PointClickCare Receives Approval for ePrescribing and Medication Management from Ohio State Board of Pharmacy

Columbus, OH (PRWEB) May 01, 2013

PointClickCare, the most widely used electronic health record (EHR) platform for the long-term and post-acute care industries, today announced at the Ohio Health Care Association (OHCA) Annual Conference that it has formally received Approvable status from the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy for the use of its Integrated Medication Management system for computerized physician order entry (CPOE) and electronic medication administration (eMAR) for Omnicare and PharMerica pharmacy systems.

PointClickCare’s CPOE and eMAR solutions support the integration to pharmacy dispensing systems through a bi-directional prescription data exchange, through use of national standards such as NCPDP and HL7 messaging.

“Enabling our Ohio-based customers to leverage this advancement in our technology is just the first step in this significant achievement,” comments Dave Wessinger, Chief Technology Officer with PointClickCare. “The State of Ohio continues to lead the field in bringing stringent requirements for technology providers and their solution delivery for the betterment of long-term care facilities, their residents, and business processes. We’re extremely pleased to have attained this approval and look forward to extending our Order Management solutions to all customers throughout the US.”

Long-term care facilities using PointClickCare’s eMAR and CPOE without ePrescribing will continue to benefit from features including two-factor authentication (also referred to as positive ID) through RFID, barcode, and mag cards at the point of order entry or medication administration. Telephone/verbal orders sent electronically to the pharmacy will require a wet-ink co-sign on a paper prescription generated at the facility for the prescriber until ePrescribing functionality is available.

About PointClickCare

PointClickCare is the most widely used Electronic Health Record (EHR) platform for the long-term care industry, proven to deliver staff satisfaction, business results, and improved outcomes. The combination of PointClickCare’s intuitive web-based software and value-driven implementation model enables long-term care providers of all sizes, from single independent homes to the largest multi-facility providers, to deliver a higher standard of health care while experiencing superior financial performance. Over 7,500 long-term care providers throughout North America, including 9 of the top 10 largest US chains, have chosen to trust their business to PointClickCare. For more information on PointClickCare’s proven Software-as-a-Service EHR platform, visit http://www.pointclickcare.com.







Before Focusing on Advanced Cyber Threats, US Businesses Better Have Their Cyber Security Basics Well Covered

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 02, 2013

There is no shortage of headline making stories that involve advanced cyber threats, from now famous attacks like Stuxnet and the Flame virus, to sophisticated and organized players like Anonymous, or state-sponsored cyber warfare units with deep pockets like China’s Unit 61398 out of Shanghai, which are just a few among many. But Verizon’s 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which just came out last week, clearly shows the success of even simple attacks, and the staggering longevity of these compromises before they are ever even detected, is an area that needs serious improvement across the board if US organizations want to survive the assault that comes with doing business in our digital world. Joe Caruso, founder and CEO/CTO of Global Digital Forensics (GDF), took some time to weigh in on the report and the importance of focusing on the basics first.

First step, judging the cyber threat landscape.

“One-size-fits-all solutions may be great for many things, but cyber security is absolutely not one of them. Because like the report pointed out, different industries typically face different threats. A manufacturing company, for instance, is probably a lot more worried about keeping designs, secret manufacturing techniques and other intellectual property (IP) safe and secure. A restaurant should probably be a lot more concerned about securing their POS (Point of Sale) systems to make sure they are keeping their customers’ credit card information from falling into the wrong hands. Financial institutions, on the other hand, have the entire gauntlet of threats to face, from brute-force cyber smash-and-grabs and spear phishing campaigns, to distributed denial of service (DoS) attacks which are launched to incapacitate their websites and make accounts unavailable to their clients, and everything in between. Hospitals, universities and retailers have their own ghosts to face as well. But one thing you can be sure of, if you have cyber “gold” of any kind to mine, there are always attackers with their noses pressed up against the glass just licking their chops for an opportunity to capitalize on any exploitable hole they can find. Our cyber threat assessments are designed to look at the big cyber security picture, from understanding and mapping the entire digital infrastructure and how the data flow interacts with business functions, to determining which threat vectors are likely to be the most problematic and prioritize them accordingly. We also thoroughly review cyber security policies and procedures already in place to identify weaknesses and help clients remediate them, or we help create them if none exist.”

Step two, penetration testing.

“The importance of comprehensive penetration testing cannot be overstated. You can talk to clients until you’re blue in the face, you can show mountains of statistics and you can pull out countless headline stories about successful cyber attacks and the long term financial ramifications victimized organizations have endured, but it still won’t sink in. But run a successful penetration test and eyes will open. It’s the cyber equivalent of a live-fire exercise and just like in the military version, it stresses every system with attacks that simulate real-world incidents to identify weaknesses. When we launch one of our realistic phishing or spear phishing campaigns, for instance, and get seventy, eighty or ninety percent of the company’s employees to divulge their credentials, everyone from the employees and managers, to executives and owners get the message loud and clear. Because if it was a real attacker, they would have had complete access to the entire network to do, well, anything they want. And we pull out all the stops with tradecraft honed by two decades of experience. We’ll set up dummy websites which look like the real thing to entice our targets, we’ll employ a variety of social engineering techniques to bypass air gaps on segmented systems and deliver payloads using things like USB sticks, we’ll leverage WiFi and Bluetooth connections from smartphones and tablets which have exploded onto the scene, and a whole host of other proven methods and techniques we have in our arsenal to infiltrate the client’s unique digital architecture. And when you can show someone how they were just victimized and how to avoid it in the future, the lessons stay with them for a very long time. That alone is a huge step towards the ultimate goal of effective cyber security.”

Getting hacked – you may have an app for that.

“Applications can certainly make life a lot easier in the digital world, so it’s no wonder they keep coming out at a breakneck pace. Whether they are Internet or cloud-based applications, phone apps or simply internal applications to make things run more smoothly, they are also a preferred gateway for cyber intruders. The reasoning is simple. Application designers are typically not cyber security experts. Their focus is generally on functionality, and once they get that down the product gets rushed to market. Needless to say, it is not at all uncommon for many of these applications to have security holes right out of the box which can easily be exploited, and that can be like having an unlocked revolving door which leads right into your network, giving intruders complete access to your most sensitive electronically stored information (ESI). Our application security testing exposes those kinds of vulnerabilities so you, your customers, vendors and employees can use them with confidence and enjoy their benefits instead of suffering catastrophic consequences.”

Surviving a cyber emergency is all in the response.

“There is a harsh dose of reality that must be faced when it comes to cyber security; there is no such thing as perfect protection, and any cyber security “expert” that tells you different is simply lying. The reality is that playing offense on the cyber battleground is a lot easier than playing defense. Internal IT security personnel have a million holes to plug, but an attacker only needs to find one to exploit. That’s why GDF has a network of experienced cyber emergency incident responders available 24/7 that are strategically positioned across the country, and the globe. Our responders can be onsite in hours, not days, to identify, isolate, secure and investigate security breaches. We have also developed specialized tools to immediately begin the process remotely in many cases as soon as we receive your call. Not only will taking the right approach to handling a cyber emergency help you contain the actual damage from the attack and the inevitable aftermath, but it will also go a long way towards calming nervous clients, vendors and investors, as well as satisfying many regulatory compliance headaches.”

The dangerous sink or swim world of cyber intrusions, data breaches and other cyber attacks is fluid and constantly evolving. Trusted cyber security professionals like Global Digital Forensics can go a long way towards keeping you afloat. So don’t wait to take control, or you may just become another grim statistic.

*Global Digital Forensics is a recognized industry leader in the fields of computer forensics, electronic discovery (eDiscovery), cyber security and emergency incident response, with years of experience assisting clients in the government, banking, healthcare, education and corporate arenas. For a free consultation with a Global Digital Forensics specialist, call 1-800-868-8189 about tailoring a plan which will meet your unique needs. Emergency responders are also standing by 24/7 to handle intrusion and data breach emergencies whenever and wherever they arise. Time is critical if a cyber incident has occurred, so don’t hesitate to get help. For more information, visit http://www.evestigate.com.







Toshiba Introduces New Satellite L Series Notebooks: Everyday Value with Well-Balanced Performance and Features

Singapore (Vocus) May 7, 2010

Toshiba’s Computer Systems Division (CSD), a division of Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd, today announced a new look and a new direction for its popular L Series of everyday notebooks. Designed for budget-smart consumers, the new Satellite L Series of notebooks strike an ideal balance of style, performance and value.

“In this new economy, consumers are demanding more choice,” said Ms. Wong Wai Meng, Senior Manager of Product Marketing, Toshiba’s Computer Systems Division. “We’ve expanded our value- line notebooks, adding more screen size options, new features and our Fusion Finish with different colour variations to provide a brand new look. It’s a great example of Toshiba’s ability to meet market demands with solid, high-quality products that exemplifies our commitment to value and innovation.”

The Satellite L Series consists of three model classes: the versatile 14-inch Satellite L640/L645, the lightweight 13.3-inch Satellite L630/L635, and the larger 15.6-inch Satellite L650/L655 desktop replacement. Each notebook is equipped with the latest processors and standout features like HD Clear SuperView widescreen LED backlight displays feature stunning 16:9 aspect ratios and native 720p resolution well-suited for enjoying digital entertainment, powering through spreadsheets or managing home finances, and hard drives ranging from 250GB to 500GB. Well-equipped with built-in high-speed wireless connectivity, lots of expansion ports and featuring 2010 Intel® Core™ Processors, the Satellite L Series notebooks are ideal for students, home users and anyone looking to enjoy digital media, staying productive, connecting online or casual gaming.

New features of Satellite L Series notebooks include:

    Fusion™ Finish design with new color variations (model dependent): Proving that great style is available at any price, the Satellite L Series notebooks now come dressed in Toshiba’s Fusion Finish featuring a contrast surface and a new patterned IMR in precious black color, giving the new series a thinner impression and wider appearance. The higher-end Satellite L645 and L635 series sport a classier design with a glossy flat keyboard, contrasting chrome details on the touchpad buttons, and a choice of 4 colors: Metallic Gray, Modena Red, Snow White and Maroon Brown.
    Dolby® Advanced Audio sound system: Adding a new level of realism to movies, music and games, the Satellite L series is now able to provide a vivid entertainment experience from any pair of speakers or any set of headphone. The Dolby® Advanced Audio brings together a suite of technologies including audio optimization, natural bass and high-frequency enhancer that let users enjoys a richer audio experience.
    Toshiba PC Health Monitor: All Satellite models now feature this system utility that proactively checks the laptop’s critical components for problematic conditions, such as battery performance, heat and hard drive movement. The software helps users diagnose potential problems before they occur in order to protect from data loss.
    Toshiba Power-Saving Eco Utility: A utility that allows users to monitor and adjust their power consumption and settings in real-time. The utility also provides daily, weekly and monthly analysis reports that show accumulated power savings.
    Toshiba Bulletin Board™ and Toshiba ReelTime™: Taking advantage of Windows 7’s simplicity to provide users with a unique Toshiba notebook PC experience, the intuitive Toshiba Bulletin Board is a simple, creative and fun user application to organize day-to-day activities and projects. The Toshiba ReelTime™ is a visual representation of recent files to help users quickly find what they are looking for.

Actual features and specifications vary according to model. For detailed specifications, please check the Specs Sheet or on Toshiba website at “pc.toshiba-asia.com”

Toshiba celebrates its 25th anniversary in the Notebook PC business

This year, Toshiba celebrates its 25th anniversary of innovations and quality in the notebook PC business. We launched the world’s first commercial Notebook PC – the “T1100”- in 1985. Since this pioneering beginning, Toshiba has continued to lead the way in the evolution of the portable PC with many “world’s firsts”, while defining and promoting technologies that set industry standards, helping to enlarge the industry and making PCs more user-friendly.

About Toshiba

Established in 1875, Toshiba Corporation is a global high technology product leader with 315 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Toshiba Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation. Its Singapore-based Computer Systems Division (CSD) is the regional headquarters for South and Southeast Asia. In addition to notebooks under the QOSMIO, Satellite, Satellite Pro, TECRA, PORTÉGÉ and libretto product brand names, the company also offers portable and wireless accessories for customers under the Toshiba brand name. For more information, visit the company’s website at “pc.toshiba-asia.com”.

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Digital Signage On The Railways

The railways in many parts of the world have always been central to the transportation systems. Furthermore, the railways hold a nostalgia and special place in people’s lives other transport networks have never been able to reproduce.

The railways are also one of the keenest implementers of digital signage compared to any other industry from the earliest days of using digital out of media for advertising and information it was the railways that first implemented it.

The railways use digital signage for three different purposes:

Providing information – And it could be argued that they were one of the first industries to use TV screens for use out of home. Railway stations have always needed to provide information and even before the development of flat screen televisions, monitors were being used to provide timetabling information. Now most railway stations have a digital signage system that relays when a train is due and to arrive or depart.

Advertising – Because of the amount of people that still rely on the railways and the central role they play in the network infrastructure, billboards and posters along railway lines have always been sought after by advertisers. Now outdoor digital signage systems are being erected on platforms increasing the effectiveness of this sought after advertising space.

Keeping travellers occupied – Another use for digital signage that can be combined with advertising has been well adopted by the railways and that is using digital signage screens for entertaining commuters.

Not only can entertainment programmes be run on the digital signage screens in the carriage but also advertising can be added to the content allowing the railways to offset the cost of the devices by gaining advertising revenue.

The railways are one are where digital advertising and outdoor digital signage has really benefitted the industry providing extra streams of revenue as well as providing a better service for commuters.

Richard N Williams is a technical author and a specialist in the digital signage industry helping to develop outdoor digital signage and protection for plasmas. Please visit us for more information about LCD Enclosures or other digital signage solutions.

JewishGen and MyHeritage.com collaborate to build the Family Tree of the Jewish People

Tel Aviv, Israel; London, UK and Los Angeles, US (PRWEB) July 14, 2010

MyHeritage.com and JewishGen.org are now working together to invigorate the Family Tree of the Jewish People (FTJP) project.

Under this collaboration, family trees built with a special version of MyHeritage.com available at http://www.myheritage.com/jewishgen, with the consent of the tree creators, will be transferred periodically to the FTJP for digital safekeeping. Privacy controls, using the MyHeritage.com tools, can be set according to the wishes of the tree creator. Data of existing MyHeritage.com users will not be transferred.

JewishGen is a non-profit organization created to help researchers interested in Jewish genealogy around the world connect to each other, research their families and ancestral geographic locations, participate in research projects and store Jewish family trees safely. The mission of JewishGen is to obtain records and information that will be valuable to those with Jewish ancestry and place them on the JewishGen website, at no cost, in an easy to understand and searchable format.

The Family Tree of the Jewish People is a project of JewishGen to bring together family historians around the world who research Jewish family branches. The project offers a central resource for Jewish family trees and helps re-connect Jewish families.

MyHeritage.com is a genealogical social networking site with more than 50 million members and 590 million profiles worldwide. It currently holds some 15 million family trees. It operates in 36 languages including English and Hebrew, making it ideal for Jewish families around the world to connect, as it offers easy and fun tools to enable sharing of information, photos, documents and videos among far-flung relatives, with complete and secure privacy controls that can be set by tree creators.

“JewishGen is committed to ensuring Jewish continuity for present generations and generations yet to come,” says JewishGen managing director Warren Blatt. “Our free, easy-to-use website features thousands of databases, research tools and other resources to help those with Jewish ancestry research and find family members. The vision of JewishGen is to connect Jews throughout the world with their relatives and provide them with the ability to learn about their family history and heritage.”

“MyHeritage.com – a site used all over the world and by all religions – is among the most popular genealogy websites in the Jewish world, making it a natural partner for JewishGen”, said Blatt. “The benefit of this partnership is to offer the free website tools from MyHeritage.com to create and research family trees, with the option to share those trees with the thousands of JewishGen users via the FTJP. Under the new partnership, the FTJP will be invigorated and constantly updated, resulting in an accurate, up-to-date and constantly growing Jewish family tree database for JewishGen.”

“We are excited to join forces with JewishGen,” said Gilad Japhet, founder and CEO of MyHeritage.com, himself an avid genealogist and a member of JewishGen since August 2000. “We see it as a privilege to cooperate with JewishGen and help it preserve family trees of people who wish to discover, and be discovered by, fellow researchers and relatives,” Japhet added. “Our Smart Matching technology will provide genealogists the added benefit of discovering additional relatives through the large databases on MyHeritage.com. This will fulfill the mutual objective of MyHeritage.com and JewishGen to reunite families whose ties have been lost through time and fate.”

About MyHeritage.com:

MyHeritage.com was founded by a team of people who combine their passion for family history with the development of innovative technology. Since launching in November 2005 MyHeritage.com has become the world’s leading international online network for families and the second largest family history website. The fastest growth rates in the industry combined with the acquisitions of Pearl Street Software (2007), Kindo.com (2008) and OSN (2009) have made MyHeritage.com the home for 50 million family members and 590 million profiles. The company has offices in London, UK; Hamburg, Germany; Boulder, Colorado, USA and Tel Aviv, Israel. MyHeritage.com has received funding by Accel Partners and Index Ventures. For more information, visit http://www.myheritage.com/jewishgen

About JewishGen:

JewishGen, a non-profit organization affiliated with the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, was founded in 1987 as a bulletin board with only 150 users who were interested in Jewish genealogy. Primarily driven by volunteers, there are over 700 active volunteers throughout the world who actively contribute to its ever growing collection of databases, resources and search tools. Currently, JewishGen hosts more than 14 million records, and provides a myriad of resources and search tools designed to assist those researching their Jewish ancestry. JewishGen provides its resources online as a public service.

For more information please contact:

For MyHeritage.com:    

Daniel Horowitz

Genealogy and Translation Manager

Email: Daniel(at)MyHeritage(dot)com

For JewishGen:

Warrren Blatt

Managing Director

Email: wblatt(at)jewishgen(dot)org

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Led Display Board Is Efficiency

An LED display board can be used by a school to show messages for its students and teachers. It can also be used by a church to show messages about upcoming events and services. Companies can use it to show employee messages and work hours and it can also be used by cafes and restaurants to display menu options. These are only a few of the wide range of applications which a display board can be used for.

LED display board is very well designed, rugged, reliable, environmentally friendly products. They come in different sizes, providing a comprehensive large budget savings. The circuit board is made of high quality raw materials that can really improve the durability of the product production. They can clearly see from a few hundred meters even in the day.

LED display board sign offers one of the easiest, fastest and impressive ways to make an impact, encouraging more customers to come through the door. It empowers many businesses and business owners to cultivate their target market more effectively, quickly transitioning viewers from potential customer to first-time customer to repeat customer by creating a memorable, attractive, and informative advertising narrative over time. This display board is great for getting the attention of many of your potential customers. Your customers can be kept informed by a constantly-updated LED sign, are more likely to see relevant advertising and choose your business instead of your competitors.

LED display board is efficiency. It can provide a complete solution for your visual display needs and increase the market value to a great extent. The content and message of any type of advertisement can well be communicated to the customers with this technology, which is not the case with other signs. This sign is the best option as it is highly flexible in effectively communicating the changes, as you sometimes, need to change your advertisements and services on daily basis to retain your position in the industry.

A major advantage of an LED display board is that it is simple to change the message and this makes them much more versatile than static boards. Some can be connected to a central control area where a computer can be used to input the message. Others come with wireless keyboards or remote controls which can be used to change the message. Whichever display board you choose they are effective devices which are simple to use.

The size of your LED signs can be easily extended, even long after your initial purchase. These circuit boards are easy to program, professional development and user-friendly software, you can easily adjust using the included software.

Lari Smith has been writing articles online for nearly 3 years now. Specialize in flashing board articles. If you need more about LED signs and outdoor signage, please reference http://www.flashingledboard.com/.

New Ingage Solutions Offering Turns TVs into Digital Signs

Oceanside, CA (PRWEB) October 17, 2014

Ingage Solutions, a brand of Federal Heath Sign Company LLC, today announced its offering of ScreenScape Connect, a Plug and Play device and supporting software platform that turns any TV into a digital sign. This small/ultra-compact device dramatically reduces the cost and complexity of starting and operating a digital signage network, eliminating the need for media players and cabling. The Dell Wyse Cloud Connect device is the first hardware solution certified for use with ScreenScape Connect, and is included with an extended ScreenScape Connect subscription.

Branded content can be updated by WiFi and managed remotely using ScreenScape Connect, a cloud-based content management platform. Connecting a screen to the digital signage network is as easy as plugging the device into the TV’s HDMI port. ScreenScape Connect is a flexible solution that gives business owners the ability to easily monitor and manage their network. Federal Heath is able to offer this product to its customers through its Ingage Solutions brand, due to its strong existing relationship with ScreenScape Networks.

Federal Heath President & CEO Kevin Stotmeister said this significantly enhanced product offering is a result of the strong partnership with Screenscape and their equally strong partnership with Dell. “HD TVs are being used extensively in every aspect of business today, and ScreenScape Connect allows restaurants, retail stores, lobbies, waiting rooms, etc., in any business or industry to use their existing screens to engage more efficiently with their customers.”

About Federal Heath

Federal Heath Sign Company is an innovative global industry leader, providing custom signage and related services to national and international customers within multiple value streams, consisting of the highest profile companies in the retail, restaurant, hotel, finance, petroleum, automotive, corporate identification and gaming markets. Federal Heath has more than twenty offices nationwide, including four state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities. For more information about Federal Heath Sign Company, please visit us at http://www.federalheath.com

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