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Follow on Google News | Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust adopts Egress SwitchLondon-based NHS trust selects market-leading email and file encryption solution to securely share highly sensitive information outside of NHS networks.
By: Egress Software Technologies Providing a full range of services for local residents, as well as offering specialist care for patients from further afield, staff at London-based Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust have more than two million patient contacts every year. As such, medical professionals at the trust are routinely required to share highly confidential patient information with a network of health specialists in order to provide the highest levels of care. While secure communication can be facilitated by NHSmail and NHS SFTP for large file transfer, these services are generally only available for NHS employees. Elidon Beqiri, Information Security Manager for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, states: “The NHS currently uses NHSmail as the main way of securing confidential patient information shared via email between NHS organisations. However, the service is not available to most non-NHS bodies, such as private healthcare providers, private sector supply chain organisations, and education and research establishments, as well as NHS patients.” Market-leading email and file encryption service Egress Switch enables organisations to secure and control the information they share with external third parties, and is the only UK government certified email encryption product (http://download.egress.com/ “Secure large file transfer was of particular importance to the Trust when selecting a data security solution,” explains Beqiri. “As part of the academic health sciences centre King’s Health Partners, Guy’s and St Thomas’ is a pioneer in health research and a leading provider of medical education, which means we need to be able to share large amounts of data securely.” Combining flexible storage options, including on-premise and Cloud hosting with sophisticated file encryption, Switch offers a simple ‘one click’ large file transfer solution. (http://www.egress.com/ The final project was jointly delivered to Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust by Egress and leading security and infrastructure services partner Network Technology Solutions Ltd (NTS). Commenting on the announcement, Egress UK Sales Manager Kelly McCann stated: “We are delighted that Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has chosen to secure their confidential patient information using Switch. As a large NHS trust and a leading provider of medical research in the UK, Guy’s and St Thomas’ is committed to providing the highest quality of care, which extends to protecting the confidential patient information shared with third parties. Not only does Switch offer a comprehensive solution to data security, with users able to share information securely via email, large file transfer and removable media, automated message routing bridges the gap between secure and unsecure networks. As such, Guy’s and St Thomas’ can have full confidence that confidential patient information can be shared securely, without detracting from the high standard of care they provide.” For more information, contact Rebecca Bailey – Marketing and Communications, Egress Software Technologies: Tel: +44 (0) 207 624 8500 Email: rebecca.bailey@ About Egress Software Technologies Egress Software Technologies is the leading provider of email and file encryption software, offering innovative on-demand data security to enable organisations and individuals in the Public and Private Sectors to share confidential information with third parties. Combining on-premise and hosted cloud infrastructure with patented key management, Egress Switch provides a unique community-based licensing model called the Egress Trust Network. The Network is made up of paying and free Egress Switch subscribers, who are able to share information securely with one another using a single global identity. Delivered as a fully managed service, the Trust Network has grown virally to over 500,000 members. Used by organisations around the world, integrated desktop and mobile applications ensure easy-to-use software, designed to aid compliance and streamline user workflow. www.egress.com About Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of services for local residents, as well as specialist services for patients from further afield. Our care takes place in two of London's best-known teaching hospitals, Guy's Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital, where the Evelina London Children’s Hospital is also located. We also provide community care in health centres for residents of Lambeth and Southwark. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of only five academic health sciences centres in the UK, and as such, are pioneers in health research, and provide high-quality teaching and education. www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk (http://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/ End
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