LEXINGTON, Mass. and DALLAS, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Imprivata, the leader in healthcare IT security, andTexas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced a collaboration to support strong authentication and secure application access from virtual desktop environments.

Integrated No Click Access^® on TI's DM8148 system-on-chip to create standard for authentication in virtual desktop environments

TI combines its DM8148 system on-a-chip with Imprivata OneSign to provide out-of-the-box strong user authentication into any software application.

Imprivata (NYSE: IMPR) partnered with Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a healthcare system in Massachusetts, to assist the state with meeting DEA requirements by suppying CHA with an authentication platform designed to provide EPCS-enabled care providers with identify-proofing, two-factor authentication, and auditing and reporting.

Imprivata PatientSecure® Positively Identifies Patients and Securely Matches them to their Unique Medical Record Using Cutting-Edge Palm Vein Biometrics

Next time you walk into the hospital, you might be identified not by your social security number or birthday, but by the pattern of veins in the palm of your hand.

Imprivata has launched a new patient identification process called “palm vein biometrics," which takes a scan of a patient’s hand and captures the unique palm vein pattern.

Offering a novel answer to a complex security challenge, Imprivata has introduced PatientSecure, a patient identification tool that uses palm vein biometrics to link patients with their EHRs.

Customers Using Imprivata Solutions to Enable Fast, Secure, No Click Access® to Virtual Desktops Collectively Save More Than 140,000 Hours per Day

David Ting was sitting in the doctors’ lounge of a hospital in the Midwest U.S. when he noticed a man cursing at a computer station, pounding the keys with obvious frustration. Ting, co-founder and CTO of healthcare IT security company Imprivata, asked what the problem was.