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Press ReleaseLeading Medical Information Services Provider Adopts CertifiedMail Outsourced Solutions Examination Management Services Inc impressed by flexibility, immediacy and ease of maintenance for HIPAA compliance requirements in email transmission Morristown, New Jersey, January 12 2005 – CertifiedMail, an established provider of secure email solutions, is pleased to announce the implementation of its outsourced secure e-mail service, as well as its in-house content-filtering solution, by Examination Management Services Inc (EMSI), an Irving, Texas-based leading provider of medical information, risk management and investigation services to the insurance, legal, clinical and business communities. "A core part of our business is the transmission of confidential medical information and PHI. HIPAA, GLB and other regulations require we make every effort to protect the privacy of our customers' confidential information", says Kerwin Smith, Director of Infrastructure at EMSI. EMSI was already using several in-house solutions for encryption; however, in selecting the CertifiedMail solution, the company was specifically focused on identifying a corporate solution that could be accessible to the entire user community and not require customers to install or maintain any specialized software. The CertifiedMail ASP Service enables businesses to send secure, trackable email messages to any Internet user. It provides a web interface to create, track and receive CertifiedMail messages, and a Send Certified™ plug-in to provide one-click sending of secure messages from any major email client. The CertifiedMail Director™ provides complementary content filtering and secure delivery of e-mail at the SMTP gateway level through centrally administered policies. EMSI and their information security partner, Vigilar, came up with a shortlist of three vendors – Zix, BrightMail, and CertifiedMail. Over a period of three months, Smith put the three vendors, and their proposed solutions, through their paces. "The flexibility provided by the combination of CertifiedMail's outsourced secure email service, the in-house content filtering solution and the seamless integration between the two components convinced us that the company had the right solution for us", says Smith. "With CertifiedMail, we can control to the username and domain level which emails are encrypted. "The ASP implementation means the benefits were available immediately – we were up and running with the first twenty users in just two hours. Our customers don't have to install any special software or hardware at their end, and we don't have to maintain production software." Smith also liked the fact that the CertifiedMail is the only vendor offering its solution as an in-house licensed software application as well as a Managed Security Service. This approach allowed him to pilot the approach and retain the option to bring the solution in house at a later date as usage and adoption grow. "The same codebase is used for our outsourced ASP service, with its worldwide user-base, and our licensed software for installation in client data centers", says CertifiedMail CEO Mahesh Muchhala. "The maintenance is simple and customers can move seamlessly between our outsourced ASP and in-house solutions as their needs change and grow. "Over a decade of working with customers and refining our technology has taught us that security solutions which are difficult to implement and maintain are inherently unreliable – users will find ways around anything that gets in the way of their daily work – so we and our customers put as much emphasis on security features as on ease of use and administration." About Examination Management Services Inc. Examination Management Services Inc. (EMSI) provides leading-edge medical information, risk management and investigation services to the insurance, legal, clinical and business communities. The company offers technology-driven, fact-based solutions enable their customers to make informed and well-timed business decisions. EMSI's customers include more than 900 life, health, workers' compensation, property and casualty, and long-term care insurance companies, 1,200 brokerage agencies, 4,000 health services clients, legal firms, universities, government organizations and major pharmaceutical corporations. The company offers local, national and international services through 230 paramedical offices staffed by over 5,000 paramedical professionals and 1,000 physicians and encompassing a service area that includes over 15,000 cities and rural areas in the United States, Guam and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit www.emsinet.com. About Vigilar Inc. Vigilar is a leading information security consulting firm and security solution provider assisting clients in protecting against internal and external threats and focused on meeting the customer's budget and business requirements while ensuring compliance to government regulations. Headquartered in Atlanta, Vigilar offers end-to-end security expertise including regulatory compliance services, risk assessments, IT/security audits, SmartDefender ™ managed services, security architecture design, product selection and delivery, implementation services, technical support and training. The company's client list includes Fortune 500 corporations and small and emerging enterprises in industries such as healthcare, finance, manufacturing, hospitality, financial services, telecom, utilities as well as well as federal state and local government agencies. About CertifiedMail Media Contact: |
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