San Francisco's Persona Computing wins California State HIPAA compliancy contract

San Francisco, CA — March 29, 2002 — The San Francisco based information technology (IT) staffing firm of Persona Computing, Inc. has won a contract to service California State agencies in their bid to become compliant with the Federally mandated Healthcare Information Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA).

According to Ginny Velasquez, Persona Computing's president, "Implementation of  the Healthcare Information Portability & Accountability Act will have a profound impact on the entire Healthcare industry.  Anyone, private or public, that deals with any US citizen's health information in any form, computer based or paper, will be affected by HIPAA.  Our winning this State contract says that we are a very credible resource when it comes to supplying qualified IT staff experienced in HIPAA information technology issues."   

Says Velasquez,  "Our clients have always congratulated us on the quality and efficiency of our work and tell us our customer service is second to none.  We are glad that we can now bring these qualities, and our HIPAA expertise, to serve the public interest of not only the State of California but any entity, public or private.  Winning this contract is a great achievement for Persona Computing.  We are a small business and in this contract bid we had to compete against far larger outfits, including Big 5 consulting companies.  We have shown that we can compete and we can win.  "

About Persona Computing, Inc.
Persona Computing fills both contract and permanent information technology (IT) positions for a wide range of firms. Clients include bio-tech companies such as Applied Biosystems and Incyte Genomics and other San Francisco Bay Area companies such as Pacific Bell, California State Automobile Association, Kaiser, IBM, a Northern California gas & electric company, and Longs Drugs.