Mac McMillan, CEO of Austin, Texas-based IT security firm CynergisTek and chair of the HIMSS Privacy & Security Policy Task Force, has some strong opinions about privacy protections in healthcare nowadays. The short version? Things could be a lot better.. Look at the number of breaches. Insider snooping is still rampant in healthcare. And that’s a cultural issue. It’s a cultural issue that says, ‘It’s OK for me to be looking at things that I’m not supposed to be looking at.’ Which goes right to the core of how the industry views security and confidentiality.
On the eve of the HIMSS18 Conference & Exhibition (March 5-9 in Las Vegas), the U.S. Senate provided the biggest boost yet to the already surging momentum behind electronic prescribing for controlled substances (EPCS).
The HIMSS18 Conference & Exhibition (March 5-9 in Las Vegas) kicked off yesterday, and we’re already getting great feedback on the Imprivata-Welch Allyn integrated solution for medical devices. Soon to be globally available for both Welch Allyn Connex® Spot Monitor and Welch Allyn Connex® Vital Signs Monitor, you can get a preview demo of this integrated solution on both devices at Imprivata booth #2854 and Welch-Allyn booth #3249.
NHS Scotland contracts with Imprivata for its OneSign single sign-on and password reset solution.
In one of the most significant security roll-outs in recent NHS history, patient health records at Scotland's 1,300 GP practices and 97 hospitals are to be secured using Imprivata's desktop single sign-on (SSO) system, OneSign 4.5, NHS Scotland has announced. At the head of the security features is the ability to access all applications after one sign-on process, backed up by self-service password resets, which overcomes the expensive hassle of calls to a helpdesk.
VAR Trustmarque has collaborated with Northgate Managed Services to help win a single-sign-on (SSO) contract covering Scotland’s NHS network. As part of its 'Better Health, Better Care' initiative, NHS Scotland was looking to remove unnecessary cost and delays, and install a less-complex workflow system associated with electronic patient data. The SSO and password reset solution is based on Imprivata technology, and will cover the many patient systems in hospitals and health communities across Scotland.