Imprivata has published a new white paper on how to navigate “the journey to passwordless for healthcare,” covering passwordless authentication in the healthcare sector. Healthcare organizations, it says, face “unique obstacles related to shared mobile devices and workstations, clinical workflows, plus legacy apps, which make achieving full passwordless a challenge.”

I’ve been practicing medicine long enough to remember the days before the electronic health record (EHR). My ‘ER note’ for each patient was hand-written on paper, one page long. I carried 50 ER notes around on my clipboard throughout my entire shift. After board rounds, I finished them up and handed them to the Unit Coordinator who would fax them to the coding department and file them into paper medical charts. Written orders and paper scripts were the norm.

Passwörter sind ein notwendiges Übel: Sie haben viele Nachteile, die jeder von uns im Umgang mit der IT täglich selbst erlebt. Die gute Nachricht: Notwendig sind sie bei weitem nicht. Es geht sogar besser ohne. Der passwortlose Zugriff erhöht den Schutz vor Cyberattacken.

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