SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA — All Computer Systems (ACS), a trusted provider of IT products and services to dental practices in the San Francisco Bay Area, is pleased to confirm it will now offer AuthAir’s Dental- and Medical- optimized proximity security solution to their clients, to help address the growing pressure for practices to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule to keep sensitive patient data away from prying eyes.
“HIPAA frustrates and confuses many doctors and their staff. ACS educates practices on how to make sense of the regulations, implement equipment and services to protect the practice, provide ongoing support, and do so in a way that is affordable and doesn’t disrupt their day-to-day operation” says Amy Wood, Director of HIPAA Compliance Services of ACS. She goes on to explain how AuthAir works, “The AuthAir Dental solution includes individual tokens, uniquely assigned to each staff member, that can be worn clipped to a belt or kept in a pocket. Irrespective of whether staff continue in the old bad habits of using shared log-ins, their token is now silently communicating through encrypted Bluetooth to each AuthAir secured workstation in their practice. Staff log-ins and movement are tracked effortlessly, without any change to their workflow, and a HIPAA-compliant audit trail is automatically created.”
Scott Wood, Co-founder of ACS goes on to say, “We also recognize that investing any dollars into compliance, no matter how necessary, can be a tough pill for dental practices to swallow. That’s why we’re excited about the Business Intelligence value of AuthAir. Practices might initially purchase the solution for help creating a HIPAA-compliant electronic audit trail, but there are so many more benefits to it.”
Yaron Baitch, CEO of AuthAir, agrees, citing AuthAir’s latest release’s focus on delivering more of that added value. “With the data the AuthAir solution captures, we first and foremost deliver an easy-to-query audit trail, one that also generates instant, easy-to-read reports. But we didn’t want to stop there when doctors are also practice owners and businesspeople, and as such they’re constantly looking at ways to enhance efficiencies. AuthAir’s seamless tracking of staff and room utilization is an excellent way to guide these decisions. Similarly, doctors reluctantly acknowledge the high threat of embezzlement in dentistry yet they seldom set aside funds to protect themselves from this. By deploying AuthAir to bring their practice into compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule, they layer in internal-fraud protection at the same time. Each token is uniquely assigned to an individual and user system access is set up for specific machines during specific hours. When unusual activity is attempted or occurs, alerts on suspicious activity are generated to the practice owner.”
Amy Wood summarizes ACS’ decision to partner with AuthAir as follows, “We selected the AuthAir solution in large part because we know only too well how practices struggle with change and we wanted to make it easy, while still helping bring them into compliance. With increased regulation and overhead, it was also important to us that it be cost-effective. At under $3,000 for a 7-person office to get up and run for year one, with costs in year 2 dropping to approximately $1400 a year that’s less than $120/month in years 2 and beyond. It has been a perfect fit with both our HIPAA Compliance Services and our IT Managed Services.”
Baitch adds, “Practices who deploy AuthAir Dental will continue to see even greater use of the Business Intelligence as we deliver on a long list of additional reporting requests over the course of the next year. These will automatically be made available to practices in the AuthAir portal as part of the service, without additional charge.
ABOUT ALL COMPUTER SYTEMS
All Computer Systems Dental Technology Solutions is a Managed Services Healthcare IT Provider specializing in dental in the San Francisco Bay Area. We offer a wide range of technology related services such as: Managed IT Services, HIPAA Risk Assessments, Training and Documentation, Complete Backup Services, Ergonomic Mounting Solutions and Business Grade Equipment in addition to day-to-day support. We’re not just the IT guy, we are your outsourced Technology Department. For more information, please visit www.acsdt.com.
ABOUT AUTHAIR, INC.
AuthAir is a pioneer in the next generation of seamlessly integrated authentication. Its solutions integrate with both simple and complex IT infrastructures, adding additional layers of security, helping dental practices – large and small – meet regulations with compliance, promoting industry best practices – all while minimizing end user behavior modification. The company’s AuthAir Dental product delivers the first of its kind security product to help ease HIPAA compliance concerns for Dentists nationwide. For more information, please visit www.authair.com.