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NEWTON-WELLESLEY HOSPITAL IMPROVES ACCESS & WORKFLOW BETWEEN MEDITECH AND MULTIPLE CLINICAL APPLICATIONS

Newton-Wellesley Successfully Deploys Sentillion's single sign-on and Context Management Solutions

ANDOVER, Mass. - May 15, 2006 - Sentillion, Inc., the leading provider of identity and access management (IAM) solutions for the always-on healthcare industry, today added to their industry leading total of 174,000 live users with the announcement that Newton-Wellesley Hospital has implemented Sentillion's Vergence® single sign-on and context management solutions to improve caregiver productivity. Newton-Wellesley Hospital is the premier teaching hospital in Massachusetts and part of the Partners HealthCare System.

With the implementation of Vergence, Newton-Wellesley Hospital eliminated multiple passwords for multiple applications along with the need to search for patient records in each individual application. Caregivers now have quick access to the information they need, when they need it. Early measurements indicate that caregivers are spending up to 30 fewer minutes per day logging into applications because of Vergence.

"We first selected Sentillion because we were looking for more than a point solution; we wanted a vendor that could meet our evolving identity and access management needs," said Margaret Thomas, CIO, Newton-Wellesley Hospital. "As we went through the implementation process, we found that not only does Sentillion have proven technology but they have documented and repeatable processes for getting customers live, quickly and with ease. Our caregivers are thrilled with the solution and we are delighted to have a partner that is committed to the success of our organization."

Newton-Wellesley Hospital selected Sentillion's Vergence SignOn Manager and Context Manager to provide caregivers with single password access and seamless workflow between its primary healthcare IT system, MEDITECH and other applications including Ibex and Fuji Synapse.

Newton-Wellesley now distributes a single password to each user, administered from a central location, eliminating caregiver frustrations over having to remember unique passwords for several applications. Once signed on, the context management solution enables caregivers to maintain patient context as they switch between the disparate applications.

"Every emergency department in the country should deploy single sign-on," said Mark Lemons, MD, Newton-Wellesley Hospital. "My colleagues and I have to continually log-on to and work between multiple applications and Sentillion's solution provides quick and easy access to the information we need to deliver the best care possible to our patients."

Sentillion's IAM products help healthcare provider organizations meet their urgent need for patient safety and privacy, streamlined workflows, regulatory compliance and the protection of data and information sources. Sentillion's Vergence product suite enables organizations to know who their users are - identity management - and to help them be productive while ensuring system security and guarding patient confidentiality - access management. Vergence is a modularized suite that includes user provisioning, strong authentication, single sign-on, clinical context management and privacy auditing.

About Sentillion
Sentillion is the leading provider of identity and access management solutions to the always-on healthcare industry. Sentillion’s Vergence® product suite enables healthcare organizations to know who their users are, help them be productive, guard their systems and protect their patients. The Vergence solution is a modularized product suite that includes user provisioning, strong authentication, single sign-on, clinical context management and privacy management. With customers across North America, Sentillion was named the leading vendor for healthcare single sign-on for three consecutive years by IDC Research. Sentillion is a privately held company headquartered in Andover, Mass. For more information, visit Sentillion at www.sentillion.com.