COVID-19 is, simply put, a generational event. In my career, the only parallel I can draw is 9/11, when I was CTO and then CIO of the second-largest medical facility in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). COVID-19 is a worldwide event, however, one that affects every one of us in some way. 

During 9/11, the entire USAF healthcare IT team was laser-focused on supporting our pilots and protecting our citizens. We ran 24/7 incident centers and kept our headquarters apprised of our capabilities, often on an hourly basis.

Imprivata, a provider of secure access and collaboration for healthcare, will hold its first annual Imprivata HealthCon 2012 User Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Boston, Nov. 6 - 8.  According to a release, information technology and clinical informaticists from Imprivata's base of 900 healthcare customers will share their experiences and best practices for increasing care provider productivity, speeding EHR adoption and protecting patient data.

Imprivata, a provider secure access and collaboration for the healthcare market, today released the results of a new survey of 500 IT decision-makers on the adoption and use of virtual desktop technologies in healthcare, according to a statement.  The survey found that adoption of desktop virtualization in hospitals is expected to grow by 44 percent in 2013 – a rate higher than all other industries covered in the survey.

Imprivata®, the leader in secure access and collaboration for healthcare, today announced that Imprivata OneSign® will be on display at booth #621 at the McKesson Insight 2012 Annual Conference. For today's highly mobile healthcare workforce, repeated log-ons/offs to multiple applications, countless times during a shift, can slow workflows, distract thought process and cause frustration. Imprivata OneSign optimizes productivity by allowing secure, No Click Access(TM) to desktops and clinical systems applications with a simple tap of the card or swipe of the finger.

Imprivata, a provider of secure access management and collaboration, announced that Imprivata OneSign has received a score of 88.4 in the Klas 2012 Mid-Term Performance Review: Software and Services report.  In a release dated June 21, the Company said that the report states that Imprivata scored 6 or more points above the software category average and between 3 and 6 points above the Single Sign-On market area average.  OneSign was among the top seven products out of the 718 rated this year."  Imprivata's success can be attributed to listening and understanding our customers

A new study released today by the Ponemon Institute finds that the use of pagers and other outdated communication technologies decreases clinician productivity and increases patient discharge times, collectively costing U.S. hospitals more than $8.3 billion annually. Sponsored by Imprivata®, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, the survey of 577 healthcare professionals reveals that doctors, nurses and other caregivers waste more than 45 minutes per day as a result of inefficient communication systems, costing the average U.S.

Imprivata Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 11 -- Imprivata, Lexington, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,220,063) developed by David M.T. Ting, Sudbury, Mass., for a "biometric authentication for remote initiation of actions and services." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one aspect, the invention relates to generating a trusted communication channel with a client. An agent module is provided at the client along with a task set including one or more tasks.