Leading Ontario Health Organization Adopts AnyWare Group's ROAM Technology
January 13, 2005 — AnyWare Group Expands its Industry Leading Secure Remote Access Technology — ROAM
SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA — JANUARY 11, 2005 — AnyWare Group today announced that North York General Hospital (NYGH) has chosen AnyWare's Role Oriented Access Management (ROAM) system to provide secure identity and access management to NYGH's workforce. The ROAM software provides industry leading security technology that allows the NYGH medical team to access information systems using any device, a standard web browser and the Internet.
NYGH joins Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation and South-East Regional Health Authority in a growing list of Regional Health Authorities that have adopted ROAM as their secure remote access and identity management solution.
“ROAM is extending services to our health care professionals and providing them with an easy-to-use interface that allows them to securely access confidential patient information when needed.” said Gerry Dimnik, Director of Information Services at North York General Hospital.
“The AnyWare Group team were quick to implement ROAM and had initial users online within the first few days. They integrated both WEB and Legacy applications that were critical to our remote access strategy, such as digital imaging, patient information systems, file sharing, email, and our intranet.”
“We are extremely pleased that North York General Hospital has selected our ROAM technology as their secure remote identity and access management solution. We have a proven solution that is being adopted by health care providers and other industry leaders throughout North America, especially those concerned with the privacy and security of remote access to information systems.” said Gerry Verner, Chief Executive Officer, AnyWare Group.
About AnyWare Group
AnyWare Group is an innovative provider of customer-driven business solutions. Leveraging the Internet and the ROAM platform, AnyWare Group cost effectively enables organizations to deploy highly reliable, secure information-based business solutions. ROAM is a complete, secure platform for delivering information and applications to authorized users where they need it. ROAM is packaged with powerful tools, capabilities and engineering services designed to simplify the user experience, integrate with any application, and ease support efforts.
About North York General Hospital
North York General Hospital is a multi-site regional teaching hospital serving people in north central Toronto and southern York Region.
North York General Hospital operates three sites in north central Toronto. The General Division at Leslie and Highway 401 is a regional teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto. The Branson division at Finch and Bathurst is a multi-use ambulatory care centre, with a focus on day surgery, outpatient programs, urgent care, diabetic management, child and adolescent ambulatory health, adult mental health addiction, and geriatric ambulatory care. The Seniors' Health Centre near Leslie and Sheppard is a 192-bed long-term care centre and clinic, offering specialized geriatric services.
A leader in shaping health care for tomorrow, North York General Hospital offers a wide range of clinical services in nine program areas: Emergency Services; Family and Community Medicine; Genetics; Long Term Care; Maternal Newborn Services; Medical Services; Paediatrics; Mental Health and Surgical Services.
For more information, contact:
Richard J. MacPhee
VP Operations and Marketing
AnyWare Group
506-643-6629
rick.macphee@anywaregroup.com
www.anywaregroup.com
Gerry Dimnik
Director of Information Services
North York General Hospital
416-756-6790
gdimnik@nygh.on.ca
http://www.nygh.on.ca/