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St. Jude Medical Achieves Recognition for Security of Patient Data and Completes Successful Testing to Streamline Connection to Patient Medical Records

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, February 7th, 2010

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (NYSE:STJ) announced it has successfully completed its second interoperability testing process for the company's Merlin.net™ Patient Care Network, an Internet-based repository of patient and implantable device data. The company also announced that the Merlin.net PCN is the first medical device network to be awarded ISO 27001 certification, a stringent worldwide information security standard.

"Due to recent legislation and the changing health care environment, electronic health records (EHRs) and hospital efficiency are key issues for our customers. As the use of EHRs become central to healthcare delivery and quality, secure data...

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