CHA is the First Healthcare Organization in Massachusetts to Deploy Imprivata Confirm ID with Hands Free Authentication to Help Meet DEA Requirements for EPCS and Reduce Drug Diversion and Fraud

Healthcare technology is stuck in the past, disrupting the flow of work for healthcare providers, and taking valuable time away from patients. This is especially pertinent when it comes to controlled substances which, due to DEA regulations, are still often prescribed on paper pads that can be altered, forged, or stolen.

There’s naturally a lot of buzz over the acquisition of One Medical by Amazon.com. All the big tech companies are convinced they can fix our health care system. Perhaps they will start serving up appropriate treatments the way they choose the movies we view or the political diatribes we consume. But I recently talked to Gus Malezis, CEO of the digital identity company Imprivata, to explore what Amazon has to do to make its investment pay off.

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When patient tests and records are computerized, so the theory goes, it’s fast and easy to access them – all you need to do is click a few keys. In reality, clinicians can be bogged down when they encounter the dozens of databases and repositories that accumulate in a hospital or clinic. It’s just too hard to log-in and out, let alone remember all of those passwords. That explains why many Canadian hospitals are now investigating single-sign on (SSO) solutions – which tie multiple systems together and enable users to seamlessly enter them with just a single log-on.