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Partnerships Provide Healthcare Organizations with Solutions to Improve Storage Efficiency and Cost as well as Help Meet Stringent Security and Privacy Compliance Requirements

Emtec, Inc. (OTCBB: ETEC), a systems integrator, announced the expansion of its healthcare offerings through two new partnerships - FairWarning, a supplier of cross-platform healthcare privacy surveillance solutions, and BridgeHead Software , a leading provider of Healthcare Data Management (HDM) software for healthcare institutions worldwide. These partnerships provide Emtec clients innovative solutions to help meet compliance, security and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements associated with electronic health record (EHR) implementation.

With the implementation of EHR systems, healthcare organizations are experiencing an increase in privacy incidents involving employees and affiliates conducting inappropriate and illegal patient record access. By partnering with FairWarning, Emtec clients can now implement the Privacy Surveillance application, built on Sun Microsystems’ technology, to systematically identify users who are engaging in improper patient access patterns indicative of snooping, identity theft or other malicious behaviors. Currently deployed in over 250 hospitals and over 900 clinics, FairWarning provides out-of-the-box support for over 100 leading EHR systems such as Epic , Cerner , Eclipsys , GE , McKesson , MEDITECH , and Siemens.

In addition to privacy concerns, EHR brings increased data storage needs as healthcare facilities are required by law to maintain EHRs for up to two years after an individual is deceased. This is a significant requirement as it can substantially raise storage costs for healthcare organizations where budgets are tight. Through its partnership with BridgeHead, Emtec now offers healthcare data management solutions with a low TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) that help reduce storage costs, improve disaster recovery, and help healthcare organizations to meet these compliancy requirements. BridgeHead’s HEAT (Healthcare Enterprise Archive Topology), also built on Sun Microsystems’ technology, provides seamless integration with PACS (Picture Archiving and Communications System), HCIS (Healthcare Information Systems), and medical records systems to protect, preserve, and provide centralized access to healthcare data. The appliance can be optionally upgraded to include BridgeHead’s PACStore software, a vendor-neutral DICOM (Digital Imaging in Communications and Medicine) archive. PACStore enables HEAT to receive data from any modality or digital imaging system that supports the DICOM protocol. This allows for easy access to PACS data even if the application of choice changes in the future.

“As healthcare organizations migrate to EHR systems they are looking for solutions that are cost-effective, easy to manage and help address the numerous HIPAA mandates,” said Chris Mallazzo, Director of Healthcare Solutions, Emtec, Inc. “Partnering with healthcare technology leaders such as BridgeHead Software and FairWarning demonstrates our ongoing commitment to developing “best-in-class” solutions for our healthcare clients.”

Emtec provides a number of healthcare solutions and services including caregiver mobility, mobile clinical workstations, healthcare data management, information lifecycle management, server and storage virtualization, user identity management, Software Services including ERP, Application Development and QA/BA expertise, as well as design and implementation of network infrastructure. For more information on Emtec’s healthcare solutions, please visit: http://www.emtecinc.com/marketfocus/commercial_healthcare.asp

About Emtec , Inc.
Emtec , Inc. established in 1964, is a systems integrator, providing services and products to the federal, state, local, education and commercial markets. Emtec operates two business segments: Emtec Infrastructure Services and Emtec Global Services. For more information visit www.emtecinc.com.

Source: Emtec, Inc.

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