FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Rochelle, N.Y. – February
20, 2001 - OCG Technology, Inc. (OTC BB: "OCGT") announced today that
its wholly owned subsidiary, PrimeCare Systems, Inc. ("PSI"), has chosen
Sigaba Corporation's Email Encryption Gateway for securing PSI's health-related
email transmissions over the Internet.
PrimeCare's Internet interactive
medical interview system, PrimeCareontheWeb
("PCW"), facilitates collection, analysis and delivery of the patients'
history of present illness ("HPI") reports, from patients to doctors.
Sigaba Corporation specializes in
securing content that is communicated over the Internet. The combined
solution ensures that only the patient's healthcare provider will see
the results of their medical interviews from PCW. Sigaba encrypts the
message, ensures that the sender and recipient are who they say they
are, and protects the information with a seal, preventing anyone from
tampering with the content. The physician can be assured that the information
he or she is reviewing has not been altered, and the patient can be
confident that his or her private medical information remains completely
private throughout its path from patient to physician.
"It is important for doctors
and patients to communicate in ways that are easiest for them. Consequently,
PSI has made an effort to incorporate as many communication channels
as possible with its PCW product, including secure web sites, fax, pager,
and now, Sigaba-secured email. Sigaba's technology allows PrimeCare
to leverage Internet email communication in a way that is not only secure,
but also complies with the level of auditing and encryption recommended
in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA),"
stated Jeff Nelson, Vice President of OCGT. "We looked at many security
solutions. The Sigaba HIPAA solution was by far the most cost efficient
and easiest to implement. It also is extremely timely since Hackensack
University Medical Center's ISP is being activated and registration
to use PCW has commenced."
The HIPAA regulations mandate
that any electronic transmission of patient data be standardized, secure,
and subject to rigorous privacy and auditing rules. Currently, HIPAA
has a staggered regulatory schedule requiring hospitals, physicians,
pharmacies, health insurance and health information systems to comply
by 2002-2003.
"We are pleased to be able
to offer a simple and affordable solution to PrimeCare and their customers.
With the addition of the Sigaba Gateway, PrimeCare adds secure email
delivery to PCW, allowing PCW to maintain full HIPAA compliance (complete
confidentiality of records and communications)," said Gary B. Friedman,
Sigaba Chairman/Co-founder.
OCGT and PSI have an extensive
commitment to healthcare software and informatics technology. They own,
maintain, and operate several Internet web sites based upon PSI's PrimeCare
Patient Management System: www.YourOwnHealth.com,
www.YourOwnDoctor.com, and www.PrimeCareOnTheWeb.com.
All of PSI's products actively involve consumers in their own healthcare.
For more information, visit PrimeCare's corporate web site at http://www.pcare.com.
Sigaba Corporation secures
enterprise-class messaging solutions. The first products released secure
email communications for enterprises and individuals, providing end-to-end
complete data security for emails across the Internet. Sigaba solutions
are available at a much lower cost and with a much faster implementation
time than most PKI solutions. Unlike PKI based systems there is no cumbersome
key management required on the part of the user. Sigaba handles it all
on the back-end, without compromising either privacy or security. For
more information about Sigaba and Sigaba's HIPAA solution please visit:
http://www.sigaba.com and http://www.sigaba.com/corporate/hipaa.html.
Safe Harbor Statement:
The statements that are not historical facts contained in this release
are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties
that may individually or mutually impact the matters herein described,
including but not limited to product acceptance, economic, competitive,
governmental, results of litigation, technological and/or other factors,
which are outside the control of OCGT as well as those risks and uncertainties
detailed in the Company's Security and Exchange Commission filings.
Company Contact:
| OCG
Technology, Inc. |
Sigaba
Corporation |
| Jeffrey
P. Nelson |
Gary
B. Friedman |
| Vice
President, Investor Relations |
Chairman
and Co-Founder |
| Tel.
(914) 576-8457, ext 21 |
Tel.
(650) 572-6115 |
| jnelson@pcare.com |
gbf@sigaba.com |
|