Press Release
OneSign Boosts Clinician Productivity and Improves Patient Care
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation NHS Trust Makes Secure Access to Patient Data Easier for Clinicians
LEXINGTON, MA – 9 November 2009 - Imprivata®, Inc., the employee access management company, today announced that East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust has implemented Imprivata OneSign to improve the speed and efficiency at which more than 7,000 users can access critical applications with single sign-on (SSO) technology. East Kent Hospital’s clinical and administrative staff quickly adopted the OneSign technology as it improved their workflows and provided more time for patient care.
Delivered through Imprivata reseller and NHS IT Security specialist BMS, the implementation of OneSign has boosted employee productivity at East Kent Hospitals University FoundationTrust by ensuring users can connect to applications via a single point of secure authentication rather than having to remember or write down individual credentials, share passwords or leave computers unlocked. OneSign has also enabled the Trust to cut helpdesk calls by 25 percent, the equivalent of saving £80,000 per year and also improving security across the organisation’s IT environment.
East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust needed a solution that was sufficiently flexible to accommodate their diverse technical infrastructure which included multiple user directories as well as meet the challenges of a geographically dispersed user population. Imprivata was the only solution that met these stipulations in full because of OneSign’s appliance-based approach. With multiple sites and a dispersed user population, OneSign’s easy-to-use management interface helps IT staff quickly and efficiently grant users access to applications as well as providing valuable auditing capabilities.
“Human nature suggests that employees will inevitably forget passwords if they have too many to remember, so finding a solution that makes it as simple as possible to access IT systems whilst keeping data secure is crucial,” said Nicola Ellingham, Project Manager for SSO at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation NHS Trust. “Password resets and access issues are an incredible drain on IT resources and Imprivata technology has helped us eradicate these calls so that support staff can focus on other more strategic areas of IT across the business. With OneSign, we are confident in our ability to achieve our organisational goals for effectiveness and efficiency.”
Imprivata’s OneSign simplifies end-user authentication to applications and makes it easier for care providers to access patient data. OneSign easily integrates with several healthcare applications and includes support for shared workstations, roaming desktops, fast user switching, a broad range of integrated strong authentication options and password policy implementation and management. OneSign delivers seamless and convenient access to all enterprise applications and patient data across more than 75 NHS trusts in the
“NHS organisations across the UK face similar access management challenges in terms of securing clinician access to data and systems without compromising user productivity or audit trails,” said Omar Hussain, CEO and President, Imprivata. “Imprivata is committed to addressing these needs via the OneSign platform, providing all NHS trusts with the right solutions to drive efficiency, cut costs, and improve clinician satisfaction enabling hospitals to deliver better patient care.”
About Imprivata
Imprivata secures employee access to desktops, networks, applications and transactions. Its appliance-based, employee access management platform, OneSign, enables organizations to protect enterprise information assets while improving user productivity. By strengthening user authentication, streamlining application access and simplifying compliance reporting across multiple computing environments, customers realize substantial IT Help Desk and administration cost savings, while achieving the security standards they demand.
Imprivata is a recognized leader in Authentication and Access Management, receiving numerous product awards and top review ratings from leading industry publications and analysts. Headquartered in
About BMS
BMS is a leading IT Security Solutions vendor specialising in the Healthcare market place. BMS provide an holistic, single point of reference service, offering a range of IT Security and knowledge management solutions, into the NHS market and other Public Sector and Commercial organisations. BMS offer best-of-breed solutions at competitive prices along with installation, training and support services.
BMS is a wholly independent organisation dedicated to investigating business problems for clients, proposing technology solutions to best fit their requirements and implementing these solutions.
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