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www.HealthcareITNews.com new products October 2007 ■ Healthcare IT News 61 producTs Continued from page 60 enabled location-based service to track equipment, devices and patients. For example, a hospital staff can track the current or past location of mobile assets — such as blood pressure monitoring devices, EKG machines, gurneys, infusion pumps, crash carts, computers-on-wheels, wheelchairs and laptops — from a Web browser. The solution will also alert health care staff if at-risk patients have wandered or been moved from their room. In addition, employees can use the data to manage mobile asset inventory across a single health care facility or multiple sites. “In the demanding health care environment, enhanced visibility and accuracy regarding the location of people and critical assets is crucial to providing optimal clinical care,” said Brad Hunter, director of technology solutions for the American Hospital Association. “By introducing mobile technology, such as RFID, in the health care workplace, staff can save time, eliminate unnecessary costs, reduce theft and unnecessary inventory, and, most important, deliver better patient care.” astaro launches compliance reporter The Astaro Corporation, a provider of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security appliances, has announced the availability of the Astaro Compliance Reporter (ACR). Organizations operating under the regulation of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) can conduct their risk assessment using a “Turbo-Tax” style questionnaire that complements Astaro’s UTM solution to provide a current and accurate compliance report as required by regulatory agencies. This approach reduces the need for organizations to train employees or hire costly outside consultants for the specific purpose of risk assessment compliance. To facilitate automation, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has in place risk management guidelines that can be applied to regulated companies, however the sheer amount of information in the NIST protocols can total thousands of pages of material. By providing its end users with an automated risk assessment program that is updated monthly to meet the ever-changing requirements of various regulations, Astaro further strengthens its security toolkit while preserving the ease-of-use that their seventh-generation WebAdmin GUI provides. “Compliance isn’t just doing the right thing, it is reporting you are doing the right thing.” said Charles Kolodgy, research director at IDC. “Having an automated tool for updating risk assessments as part of a UTM solution, should be a considerable time and cost saver.” Astaro Compliance Reporter costs $595 USD per site location, for one year access and is available through Astaro’s reseller channel. ■ BURLINGTON, MA – more at HealthcareITNews.com e connect: Products 1007 YELLOW PAGES Document Management/ Imaging, Medical Records Imaging SDS (Smart Document Solutions) Amber Godfrey 120 Bluegrass Valley Parkway Alpharetta, GA 30005 T: 770–360–1723 • F: 770–360–1744 E: agodfrey@sdshealth.com http://www.sdshealth.com/ EHR/EMR MediNotes Corporation Cathey Halsten 1025 Ashworth Rd., Ste. 222 West Des Moines, IA 50265 T: 515–327–8850 • F: 515–327–8856 E: info@medinotes.com www.medinotes.com MediNotes e Electronic Medical Records Developed and produced in the Midwest, MediNotes e EMR is a multi-tasking tool with the ability to launch multiple components as tabbed screens. Providers can toggle between patients or tasks without the need to navigate to a completely separate area of the program, saving time and allowing unprecedented access to clinical information. Installed in over 3,800 practices nationwide, MediNotes e gives physicians the ability to truly “individualize” their medical records. HealthPort EDMS SDS (Smart Document Solutions) has maintained a leadership position in the healthcare industry by providing cutting-edge technology and services. Converting from a paper-based system to a more efficient electronic-based system is challenging. SDS assists healthcare organizations in overcoming these challenges by merging its document conversion, storage, and electronic document management tools into a powerful package that is custom tailored to fit the needs of each healthcare facility. 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