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A recent Gartner Blog Network post and Wall Street Journal article both focus on new, stricter data regulations being passed in several states, including Massachusetts. The final set of the Massachusetts regulations focus on restricting employee access to data, monitoring malicious activity on the network, and strong authentication protocols. The new regulations will go into effect beginning January 1, 2009.
We are pleased to recognize our inaugural 2012 Healthcare Innovation Award finalists, including Catholic Health Partners, Johns Hopkins, Memorial Healthcare, MedCentral Health System, Mercy Health System and Sanford Health, for their innovative application of Imprivata solutions to improve clinical workflow and increase productivity and data security. We will be spotlighting these finalists on our blog leading up to the November 8 announcement of the winner at Imprivata HealthCon 2012 User Conference.
Imprivata’s Geoff Hogan authored an article for Security Technology Executive last month titled, “Passwords in Peril” that delves into the password management conundrum that organizations face with the growing number of applications that employees use daily. While the article summarizes succinctly the helpdesk costs issue, employee productivity and the data security vulnerabilities that a runaway password management problem causes, it also highlights effective single sign-on (SSO) strategies and tactics to overcome these challenges.
I wanted to take this opportunity to pull out a couple of SSO and Password Management best practices that Geoff covered, while adding a couple more...
Another insider unauthorized access incident came across my radar just as I put the finishing touches on my most recent blog post highlighting Lesmany Nunez’s case being the latest example of a disgruntled employee breaching a network. As of today, the most current remote access security breach involves Danielle Duann, an IT director of a nonprofit organ and tissue donation center.
If you had Presidents Day off of work this week, we hope you put it to good use. For those of us in healthcare, however, we know there is rarely such a thing as a Holiday. Imprivata has your buzzworthy health IT news ready.
This week we are following thoughts on an EMR template, how the health IT industry can save the US economy and why King Richard III needs authentication and identity management just as much as we do.
What are you reading this week?
Imprivata will recognize one outstanding customer at HealthCon with a Best Practice/Innovation Award. This award will acknowledge best practices, innovation and success with Imprivata solutions. If you are interested in nominating your facility please fill out this brief questionnaire before September 5.
I thought I’d give you the condensed version of the great customer presentations and comments we had here at booth #3160 from the HIMSS show floor.
Users from temporary staff all the way up to the corner office complain about ‘drowning in security.' Why does it take four more passwords to open an email at work in some cases than to check a bank balance via the home PC? The things that make a car safe - airbags, safety glass, crumple zones, etc. - are not obvious to the driver. What lessons can we adopt from hidden security measures to make security less of a drag on employee performance?
You’ve seen the infographic, you’ve read the white paper, now watch the movie!
Recently, Imprivata’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Sean Kelly, spoke on a Surescripts panel, “Combating the Opioid Epidemic,” about the role that technology can play in fighting opiate abuse and fraud.
Below is a recap of the discussion from Surescripts’ Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Paul Uhrig, and a video with highlights from the panel.
Technology is a powerful weapon in the fight against opioid abuse
By Paul Uhrig, Chief Administrative & Legal Officer, Surescripts