HANCOCK MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SELECTS ENSURE TECHNOLOGIES' XYLOC MD TO SPEED PC ACCESS IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Single Sign-On Enhances Workflow While Proximity-Based Authentication and Full-Time Access Control Reduce PC Frustrations

Ann Arbor, MI — November 4, 2003 — Hancock Memorial Hospital and Health Services has selected Ensure Technologies' XyLoc MD for secure single sign-on to its MEDITECH Emergency Department Module (EDM) while simultaneously making it easier for clinical staff members to access PCs and applications.

Based in Greenfield, Indiana for more than 50 years, Hancock Memorial Hospital is a suburban/rural healthcare system currently serving a population of over 57,000. Ensure Technologies is the leader in intelligent information security solutions. Its XyLoc MD provides proximity-based authentication and full-time access control to reduce users' PC security obligations and concerns.

"The primary goal at our hospital is quality patient care. Our nursing and physician staff got into their fields because they wanted to make a difference in the life of someone who is ill or injured. We chose XyLoc MD to enable them to focus on patients, not PCs," said Marla Wortman, clinical information analyst at Hancock Memorial. "Our MEDITECH application holds vital information that is important when treating patients, and the clinical staff often logs in to our EMR dozens of times a day. During that critical time with the patient, our caregivers have more important things to remember than their passwords. XyLoc MD helps protect confidential patient data and saves our clinical staff valuable time without placing additional burdens on them."

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 data and their workstations are automatically secured the moment they step away.

XyLoc is unique in its ability to make authentication smarter with its ability to balance 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.

"We are pleased to be working with Hancock Memorial to provide swift and secure access to PCs and applications," said Dr. Thomas Xydis, president of Ensure. "Like many of our customers in healthcare, Hancock Memorial knows just how busy the Emergency Department can get. If someone gets called away while they are documenting a patient's condition, they no longer need to worry about logging out the application or PC so that no one else can see protected information: XyLoc MD does this automatically as soon as they walk away from the PC."

About Hancock Memorial Hospital and Health Services

Hancock Memorial Hospital and Health Services is a 101-bed, full-service community hospital serving eastern central Indiana. Focused on primary care, patient comfort and convenience, the hospital's services include: cardiology, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatric mental health, women's health and obstetrics, 24-hour emergency services, home care/hospice, transitional care, diagnostic imaging and a state-of-the-art surgery department. For more information visit www.hmhhs.org.

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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