Welcome to this week’s Imprivata Healthcare News Watch!
Today, we’re following stories on the HIT market momentum, the measurability of the coming mobile revolution and the need for prioritization of physician engagement in the ICD-10 transition.
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Imprivata®, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, today announced the availability of a new report from HIMSS Analytics that outlines the data access and workflow efficiency challenges Canadian hospitals face as they continue to implement electronic health record (EHR) systems.
Imprivata, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, today announced a program to enable customers using the Citrix Single Sign-On (SSO) feature to seamlessly migrate to Imprivata OneSign Single Sign-On to enhance security and increase workflow efficiency. Organizations in healthcare and other industries that currently rely on Citrix to support Windows application SSO for XenDesktop and XenApp platforms are eligible to participate in Imprivata's migration program to quickly and cost-effectively implement OneSign.
Lexington-based Imprivata, a IT security firm focused on the health care industry, is expecting an initial public offering within two years after growing to more than $50 million in revenue in 2012, CEO Omar Hussain said in an interview. The venture-backed company also announced Tuesday that it has added two to its board of directors — Dr. John Halamka, the well-known chief information officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Rodger Weismann, former CFO of Phase Forward (acquired by Oracle in 2010).
While some hospitals claim to be seeing benefits of electronic medical records, others are still complaining that they’re cumbersome and time-consuming. Keeping digitized personal health information private and secure, while opening up new lines of communication, is apparently clogging up some systems. That was reason enough for IT security company Imprivata to launch a global healthcare division in 2010 to help hospitals access data easily, efficiently and safely.
Earlier this week, Imprivata announced a program to enable customers using the Citrix Single Sign-On (SSO) feature to seamlessly migrate to Imprivata OneSign® to enhance security and increase workflow efficiency.
Today, Imprivata announced an exciting expansion of the company’s strategic partnership with Citrix—Imprivata OneSign® will provide application single sign-on (SSO) and authentication management support for Citrix XenDesktop® 7.
First launched at last year's Citrix Synergy customer event, NComputing is updating its Citrix-specific, System on Chip-powered N-Series thin client/VDI lineup to appeal to a broader audience at this week's LA conference.