National Medication Database

The National Medication Database, known in Denmark as the FMK (Fælles Medicinkort), is a centralized repository that provides a comprehensive view of every citizen’s prescribed and dispensed medications. The Denmark medication repository system enables clinicians, pharmacies, and patients to access and update medication records in real time, ensuring accuracy, safety, and continuity of care across the entire healthcare ecosystem. The Danish government mandates strong authentication for FMK access, recognizing that protecting patient data at the national level requires robust, standardized digital identity assurance.

One way that healthcare organizations can meet security requirements for Denmark’s National Medication Database is by adopting FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) authentication. This global standard eliminates passwords in favor of secure cryptographic credentials stored on trusted devices or cards. FIDO’s public-key infrastructure ensures that only verified users can access sensitive clinical systems, reducing the risk of credential theft and phishing. In the Danish context, this includes FIDO cards that clinicians use to perform step-up authentication before accessing FMK and other critical applications.

However, modern clinical workflows extend far beyond fixed endpoints. Clinicians now rely on smartphones and tablets to access crucial healthcare applications, where patient data and communication intersect at the point of care. Until recently, FIDO authentication was limited to desktops and workstations, creating complexity for IT administrators who had to maintain exceptions and manage multiple policy layers to accommodate mobile workflows.

The latest innovations from enterprise access security companies like Imprivata are working to close such gaps. With the introduction of FIDO-based authentication within Imprivata Mobile Device Access, organizations can now enforce consistent, strong authentication across endpoints and mobile devices through a single, unified platform. By integrating FIDO authentication into the Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) suite and extending it to Imprivata Mobile solutions, clinicians can seamlessly and securely access FMK and other critical systems from any authorized mobile device.

For Denmark’s healthcare organizations, secure mobile device authentication removes administrative overhead, simplifies compliance, and empowers clinicians with secure, frictionless access. Beyond Denmark, the same approach scales globally, underpinning Imprivata EPCS (Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances) capabilities and supporting the broader movement toward mobile-first, passwordless authentication. With FIDO now embedded across clinician workflows, Imprivata delivers solutions for evolving healthcare industry requirements and expectations: strong, standards-based authentication that works everywhere clinicians do.