In support of its “Better Health, Better Care” initiative, a strategy and action plan established by the Scottish Government in 2007, NHS Scotland wanted to remove unnecessary cost, delays and better manage the workflow complexity associated with accessing electronic patient data. Building the best security was also a key priority to help protect the increasing volumes of sensitive information while allowing for maximum clinician-patient service improvement.

NHS Scotland has begun the implementation of a single sign-on and password re-set system for access to patient systems used in NHS facilities across Scotland. It has been supplied by management services company Imprivata and is being implemented through a partnership with Northgate Managed Services. Imprivita said it will enhance data security for health workers

NHS Scotland has deployed Imprivata's single sign-on technology across 97 hospitals and 1,300 GP practices. Selecting OneSign 4.5, Ronnie Monaghan, head of the e-Health programme at NHS Fife, said that it was chosen due to the combination of data security and employee work capability.

In healthcare, it sometimes seems there’s only one constant: change. This ever-shifting landscape makes it extremely difficult for healthcare organizations to meet the goals of managing identity and access to care – particularly amidst increasing pressure to simultaneously improve patient care and reduce costs.

Expected to remove unnecessary cost, delays and better manage the workflow complexity associated with accessing electronic patient data NHS Scotland has selected Imprivata's No Click Access^®, a single sign-on and password reset (SSO/PR) offering to improve access to health systems, increase productivity and enhance data security for health workers across Scotland.

Imprivata establishes trust across the people, devices, applications, data, and clinical workflows that contribute to the delivery of patient care

Lexington, Mass.–March 1, 2018—Imprivata®, the healthcare IT security company, will showcase innovative technologies that enable care providers to address critical compliance and security challenges while improving overall productivity and the patient experience at the HIMSS18 Annual Conference & Exhibition (March 5-9 in Las Vegas).

Lexington, MA-based Imprivata, a security tech company focused on health IT applications, said today it has landed a multimillion-dollar deal with NHS Scotland to provide secure access technology to that country’s healthcare workers. No further financial details were given in the release, but another report puts the price at 1.8 million pounds (just under U.S. $3 million) over five years.

The National Health Service in Scotland will implement single-sign-on and password reset software from Imprivata Inc. in hospitals and medical practices across the nation. Specific terms of the multimillion-dollar deal were not disclosed. Nearly 100 hospitals and 1,300 practices will use the software. Reseller Trustmarque Solutions secured the contract and another Imprivata partner, Northgate Managed Services, will implement and support the OneSign software.