While the enormous push toward automating healthcare systems and records shift is logical and mandatory, it is not without headache and risk. As patient records have been digitized, healthcare data breaches have surged.
Last week was a new experience for me in many ways. I attended the first annual Imprivata Healthcon user conference. And while this blog is about my experiences on the road representing RES at industry events and such, technically this week I was not “on the road”. Healthcon 2012 was hosted in my home town of Boston Massachusetts, right on the historic Charles River with splendid views of Harvard, MIT, Fenway Park and the Boston skyline. And the best part was, at the end of the day, I got to get into my car and go home.
Fade to Lock gradually obscures workstation screen when inactive, warning the clinician that the screen will lock shortly. A nudge of the mouse reopens the screen saving clinicians' time and avoiding workflow disruptions. Display of the user's name on the privacy screen helps avoid charting under the wrong ID.
Imprivata’s new Fade to Lock™ gives clinicians a smarter and more efficient way to handle security and privacy for a common and particularly challenging reality in their workflows – the unattended workstation.
Patient Lily Johnson lies in her hospital bed, waiting for Dr. Barlow to write her discharge orders. She is tired. Hospitals are exhausting places where it’s nearly impossible to get a good night’s sleep. Activity swirls around her but none of it seems meaningful to her. She thought she was going home today. Dr. Barlow had come in on his morning rounds and told her she could go home. But although she calls out to the nurses who pass by her door, she can’t get any definitive time. So she waits.
Even as the use of mobile health, or mHealth, technology grew over the last few years, health care executives have paid too little attention to the need for mobile device security, and existing policies are often not followed by physicians, according to presenters at the mHealth Summit 2012.
Even as the use of mobile health, or mHealth, technology grew over the last few years, health care executives have paid too little attention to the need for mobile device security, and existing policies are often not followed by physicians, according to presenters at the mHealth Summit 2012 as reported by Search HealthIT.
When Meaningful Use Stage 2 roles out in 2013, one guideline hospital’s EHRs will have to meet is increased protection of patient health information. That means the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will be doing audits for HIPAA-compliance.
Live from Imprivata HealthCon 2012 Jason Mafera demonstrates API integration with Citrix XenApp for a seamless login experience and automated application launching.
Whether in the ED or at the bedside, physicians are focused on quality care, and they will embrace solutions that support, not detract from, that goal.
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