ParadigmHealth chooses Passfaces™ Patented Authentication Technology to further secure Personal Health Record and Integrated Care Management Services
Scalable, Single Sign on, Remote Access Capabilities to Enhance Internet Security
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Annapolis, MD………May 25, 2006……….Passfaces Corporation today announced that ParadigmHealth, a leading Specialty Care Management company that provides onsite management services for clinically complex patients, will incorporate Passfaces authentication technology into its Integrated Care Management offering which supports major health plans and connects remote care management staff. Passfaces will provide remote and secure single sign on capabilities for the numerous locations that require access to protected systems and networks and further ParadigmHealth’s longstanding track record of exceeding industry privacy and security standards.
“ParadigmHealth was an early innovator of website security and authentication- evidenced by our patented privacy model, Universal Anonymous Identification™, and early adoption of the Privacy Certification Program for Business Associates (PCBA) standards,” said Tom Hagan, ParadigmHealth CIO. “Security and data privacy remain our focus, but now with Passfaces we are also highlighting the importance of increasing ease of use. Passfaces fully addresses the authentication requirements for the large-scale deployment of our Personal Health Records.”
Passfaces is an innovative technology that provides strong authentication that is effortless for users. The software is based on cognometrics, or the mind’s natural ability to remember faces. The software assigns users Passfaces that are then used to gain access to protected systems. Passfaces quickly and easily integrates into any web application currently using passwords. This approach dramatically reduces the implementation time as well as the cost typically required for increased authentication security. Passfaces offers a range of products designed to work in a number ofoperatingenvironments.
“The ideal strong authentication solution must balance the needs and requirements of end users while providing effective security based on what is at risk,” said Paul Barrett, CEO of Passfaces. “ParadigmHealth is well ahead of the game by selecting this innovative authentication product to continue to keep its confidential data secured. ParadigmHealth will continue to lead the way in specialty healthcare management and will be seen as a leader in terms of implementing technology that protects clients’ confidentiality. We look forward to a strong working relationship with this healthcare leader,” added Barrett.
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ParadigmHealth’s programs focus on the management of premature and medically complex neonates and patients with late-stage cancer, end-of-life care issues, multiple co-morbidities, multiple trauma, and severe burns. Its innovative technology tools also integrate health plans’ delivery of care and disease management services to their members and
providers. These tools include ParadigmHealth’s Personal Health Record technology and Disease Management technology platform, which operates on a real-time data management and program selection engine to streamline processes currently used in the industry to identify, triage and enroll patients into the appropriate internal or outsourced care or disease management program. Today, the company manages some 1,300 NICU cases and 1,690 complex cases each day, more than most health plans manage in a year.
About ParadigmHealth
Headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, ParadigmHealth is a leading Specialty Care Management company that provides onsite care management services for intensive and clinically complex patients. The company also provides technology services that assist health plans in delivering integrated care management services to their members and providers. ParadigmHealth has managed over 75,000 neonatal infants and 19,750 complex patients for its health plan, employer, Medicaid and Medicare clients nationwide. Visit www.paradigmhealth.com.
About Passfaces
Passfaces, formerly Real User Corporation, is an information security technology company based in Annapolis, Maryland. The Company was founded in 2000 to commercialize an innovative, patented strong authentication technology that leverages the brain’s innate cognitive ability to recognize human faces. Our Passfaces™ products offer business, financial services, government and OEM customers a cost effective, fully scalable and highly reliable strong authentication solution that supports business risk management objectives and is both liked and trusted by users. For additional information and to demo Passfaces technology, see: www.passfaces.com
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