of secure e-mail and statement presentment technology, to introduce a secure e-mail solution to the healthcare industry.
By partnering with Sigaba and applying its existing secure e-mail and statements products to the healthcare community, Siemens will be able to offer hospitals and community physician practices an easy, affordable solution that will secure e-mail communications to partners, departments and patients. These communications will be sent via open networks, providing immediate access to vital patient data, while streamlining the revenue cycle.
In addition, the new offering will also assist users in meeting emerging Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements while leveraging the use of their existing e-mail client.
This secure e-mail service will allow any type of document, such as laboratory and radiology reports or patient billing statements, to be delivered to any recipient via encrypted e-mail without the need for additional software. With this combined technology, users can access secure messages from a desktop, and access can be based on organization-wide policies. Emails can be sent via any valid e-mail address.
Siemens will offer Sigaba's entire range of secure messaging solutions for healthcare through its e.Health portfolio of services. These solutions will include:
- A secure e-mail document delivery service allowing documents to be sent to recipients via encrypted e-mail. Layering Sigaba's encryption on Siemens technology, Siemens will provide an inexpensive, efficient way for hospitals, large clinics, regional laboratories and health plans to push confidential documents across the Internet to physicians and patients.
- A secure e-mail plug-in allowing individual users to speed communications by sending and forwarding secure e-mail. It will allow an individual user within a hospital, physician practice or other healthcare organization to securely send an encrypted e-mail message to other physicians, patients, or outside business partners with any known e-mail address.
- A secure e-mail server which will enable a healthcare organization to manage its own secure e-mail policy for all e-mail accounts within that organization. The product administers encryption rules to reduce the risk of unsecured e-mail messages.
"The Siemens solution is just what the doctor ordered: a simple, scalable, easy-to-use, yet rock-solid secure communications approach for the healthcare community," said John Ferraro, president and COO of Sigaba. "With HIPAA privacy and security regulations pending, this relationship with Siemens is perfectly timed to help us meet the large demand for this type of solution in the healthcare industry."
"We will now be able to provide a full range of robust secure messaging products to help our customers connect to their stakeholders and aid in HIPAA adoption," said Jon Zimmerman, vice president of e.Health, Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation. "These product offerings can be used by all parties in healthcare: from the largest hospital, to the smallest physician practice, and on to the patient."
The Siemens solution enables users to continue using existing systems, while adding a security layer for encryption and authentication choices. The solution also supports any type of authentication at any strength, leaving it flexible for multiple business needs.
Sigaba is focused on securing data in motion for the enterprise market. Sigaba is owned by Secure Data In Motion, Inc., which was founded in June 2002. Secure Data In Motion is doing business as Sigaba and is based in San Mateo, California. The company was named an SC Magazine 2002 Company to Watch, and was included in Federal Computer Week's "Top 10 Companies to Watch" list. Sigaba's flagship product, Sigaba Secure Email, is the most flexible and easy-to-use product for securing corporate and government communications. For more information visit http://www.sigaba.com or call 1-800-475-8226.
Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) with headquarters in Erlangen, Germany, is one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare industry in the world. The company is renowned for its innovative products, including imaging systems for diagnosis, therapy equipment for treatment, hearing instruments, and critical care and life support systems, as well as a wide array of information technology and data management solutions that optimize workflow and increase efficiency in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices.
The company is known as the premiere health information application service provider processing more than 133 million transactions daily and managing more than 67 terabytes of data - twice the information volume of the Library of Congress.
Employing approximately 30.000 people worldwide, the company reported sales of 7.2 billion EUR, orders of 8.4 billion EUR and EBITA of 808 million EUR in fiscal 2001 (September, 30). More information can be obtained by visiting us on the Web at http://www.siemensmedical.com.
Siemens AG, headquartered in Munich, is a leading global electronics and engineering company. It employs some 450,000 in 193 countries, and reported worldwide sales of more than $74 billion in fiscal 2001 (10/1/00 - 9/30/01). The United States is Siemens' largest market, with nearly 80,000 employees and sales of $18.9 billion for fiscal 2001. For more information about siemens in the U.S., visit http://www.usa.siemens.com.
Sigaba Secure E-mail(TM) and Sigaba Secure Statements(TM) are trademarks of Secure Data in Motion, Inc. All other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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CONTACT:
Brenda Fix
Siemens Medical Solutions
(610) 219-1382
MAILTO:brenda.fix@smed.com
Paula Dunne
Sigaba
(408) 893-8750
MAILTO:pdunne@sigaba.com
