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PatientKeeper Joins List of Leading Healthcare Companies that Use
Certicom Solutions for Wide Range of Security Needs Including Wireless
and Desktop Security Solutions and HIPAA Compliance Services
HIMSS, ATLANTA, GA, Jan. 29 /CNW/ - Certicom (Nasdaq: CERT; TSE: CIC), a
leading provider of mobile e-business security, today announced that
PatientKeeper has licensed Certicom's leading Elliptic Curve Cryptography
(ECC) to provide trusted security for its innovative mobile healthcare
platform. Utilizing Certicom's ECC, PatientKeeper's Mobilizer(TM) Platform
provides physicians and clinicians with the ability to securely access mobile
applications, share patient information, and exchange data with their
organization's information systems, all through a single handheld device.
Certicom offers an array of innovative wired and wireless solutions
tailored to meet the specific security requirements of healthcare companies.
In addition, Certicom provides services to help companies achieve Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) compliance.
PatientKeeper is part a growing list of healthcare companies using Certicom
solutions including Aspect Medical Systems, e-Physician, Genetic Health,
Howmedica, iScribe, MEDePass, UC Davis, and others.
"We are pleased that PatientKeeper, a widely recognized leader and
innovator in the healthcare space, is using Certicom's ECC technology for a
wide range of their security needs," said Andrew C. Herlands, Director,
Vertical Markets. "Certicom's robust offering is providing the Healthcare
Industry with trusted wireless and desktop security solutions that help ensure
compliance with state and federal regulations, and provide for
confidentiality, data integrity, and strong client authentication for access
to sensitive medical data and patient records."
PatientKeeper is the developer of the healthcare industry's landmark
mobile platform that aggregates and seamlessly integrates multiple,
independently authored applications while embracing, extending, and enhancing
backend healthcare information systems. The Mobilizer Platform bridges the
chasm between where patient data resides and the point of care. It is the
first open mobile platform designed specifically for healthcare, and provides
secure encryption during transmission of data between mobile devices and
information systems. PatientKeeper's products are currently used by leading
hospitals, premier HIS companies, and over 45,000 clinicians. PatientKeeper
offers a range of mobile computing solutions including PatientKeeper Personal;
ChargeKeeper(TM), for charge capture; LabKeeper(TM), for lab results;
DxKeeper(TM), for tracking clinical problems; RxKeeper, for medication
profiles; TestKeeper, for radiology/pathology/microbiology reports;
NoteKeeper, for clinical notes; VitalsKeeper, for vitals and I/O's;
OrderStatusKeeper, for order statuses; and AllergyKeeper, for allergies
profiles.
"By incorporating Certicom's industry-leading Elliptic Curve Cryptography
technology into PatientKeeper's Mobilizer Platform, we're providing our
developers with a unique solution to one of the healthcare industry's biggest
mobile computing concerns," said Stephen S. Hau, PatientKeeper's founder and
vice president of Platform Development. "To ensure compliance with state and
federal regulations, the applications must provide for confidentiality, data
integrity, and strong client authentication for access to sensitive medical
data and patient records. Certicom's highly efficient mobile security
solutions provide a necessary component of an effective and complete end-to-
end mobile computing solution."
Certicom has become a leader in the mobile healthcare market by providing
advanced security solutions that address HIPAA compliance and by spearheading
industry initiatives. Certicom is a founding member of the Mobile Healthcare
Alliance (MoHCA), a group of leading technology companies and key players in
the healthcare industry focused on the acceptance and proliferation of secure
mobile and wireless computing solutions for the e-healthcare market.
Certicom provides HIPAA compliance assessment services to help healthcare
organizations comply with HIPAA compliance deadlines. Certicom's HIPAA
consulting team has the essential expertise in analysis, design,
implementation, deployment, optimization, and post-implementation analysis to
help organizations meet these challenges. In addition, Certicom provides the
industry with cutting-edge solutions such as digital signatures for secure
electronic prescriptions at the point of care. By using Certicom's
MobileTrust(TM) to enable digitally signed prescriptions, companies can
provide the healthcare industry with the highest level of authentication for
physicians using mobile devices to practice medicine.
Also part of Certicom's healthcare offering is the award-winning
movianVPN(TM) product which allows healthcare companies to use their existing
VPN infrastructures to extend end-to-end security to physicians and healthcare
professionals using handheld devices. In addition, movianCrypt(TM) protects
sensitive patient information that is stored on the right on the device.
About Certicom
Certicom is a leading provider of information security software and
services, specializing in solutions for mobile e-business. The company's
products and services are specifically designed to address the challenges
imposed by a wireless data environment. Certicom's solutions incorporate its
efficient encryption technology and are based on industry standards for
information security that utilize public key cryptography. Certicom's products
are currently licensed to more than 200 customers including Cisco Systems,
Inc., Handspring Inc., Motorola, Inc., Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems,
Inc., Palm, Inc., QUALCOMM, Inc., Research In Motion Ltd. and Sony
International (Europe) GmbH. Certicom's headquarters and worldwide sales and
marketing operations are based in the Silicon Valley in Hayward. For more
information, visit Certicom's Web site at certicom.com.
About PatientKeeper, Inc.
PatientKeeper, Inc. utilizes an open, mobile platform to empower
healthcare providers to capitalize on the potential of mobile technology to
save lives, time, and money. PatientKeeper integrates disparate mobile
applications, disparate mobile devices, disparate mobile initiatives, and
disparate hospital information systems. PatientKeeper is currently used by
leading hospitals, premier HIS companies, and over 45,000 clinicians.
PatientKeeper is committed to an open architecture and universal platform for
mobile healthcare computing, enabling independently authored applications to
be integrated seamlessly on one handheld device. PatientKeeper offers a range
of mobile computing solutions including PatientKeeper Personal;
ChargeKeeper(TM), for capturing billing; and LabKeeper(TM), for reviewing lab
results. PatientKeeper's strategic partners include Cerner Corporation
(NASDAQ: CERN), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Certicom (NASDAQ: CERT; TSE: CIC) and Symbol
Technologies (NYSE: SBL). PatientKeeper, Inc. is a privately held company. To
learn more about PatientKeeper, please visit the company's Web site at
www.patientkeeper.com.
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and/or registered trademarks of Certicom Corp. All other companies and
products listed herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective holders.
Except for historical information contained herein, this press release
contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.
Actual results may differ materially. Factors that might cause a
difference include, but are not limited to, those relating to the
acceptance of mobile and wireless devices and the continued growth of
e-commerce and m-commerce, the increase of the demand for mutual
authentication in m-commerce transactions, the acceptance of Elliptic
Curve Cryptography (ECC) technology as an industry standard, the market
acceptance of our principal products and sales of our customer's
products, the impact of competitive products and technologies, the
possibility of our products infringing patents and other intellectual
property of fourth parties, and costs of product development. Certicom
will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about
potential factors that could affect Certicom's financial results is
included in the documents Certicom files from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulatory
authorities.
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For further information: please contact: Lorraine Kauffman, Certicom
Corporation, (510) 780-5417, lkauffman@certicom.com; Carol Paterson,
Lois Paul & Partners (for Certicom), (415) 262-1908,
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