The cost of health care administration is a hot issue in America. According to the Center for American progress, in the U.S.

Imprivata Partners HP and IGEL Technology to Integrate Strong Authentication Directly into Thin and Zero Client Devices to Help Organizations Optimize Roaming Desktop Capabilities

A quick look around at the vendors exhibiting at the VMworld 2013 conference in San Francisco this week seems to confirm the belief that the move to cloud computing is inevitable (a notion supported by a number of different studies).

Survey Finds that Cloud Computing is becoming More Prevalent in Healthcare, with 30 Percent of Respondents Indicating they use Cloud-Based Applications Today (up from Nine Percent Last Year)

Imprivata has unveiled OneSign ProveID Embedded, an API that is designed to allow health care providers to enable fast, secure No Click Access to electronic health records (EHRs) and similar clinical software in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).

The number of server-hosted virtual desktops in healthcare is up 39% compared to last year, and server-based computing is up 23%. Furthermore, 30% of 211 IT leaders responding to a survey from Imprivata indicated that they are using cloud computing today, up from 9% at this time last year.

Imprivata, a leading global provider of healthcare IT security solutions, recently announced its 2013 Desktop Virtualization Trends in Healthcare report, the company’s third-annual survey about the adoption rates and benefits of desktop virtualization and cloud-based applications in healthcare. According to the study, the proliferation of desktop virtualization in healthcare continues to increase, with the use of Server Hosted Virtual Desktops (SHVD) up 39 percent and the use of Server Based Computing (SBC) up 23 percent from last year’s survey.

The personal computer has done a lot of good for clinicians in hospital settings, but its days are numbered. Zero-client terminals are quieter, safer, and cheaper to buy and to maintain.

Fletcher Allen Health Care to Discuss how Imprivata Enables Fast, Secure No Click Access to its Epic EMR on Virtual Desktops to Allow Clinicians to Better Focus on Patient Care