Briefly - Industry Trend or Event

Health Management Technology, Jan, 2001

Calculate Coverage. Privacy Security Network (PSN) unveiled its HIPAA Transaction Standard Calculator[TM]. The free real-time interactive tool enables organizations to determine how and when their transactions are covered by the new regulation. PSN also provides a free online news service--PSN Site Update. www.privacysecuritynetwork.com/ healthcare/hipaa/index.cfm

Strategic Selection, Mercator[R] Software, Inc., Wilton, CT, has been selected by three healthcare providers to facilitate compliance with HIPAA regulations. Group Health Cooperative, Premera Blue Cross and Regence Blue Shield will use the Mercator Commerce Broker to help reduce administrative costs and increase patient compliance and satisfaction, www.mercator.com

Compliance Connection. An agreement to provide clinical information, patient education and therapeutic compliance programs has been announced by Eli Lilly and Co., Indianapolis, IN, and PocketScript, Inc., Mason, OH. Physicians using the e-prescription platform will be able to enroll their patients in Web-enabled compliance programs at the point of care. www.pocketscript.com; www.lilly.com

Deliver Trusted Infrastructure Services. VeriSign, Inc., Mountain View, CA, and Presideo, Inc., Sebastian, FL, announced an agreement to jointly deliver a broad range of services to enable trusted transactions and communications for healthcare organizations. The alliance combines VeriSign's managed trust services infrastructure with Presideo's identity management services, including physician credentialing, biometric authentication solutions and healthcare security policy expertise. www.presideo.com; www.verisign.com

Move to Modular. Wellness, LLC, Nashville, TN, will design and install 120 modular patient rooms at the United Medical Center (UMC), Cheyenne, WY. The goal of UMC's construction project is to provide each patient with a private room. They anticipate cutting construction time by as much as 30 percent by installing the modular rooms, which feature in-room nurse's stations, sleeper sofas for patients' family members and bedside controls for lights and blinds. www.kvbpr.com/wellness