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US Patent 8,578,500 Provides Intellectual Property Foundation for
FairWarning®‘s Patient Privacy
Monitoring Solutions
FairWarning, Inc. the inventor and world’s leading supplier of privacy
monitoring solutions
for Electronic Health Records (EHRs) announced today that the United
States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US patent 8,578,500 to
FairWarning® Founder Kurt James Long. The patent details the
detection of common healthcare snooping patterns through the examination
of audit logs. An initial application was filed May 31st,
2005 and the patent was issued November 5th, 2013. Additional
US and international patent applications are currently pending. The
allowed patent claims are for the detection of improper access of
electronic patient health information through electronic health records
and healthcare applications, and include:
Neighbor snooping
VIP snooping
Co-worker snooping
Multiple forms of family snooping
Discharged patient snooping
Off-shift work hours access of patients
Identity theft and snooping detected through unusual and high-volume
access patterns by users based on their role
Other general misuses of access to protected health information
“FairWarning® is deeply dedicated to its customers
and from the outset we have made it the highest priority to provide a
sound legal and intellectual property platform that our customers
can count on,” said Kurt James Long, Founder and CEO. “The FairWarning®
culture is to continually innovate through product research and
development, and as part of our investments, we protect our inventions
with trademarks and patents which benefit everyone who counts on
FairWarning®, including our customers,
resellers, partners, employees and shareholders.”
FairWarning® was founded in 2005 with the exclusive focus of
providing industry’s leading solutions
for the protection of patient privacy in electronic health records. The
list of care providers counting on FairWarning® Patient
Privacy Monitoring solutions
has grown dramatically, customers
now represent over 1,200 hospitals and 4,800 clinics in the United
States and around the world. For more information on FairWarning®,
please visit www.FairWarning.com.
About FairWarning, Inc.
FairWarning®‘s mission is to lead the
industry expansion of trust in Electronic Health Records empowering care
providers to grow their reputation for protecting confidentiality, scale
their digital health initiatives and comply with complex Federal and
state privacy laws such as HIPAA. By partnering with FairWarning®,
care providers are able to direct their focus on delivering the best
patient outcomes possible while receiving expert, sustainable and
affordable privacy and compliance solutions. Customers consider
FairWarning® privacy auditing solutions essential for
compliance with healthcare privacy regulations such as ARRA HITECH
privacy and meaningful use criteria, HIPAA, UK and EU Data Protection,
California SB 541 and AB 211, Texas HB 300, and Canadian provincial
healthcare privacy law. For more information on FairWarning®
visit http://www.FairWarning.com
or email Solutions@FairWarning.com.
FairWarning, Inc.
Jen Stansbury, 727-576 6700 x182
Jen@FairWarning.com
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