ROCHESTER, NY, May 18 -- MedAssets Supply Chain Systems has signed an agreement that makes Kodak's Secure Email Services available to more than 25,000 MedAssets customers.

Under the multi-year agreement, MedAssets' customers may begin purchasing KODAK Secure Email Services (SES) to help expedite secure communications between healthcare organizations and their business partners.

With a seamless approach, Kodak has developed this solution to address all HIPAA compliance issues for electronic data exchange for both healthcare organizations and their partners such as associated physicians, diagnostic imaging centers, clinics and insurance carriers.
Kodak's innovative software and service encrypts e-mail messages and attachments enabling physicians, patients, providers and other authorized users to share patient information securely over the Internet. SES provides not only email encryption, but a fully integrated solution that includes anti virus, malicious code checks, anti-spam and electronic postmark.

Developed with Aliroo, Ltd., Kodak provides a complete security system to include protection for internal email, inbound and outbound corporate email along with any type of attachment.

"By enabling our customers to implement a user-friendly digital platform for securely exchanging confidential patient information via the Internet, we are taking another major step forward in improving communication among healthcare professionals to enhance patient care," said Nadia LaFlam, Director of Executive Services, MedAssets Supply Chain Systems.

MedAssets' customers include acute care hospitals, surgery centers, diagnostic imaging centers and other alternate care sites.

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About MedAssets

MedAssets, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, improves healthcare providers' margin and cash flow through revenue cycle and supply chain initiatives as well as decision support technology and services. For more information about MedAssets go to www.medassets.com or contact Gary Johnson, corporate senior vice president of Marketing and Marketing Services, 100 North Point Center East, Suite 200, Alpharetta, GA 30022.
About Kodak's Health Group

Kodak's Health Group, with 2005 revenues of $2.65 billion, is a world leader in supplying the medical and dental professions with advanced healthcare products, services and information technology solutions. Its broad portfolio includes picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS), healthcare information systems, computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) systems, laser imagers, mammography and oncology systems, x-ray film systems, dental imaging products, and a range of consulting--as well as repair and maintenance--services.

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