Messaging News - December 2008 - (Page 36) Daughters of Charity Health System Select ZixCorp to Protect Sensitive Data MAKING Real World Solutions from People in the Trenches THE CASE The Daughters of Charity Health System (DCHS) is a regional healthcare system of five hospitals spanning the California coast from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. Daughters of Charity, sponsored by St. Vincent DePaul, provide acute, long-term, community health, psychiatric, rehabilitation and residential care. The Challenge DCHS’ commitment to its patients extends beyond medical treatment. DCHS also have a responsibility to take steps to ensure all personal information exchanged via email is safeguarded. “The security of protected health information (PHI) is very important,” says Michael Day, DCHS’ director of information technology. “Not only from a regulatory standpoint enforced by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), but also because our patients and staff need to have that confidence in us.” 36 MESSAGING NEWS DECEMBER 2008
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