Public Relations
Contacts:
Christi Kovash
HealthCast Inc.
208.275.8203
ckovash@gohealthcast.com
Marcia Goff
Sensible Vision
508.416.3765
marcia@goffpr.com
Innovative Biometric
Single Sign-On Automates Fast Access and Enhances Computer Security
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
HealthCast and Sensible Vision Solution
Virtually Eliminates Passwords, Simplifies Clinical Workflow, and Continuously
Protects Sensitive Information.
Boise,
ID and Covert, MI, May 30, 2006-
HealthCast® Inc., the leading provider of enterprise single sign-on
solutions for hospitals, and Sensible Vision, an innovator of continuous
authentication solutions, today introduced a breakthrough biometric
single sign-on solution that uses facial recognition technology to automate
user log-in and provide instant access to single sign-on applications.
This innovative solution replaces passwords, proximity card readers,
and standard biometric devices with a fast, convenient and hands-free
way for healthcare professionals to quickly access applications and
continuously secure patient records without requiring user action. Importantly,
when the user walks away, it also instantly secures the user's session
so that private information cannot be viewed by others.
Available exclusively
through Healthcast and its channel partners, the integrated solution
combines Sensible Vision's FastAccess™ patent-pending facial biometrics
software, an inexpensive web camera, and HealthCast's eXactACCESS™ single
sign-on and clinical workflow solution to provide a cost-effective way
to streamline workflow, improve user convenience, and support HIPAA
regulations. "Integrating facial biometrics with enterprise single sign-on
allows healthcare organizations to more effectively balance clinical
productivity with strong compliance with patient data privacy and security
regulations," said Joan Mehn, CEO of HealthCast. "The integrated solution
also offers alternative ways to manage user sessions on shared workstations
- this increases economic returns beyond those gained from eliminating
passwords alone. This breakthrough solution will have a powerful impact
on how people work."
"By combining HealthCast's
innovative single sign-on software with our facial biometrics, we are
filling a critical security gap for HIPAA and JCAHO," said George Brostoff,
CEO of Sensible Vision. "Our solution identifies and authenticates users
in less time than it takes to enter a password and knows the second
they leave their computers. This makes the computer significantly more
secure and easier to use, strengthens access control auditing for privacy
policies, and reduces IT and help desk costs for password and user management."
About HealthCast®,
Inc.
For the past ten years, HealthCast has brought innovative technology
to healthcare. Its enterprise single sign-on solution, eXactACCESS,
is widely recognized for its scalability, support of customer environments,
advanced application management functionality and multiple approaches
to managing shared workstations, including its unique domain-level fast
user switching. For additional information about any of its offerings
or to schedule a Webcast, please call Mike Collett, Vice President,
Sales (812-944-5290) or visit www.gohealthcast.com.
About Sensible
Vision
Headquartered in Covert, Michigan, Sensible Vision Inc. (www.sensiblevision.com)
is an innovator of continuous authentication solutions for securing
PCs using facial recognition. Sensible Vision's flagship product, FastAccess™,
is an insider firewall that provides quick and continuous authentication
and access control for computers and workstations. Using patent-pending
biometric facial recognition, FastAccess speeds and simplifies access
to the PC in a way that is economical and easy to deploy. Sensible Vision's
products are available directly from the company and through a growing
base of resellers and systems integrators throughout the world.
HealthCast
LLC " Boise, ID
Phone: (208) 327-8878 Fax: (208) 327-8910 |