2012 is nearing its end, but 2013 will present new challenges for healthcare IT security officers and IT managers. HealthITSecurity.com had a chance to speak with Keith Ashpole, Security Specialist at Via Christi Health in Kansas and Joel Loflin, IT Director – Clinical Applications at Via Christi, to hear about some new healthcare IT security initiatives at Via Christi and what’s important to them heading into 2013.

Hospitals have long relied on the trusty pager to alert doctors to an emergency. But the technology now looks embarrassingly primitive in the age of the multimedia smartphone.

So some healthcare start-ups are looking at ways to improve how doctors and nurses communicate, care for patients and manage treatments.

Five rural hospitals in Eastern Ontario have implemented a Single Sign-On system from Imprivata, enabling clinicians to easily access electronic charts and files from a wide variety of systems.

Focus on Risk: More effective risk governance—beyond simply adding more compliance people to the staff, which would increase costs but not likely improve controls—is the best way for financial services companies to meet their governance challenges, according to a report from Ernst & Young. Pressure also comes from investors, who expect firms to adjust their business models and costs in light of these new market pressures and regulatory scrutiny.

Lexington, Mass.— July 16, 2015—Imprivata® (NYSE: IMPR), the healthcare IT security company, today announced that the company will release the results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2015 after the market closes on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Imprivata will hold a conference call for investors on July 29 at 4:30 p.m. ET during which management will review highlights from the company's second quarter, its business outlook and other matters.

A list of 10 applications that nurses are using.