SOURCE: FireHost, Inc. FireHost Will Protect the Universities’ Critical Medical Websites and Applications DALLAS, TX–(Marketwire – October 5, 2010) – The Biostatistics Center at Johns Hopkins University and the Department of Surgery at Duke University School of Medicine have selected FireHost , the leading secure, managed hosting provider, as their official Web host for special projects within their health care divisions. The websites and applications that FireHost will protect contain critical, confidential patient and research data that must remain secure

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Microsoft Launches HealthVault in UK, Helping Britons Take Charge of Their Own Health News: Infinera and Spread Networks Provide Low-Latency Route Between New York and Chicago News: NaviSite Given Platinum Status for Expertise in Oracle Application Hosting News: Q&A: Savvis CEO Jim Ousley on the Fusepoint Acquisition News: Trustwave Acquires Breach Security (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Microsoft ( www.microsoft.com ) has launched HealthVault ( www.healthvault.co.uk ) in the UK, providing a personal health application platform designed to put consumers in control of their health information, and help them better take care of themselves. About 6 million people in the UK are actively involved in keeping themselves well, according to research, and this number is poised to grow if more tools are available to put UK citizens in charge of their health.  According to the Tuesday announcement from John Coulthard, Microsoft’s senior director of healthcare and life sciences, HealthVault can be used to collect and store health information that would otherwise reside in disparate systems and transfer the information between a variety of providers’ health services and systems. It enables the reuse and free flow of interoperable and transportable personal health information

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