RSA Keon® digital certificate management software enables secure and wireless delivery of patient information to physicians, potentially saving Florida millions of dollars per year
BEDFORD, Mass.— RSA Security Inc. (NASDAQ: RSAS), the most trusted name in e-security®, announced today that Good Health Network, Inc. (GHN), a provider of identity management, security and confidentiality solutions for the healthcare industry, has integrated RSA Keon® digital certificate management software into its Trusted Healthcare Services®. Good Health Network chose RSA Keon software because of its scalable, flexible architecture and support for recent healthcare certificate standards, as well as its ability to help meet the Privacy and Security Standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
Florida Medicaid is utilizing Trusted Healthcare Services to authenticate and securely enable communication between physicians and Florida’s Medicaid prescription history databases. GHN’s Trusted Healthcare Services enable participating physicians in the Florida Medicaid Wireless Pharmacology Project to use a state-supplied Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to securely access and view patient medication history. The PDA permits physicians to remotely access the State of Florida’s Medicaid preferred drug list. Previously, physicians had to refer to a 1,000-page reference guide. RSA Keon software issues, manages and validates the digital certificates that authenticate and secure the patient medication information with the application user name and strong password.
GHN’s Trusted Healthcare Services enable participating physicians to wirelessly and securely access a 60-day drug history of their Medicaid patients. Physicians have access to filled prescriptions for shared patients to help eliminate drug-to-food and drug-to-drug interactions, including over-the-counter medications. GHN’s Trusted Healthcare Services, together with Gold Standard Multimedia’s pharmacological software program and Sprint’s PCS network, will help the State of Florida avoid Medicaid fraud and abuse by identifying “drug seekers”, patients who seek multiple prescriptions of the same drug from different physicians. As a result, these services are able to ensure greater patient safety and potentially save the State of Florida millions of dollars. This PDA is one of the first “wireless” tools to allow physicians to check for patient compliance of their drug orders.
“Based on the support we received during our deployment of Trusted Healthcare Services for the Florida Medicaid Project, Good Health Network recognizes that RSA Security has firmly established itself as a long-term partner to help ensure our success as we expand to other states,” said Jim Kragh, president and CEO, Good Health Network. “Doctors are pleased with the real time access to trusted information that this project delivers, and RSA Security’s swift compliance with the latest national and international healthcare standards was critical in making this happen.”
Physicians using GHN’s Trusted Healthcare Services access the Florida Medicaid drug history database and preferred drug list with their PDA through a two-factor authentication and identity management process. First, they are issued a digital certificate and second, they combine this with a personal identification number (PIN). This process, which includes an application username and strong password, significantly strengthens previously implemented security. According to Dr. Eric A. Moore, a family practitioner using Trusted Healthcare Services, “I’m on my PDA daily, and this is a great and practical way to do medication management. The data is readily accessible, and I can trust it.”
“The selection of RSA Keon software to help manage digital certificates and provide secure transmission of patient data enables Good Health Network and their healthcare partners to increase customer satisfaction and reduce costs,” said John Worrall, vice president of worldwide marketing at RSA Security. “We understand that establishing trust, security and privacy is of paramount importance to healthcare organizations, and we continue to be one step ahead on meeting the strict requirements for the industry.”
RSA Keon software is an industry leading digital certificate management system, designed to enable companies to conduct secure, cost effective e-business by providing a flexible, scalable system for managing digital identities. It allows organizations to better develop, deploy and scale secure applications by automating and centralizing the management of cryptographic keys and digital certificates. RSA Keon software conforms to X.509 v.3 standard digital certificates and supports the American and International healthcare certificate standards, the ASTM E2212 and ISO 17090. Designed to enable strong authentication, access control, data integrity, audit, and encryption, RSA Keon software helps healthcare organizations to meet the requirements of the Privacy and Security Standards under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
About Good Health Network, Inc.
Good Health Network, Inc. (GHN) founded in early 2000 and based in Orlando, Florida, is a provider of identity management, security and confidentiality solutions for the healthcare industry. GHN’s Trusted Healthcare Services® enable physicians to securely access, view and protect their Medicaid patients’ medication history with the Florida Medicaid Pharmacology Database to increase quality of service and patient safety, decrease costs and avoid Medicaid fraud. Good Health Network plans to expand its services to several states in the near future. The company maintains active membership roles in the International Standards Organization (ISO) and will soon offer a Personal Health Journal dedicated to assist individuals in the management of their personal health and health history. For additional information, contact the company at
407-629-0304.
About Gold Standard Multimedia
A privately-held company founded in 1993, Tampa, Florida-based Gold Standard Multimedia (GSM) is a leading developer of innovative drug information and medical education software and online services. GSM’s staff has many years of experience in healthcare education, clinical and retail pharmacy practice, electronic publishing and software programming. The company’s products are used in over 95% of U.S. medical and pharmacy schools, by several of the country's largest retail pharmacy chains and consultant pharmacy corporations, over 700 hospitals, many well known healthcare-related websites, and by hundreds-of-thousands of healthcare professionals. Additional information is available at www.gsm.com.
About RSA Security Inc.
With more than 12,000 customers around the globe, RSA Security provides interoperable solutions for establishing online identities, access rights and privileges for people, applications and devices. Built to work seamlessly and transparently in complex environments, the company’s comprehensive portfolio of identity and access management solutions - including authentication, Web access management and developer solutions - is designed to allow customers to confidently exploit new technologies for competitive advantage. RSA Security’s strong reputation is built on its history of ingenuity and leadership, proven technologies and long-standing relationships with more than 1,000 technology partners. For more information, please visit www.rsasecurity.com.
