I often have conversations with customers about the level of effort that is required to support OneSign once it is deployed. We usually talk about the resources that are required to work on testing new application profiles or changes to existing profiles, but if you back up one level, you will see the X factor.

Following the announcement that NHS Scotland had selected Imprivata to provide single sign-on for all of its health workers across Scotland, the Scottish Government has published an update to their e-health strategy for 2011-2017.

VMworld was markedly different from a healthcare IT point of view this year. I wrote a guest blog for HealthITExchange summarizing a few of my thoughts which you can find here. Were you at VMworld this year? What was your impression?

The highlight of today was undoubtedly the customer panel in the session Healthcare and the Journey to the Cloud- State of the Industry.

Many agencies that I’ve spoken to are not aware of the Advanced Authentication requirements of the FBI CJIS Security Policy 5.6.2.2 and are therefore not aware that they may be in breach of this requirement. This video will quickly enable you to find out whether you may be in breach and how Imprivata can put you back in compliance.

Day 2 is now in full swing at VMworld 2011. We had a very busy Day 1 yesterday. While the show attendance was clearly impacted by Irene, it sure feels like there are 15,000+ VMworld attendees here in sunny Vegas.

I’m extremely excited about our participation in this year’s show particularly the opportunity to demonstrate the results of our collaboration and integration with some of our partners. Imprivata is working in conjunction with VMware, Teradici, Dell, and VCE to showcase our joint solutions, which showcase VMware View serving up virtual desktops,

Imprivata PrivacyAlert™ Quickly Detects Snooping and Identity Theft of Medical Records

HIMSS 2010 Annual Conference & Exhibition, Hall B, Booth 8808, Atlanta, GA-March 2, 2010 -Imprivata ^®, Inc., the company that simplifies and secures user access, today announced the release of Imprivata PrivacyAlert™. Specifically designed for healthcare, Imprivata PrivacyAlert is a data monitoring solution that helps hospitals gain control over patient data privacy exposure and allows them to quickly align with state/provincial and country legislations.

As a practicing emergency physician and the Chief Medical Officer at Imprivata, I know that the last eight weeks have been challenging for all of us. And the challenges will continue; but we are adapting and making progress day by day. As we continue to find our way to a “new normal,” I ask you to please consider this: In healthcare, we are always assessing RISKS versus BENEFITS.