2013-12-10

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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

Article source: http://www.4-traders.com/news/FairWarning-Issued-Patent-for-Detection-of-Snooping-Identity-Theft-and-Other-Misuses-of-Electronic--17592230/

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