Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust dramatically reduces login time for clinicians with Follow Me Desktop

Gloucestershire Hospitals NHSFT has gone live with a clinical desktop using the combination of Citrix and IGEL, with an Imprivata layer to provide single sign on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA). The combined solution, called ‘Follow Me Desktop’, has been rolled out across both the Trust’s hospitals and its maternity unit, covering 45 inpatient wards and 22 operating theatres.  The success of the project, which provides ‘tap and go’ access for clinicians as they participate in clinical workflows, has resulted in the solution being extended so that the desktop has been updated to include further clinical applications including electronic prescriptions and medicines administration (EPMA). The solution also reduces the need for expensive PCs, Windows user licences and the imperative to apply system and security updates device by device.

Dr. Thomas Mitchell, Emergency Department Consultant, ED IT and EPR Lead, Clinical Medical Information Officer, Gloucester Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said, “Small wins matter. From our SEDIT report we know that if we can reduce our IT burden by 1 minute per patient across our Emergency Departments, we will release 310 x 8hr shifts per year.”

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