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Hilgraeve, Inc. Announces Appointment of Healthcare Industry Veteran, Daniel Rissing, to Advisory Board
Expertise will be used to advise company on how to best apply HyperSend benefits to healthcare providers

Monroe, MI, April 5, 2001 -- , a long-time leader in data communications software, announced today the appointment of healthcare industry veteran Daniel Rissing to its board of advisors. Mr. Rissing has nearly 30 years experience in leading some of the largest and most prestigious healthcare delivery systems in the US. He has served as president and CEO of Christus Health System, Division III, Dallas, TX; ProMedica Health System, Toledo, OH; St. Raphael Health Care System, New Haven, CT; and Good Samaritan Medical Center in Zanesville, OH. Mr. Rissing will advise Hilgraeve on how it can best apply the benefits of its secure Internet delivery system, called HyperSend, to the healthcare industry. The secure online transmission of patient data is paramount in today’s healthcare environment with HIPAA compliance requirements looming on the horizon.

HyperSend is a Web-based system that enables Internet users to exchange sensitive information securely with anyone in the world, through a web browser. HyperSend also features powerful capabilities that give healthcare organizations the ability to exchange patient data automatically – even among unattended computers. In addition, the system’s integrated workflow management tools save time and reduce costs. HyperSend requires virtually no training, doesn’t require maintenance by an IT staff, and can be quickly implemented.

“I am very pleased to be joining Hilgraeve’s advisory board,” Mr. Rissing said. “The company has a proven track record in providing software systems to improve communications, and I firmly believe their HyperSend product can provide multiple benefits to healthcare providers,” Mr. Rissing added.

“The impending HIPAA regulations are very alarming to healthcare executives and rightly so,” said Matt Gray, president and CEO of Hilgraeve. “Everyone’s trying to figure out what they will do about it. HyperSend provides healthcare organizations with an easy-to-implement, HIPAA-ready solution that lets them exchange patient data through the Internet today, safely, securely and economically. In addition, the system provides workflow automation features that relieve many of the communication burdens healthcare providers face,” Mr. Gray continued.

HyperSend secure delivery service was designed to overcome the inadequacy and risk of using e-mail to exchange large amounts of patient data through the Internet. Legacy digital data transfer technologies are not secure enough or robust enough to transmit large, highly confidential patient documents or files. HyperSend software provides encryption, authentication via passwords and digital certificates, and an audit trail to ensure complete security of communications.

About Hilgraeve, Inc.
Hilgraeve, Inc. is a leader in secure Internet communications software with over twenty years of experience. Hilgraeve’s HyperTerminal product is on more than 50 million desktops as a standard feature within all Microsoft Windows products since Windows 95. Their award-winning, new HyperSend family of products enables computer users the world over to tap the exploding potential of online communications with easy to use, advanced data communications software that also addresses the dilemma of secure messaging. For more information, please visit www.hypersend.com and www.hilgraeve.com.

Editor's Note
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