Ann Arbor, Mich., May 17, 2004 -- Ensure Technologies, the leader in secure information access solutions, today announced that Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), one of the premier providers of cancer care in the world, has deployed XyLoc MD™ at its Midwest Regional Medical Center in Zion, Illinois. XyLoc MD is helping to significantly streamline doctors workflow and automatically secures unattended PCs in exam rooms. Doctors already report that XyLoc MD s simplified sign-on capabilities are saving them considerable time each day from tedious login/logout procedures.
CTCA at Midwestern Regional Medical Center offers traditional cancer treatment such as chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery along with integrated complementary therapies such as nutrition, exercise and mind/body support. There is a PC in each exam room running OpTx and other practice management software that the physicians use for scheduling, lab results, patient notes, and chemotherapy regime ordering. Prior to XyLoc MD, doctors had to log in and log out an application each time they entered and exited a patient s room and this process consumed nearly an hour s time each day.
"We were looking for a better solution to give our staff quicker access to the patient information they needed without slowing them down with required security procedures," said Mary Matzke, managing director of IT at CTCA. "With XyLoc MD, we ve made it so much easier for our doctors and physician assistants to have fast and secure access to patient records so they can provide the best care for our patients without getting bogged down by security policies. Best of all, we ve calculated that each doctor is saving an hour each day now that XyLoc MD has automated all the logins and logouts into our various systems and applications."
With XyLoc MD, CTCA is using proximity-based authentication and full-time access control to optimize information security obligations and concerns. Beyond authenticating users into the PC, XyLoc MD also provides simplified sign-on to the network and secured applications, eliminating the need for multiple passwords for each application. This dramatically expedites doctors' workflow and allows them to focus on quality care without compromising important patient security requirements and regulations.
"It just isn t reasonable to require doctors to remember multiple passwords and follow cumbersome information security policies. Consider the time wasted - not to mention the security and privacy implications when a doctor has to walk back to an exam room to log out of one PC so he can log in to the PC in another exam room," said Dr. Thomas Xydis, president of Ensure. "We re proud to offer a solution that returns doctors attention where it should be: on the patient. XyLoc MD has a demonstrable return on investment that ultimately results in better care for patients."
Ensure s XyLoc MD provides full-time access control to thin client terminals and PCs, continuously authorizing users without burdening them with cumbersome security protocols. Its patented technology protects confidential data when it is most vulnerable - after logon, whenever the authorized user steps away from the PC. Users in XyLoc MD-protected facilities have immediate access to their applications and patient data and their workstations are automatically secured the moment they step away.
XyLoc is unique in its ability to make authentication smarter by balancing security and convenience. Users are recognized based on their proximity to their PCs. They wear unique XyLoc Keycards (that can also double as their ID badge) that communicate securely with proximity detection hardware and sophisticated software residing on each workstation. A computer is unlocked only after XyLoc has identified and authenticated a user.
About Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Founded in 1988, Cancer Treatment Centers of America practices patient empowerment medicine through a network of cancer treatment hospitals and community oncology programs in Illinois, Oklahoma, and Washington. The facilities provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary path to cancer care by integrating cutting-edge medical treatments with time-honored support therapies such as nutrition, naturopathy, psychological counseling and spiritual therapy. For more information on CTCA, call 1.888.726.4495.
About Ensure Technologies
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Ensure Technologies (www.ensuretech.com) is leader in secure information access solutions designed to protect an organization s intellectual property from internal security breaches conveniently, automatically and transparently. Ensure s XyLoc products apply the innovative, patented technology of full-time access control and proximity-based authentication to guard corporate data. XyLoc delivers security with convenience and personalization at leading organizations in healthcare, financial services, government, manufacturing, and law throughout the world.
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