Logicworks Managed Hosting Solutions

March 1, 2009  Today, Logicworks announced hosted and private cloud solutions that address the compliance concerns of companies doing business in highly regulated industries, including new private cloud customer nextEMR. The offering is a breakthrough for the growing number electronic medical records (EMR) and electronic health records (EHR) companies with its shared nothing architecture with built-in advanced security.

Addresses IT Needs of Medical Records Companies While Keeping Data Secure; nextEMR Signs on as Customer

We did a comprehensive review of potential vendors and chose Logicworks private cloud solution because it delivered the security and HIPAA compliance for patient records we required, said Dr. Alan Faustino, Founder, nextEMR. With Logicworks, we are able to deliver our comprehensive EMR and management solution for healthcare practices of any size with secure access to medical records for doctors and patients via the Internet.  nextEMR is a comprehensive EMR and management solution for healthcare practices. The company offers users a Web based system, secure remote access, e-prescribing as well as a portal that allows patients to securely download their latest medical information anytime.

Many organizations across a range of industries are turning to private clouds and hosted solutions as flexible alternatives for managing IT needs. However, until now, regulations such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules Act have precluded EMR/EHR from off-site IT management given the stringent security and client data privacy rules.

Logicworks offers customers a choice of a fully private cloud or a hybrid private cloud and bare-metal solution. Many companies are choosing the hybrid model to maintain their EMR database on a traditional architecture (i.e., non-virtualized hardware) while utilizing virtual machines as needed for applications.

Logicworks is focusing on solutions that help electronic medical records (EMR) providers to take advantage of stimulus funds that incentivize healthcare providers to adopt digital record procedures for all patient medical records. The federal government has promised an estimated $14.1 billion to $27.3 billion in net Medicare and Medicaid payments over the next 10 years to encourage EMR adoption. The money was made available through the economic stimulus package that was signed into law in early 2009.

Widespread adoption of EMRs holds great promise for improving health care quality, efficiency and patient safety, said Carter Burden, Chairman and CEO, Logicworks. Our private cloud addresses the concerns people have, and should have, about the security and privacy of healthcare records. A public cloud, where IT resources are shared, just presents too many risks.

In an effort to substantially ease the deployment of and transition to HIPAA-compliancy, Logicworks has partnered with Alert Logic, a leading provider of cloud-based IT compliance and security solutions. By enabling customers to detect threats, eliminate vulnerabilities, and manage log data, Alert Logic provides Logicworks customers with the easiest way to secure networks and comply with policies and regulations. Logicworks maintains a SAS 70 Type II audit, and exercises the utmost diligence in the evaluation and implementation of people, processes, policies, and systems.