Imprivata has announced its 2013 Desktop Virtualization Trends in Healthcare: A Global Perspective report, which surveys healthcare IT decision makers in the U.S. and EMEA about adoption rates and benefits of desktop virtualization and cloud-based applications. According to the study, server based computing (SBC) and server hosted virtual desktops (SHVD) are prevalent in the USA and EMEA healthcare industries, with adoption of both technologies expected to increase.
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Imprivata is the Highest-Ranked Massachusetts Company
In an effort to fight the prescription drug-abuse epidemic, lawmakers in New York State recently passed legislation, known as I-STOP (Internet System for Tracking Over-Prescribing), designed to more effectively track patterns of potential prescription misuse. Among its mandates, the law requires that by March 2015, all prescriptions issued in the state of New York must be done so electronically (with limited exceptions), including prescriptions for controlled substances.
Imprivata has 34 Percent Market Share amongst Canadian Hospitals; Company to Showcase Solutions at Ontario Hospital Association’s HealthAchieve 2013
At West Virginia University (WVU) Hospitals, the traditional barriers of data protection have always been in place, but for Mark Combs that just wasn’t good enough.
Starting a new CIO role just as an organization is going live with an EHR system can be a mixed bag. On the one hand, a lot of the heavy lifting is done; but on the other hand, there’s an intense post-go-live period during which the staff needs constant support. For CIO Jeff Brown, who joined Lawrence General in 2012, this tumultuous time was an opportunity to leverage the skills he learned working in other areas of the industry.
Ever the risk-averse industry, healthcare is finally beginning to trust cloud for the storage of protected health information. Experts credit better cloud security, dropping costs and the growing need for disparate organizations to share information. What's more, this only appears to be the tip of the healthcare cloud iceberg.