Compass Health deploys BlackBerry UEM Cloud to secure and enable healthcare services to regional communities in New Zealand
BlackBerry Limited has announced Compass Health will secure and manage a fleet of mobile devices using BlackBerry Secure Software. The deployment will enable the organisation to provide a trusted mobile working environment for healthcare staff who work in the field.
Compass Health, in operation since 1995, has 60 General Practice Teams and a number of other health care providers in its jurisdiction. The company is using BlackBerry Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) to address its cybersecurity and regulatory requirements, protecting data integrity and providing assurance to the company’s wide network of healthcare partners, with the ultimate goal to help improve patient outcomes.
Sara Jost, Global Healthcare Industry Lead at BlackBerry says, “Digital technology is rapidly changing how healthcare practitioners treat patients and deliver enhanced and more affordable health services for citizens. At all stages of transformation, as more data is shared for progress, it must also be protected for patient privacy. We are very excited that Compass Health has joined the thousands of health institutions around the world who trust BlackBerry Secure software to manage valuable patient information and help to enhance patient care.”
Alistair Vickers, Chief Information Officer, Compass Health further explains, “Our company works closely with various government departments and is bound by many laws to protect all data sets held, managed, distributed and reported on. We had full confidence in the security capabilities of BlackBerry to provide a solution that would meet healthcare regulation requirements, while enabling our employees to operate on the move with the freedom of secure communications from anywhere.”
With 120 employees providing care to around 313,000 people in the Wellington, Porirua, Kapiti and Wairarapa regions, Compass Health needed a flexible mobile solution to enable nurses, clinicians and support staff to collaborate with a wide network of healthcare providers, partners and communities. Compass Health wanted to reduce risk of data breaches with a secured environment to share files and patient data throughout the network, with the capability to secure and track data if shared outside the firewall.
Multi-platform BlackBerry UEM provides Compass Health with comprehensive device, app and content management with integrated security and connectivity for a fleet of Android and iOS devices.
It delivers complete endpoint management and policy control, which is critical when dealing with the sensitive information like patient health records.
The seamless deployment of staff devices, supported by BlackBerry channel partner ISEC7, was enhanced by the Samsung Knox Mobile Enrolment and Apple Device Enrolment Programs. These both fully integrate with BlackBerry UEM and provide a fast, streamlined way to deploy corporate-owned devices.
Vickers says, “Ensuring the wellbeing of all our people is at the core of Compass Health. By making it easier for our staff to collaborate, BlackBerry UEM will allow us to further engage a wide range of health professionals and help provide the best possible treatment for our patients. With secure devices in their hands, our staff can be more confident that information is not compromised when in the field. Plus, as the work applications aren’t invasive, we can provide a mix of devices that both gives staff privacy and secures confidential information.”
This news comes as The Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) announced recently it will conduct a review of a broad range of healthcare issues, with a view to future-proof health and disability services. By securing valuable and sensitive personal health information and enhancing the ability for care givers to work from anywhere, Compass Health is already helping to address the government’s objectives by creating new efficiencies that will help them allocate resources where they are most needed.
Recently, Melanoma Institute Australia, which pioneers prevention and cure of melanoma through innovative world-class research, treatment and education programs, also announced it is using BlackBerry Secure software to help advance patient outcomes. It has successfully trialed BlackBerry Workspaces as its secure file storage and collaboration platform for Melanoma Institute clinicians, researchers and external contributors in the network, including scientists and doctors based at different hospitals.
For more information about BlackBerry UEM, please visit here. For more information about Compass Health, visit here.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a cybersecurity software and services company dedicated to securing the Enterprise of Things. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the company was founded in 1984 and operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The Company trades under the ticker symbol “BB” on the Toronto Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.BlackBerry.com.
About Compass Health
Compass Health is a Primary Health Organisation (PHO) that provides a wide range of primary care services through 61 General Practice Teams and a number of other health care providers throughout the Wellington, Porirua, Kapiti and Wairarapa regions. For more information, visit here.
