Wyckoff Heights Medical Center Chooses Accellion to Safeguard Patient Data
New York Area Hospital Selects Accellion Secure File
Transfer Solution to Safely Share Electronic Medical Records
Outside its Network while Meeting HIPAA Requirements
Palo Alto, Calif. — July 31, 2007 Accellion, Inc. (www.accellion.com), the leading provider of on-demand secure file transfer solutions for enterprises, today announced it has been selected by Wyckoff Heights Medical Center to provide a secure means for sharing confidential patient data outside of its network. The Accellion solution has enabled Wyckoff to provide a consistent process for sharing billing information with outside vendors and government agencies without compromising patient confidentiality.
Wyckoff Heights Medical Center is a large hospital in the New York City area and part of the Brooklyn-Queens Health Care System. To ensure the confidentiality of its patients, Wyckoff needed a secure way to exchange electronic files outside of its network.
“We are constantly receiving requests from outside vendors and government agencies like the State of New York and New York City. To meet HIPAA requirements and protect the confidentiality of our patients, we need a secure means to send information,” said Jack Ksiazek, director of systems and project management for Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. “The Accellion solution allows us to quickly send and receive files in a format that easily meets our strict security and privacy requirements. No longer is security an issue when sending information outside the network.”
“Security requirements for most enterprises extend beyond technical requirements like data encryption. For organizations such as Wyckoff that are required to meet compliance mandates such as HIPAA, audit trails are critical,” said Yorgen H. Edholm, president and CEO of Accellion. “The Accellion solution provides Wyckoff the ability to authenticate the recipient and automatically manage each file and account life-cycle so that no confidential information is left exposed and no unauthorized user access for sensitive and confidential data takes place.”
About Accellion
Founded in 1999, Accellion, Inc., the premier provider of on-demand secure file transfer solution, is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with offices in North America, Asia and Europe. For more information please visit www.accellion.com or call +1 (650) 739-0095.
