Waltham, Mass.—February 4, 2026 — Imprivata, a leading provider of access management solutions for healthcare and other mission-critical industries, today announced that Imprivata Enterprise Access Management (EAM) s been named 2026 Best in KLAS for Access Management.
It was an absolute delight to be back at Digital Health Rewired. The event, the first major UK gathering since the beginning of the pandemic, was extremely busy, and full of energy and engagement. There was a diverse range of speakers which included academia, clinical, research, policy and industry.
There was a significant presence at the Gulf Information Security Expo & Conference (GISEC) in Dubai, which I attended recently. My previous blog covers many of the enlightening facts and viewpoints discussed, with Zero Trust very much a common thread discussed by almost all presenters and the topic of Identity highlighted as fundamental to this. The elephant in the room that wasn’t addressed was the challenge of managing digital identity, specifically in a complex healthcare setting.
DCB0129 has been around well over ten years, and yet is rarely talked about openly. DCB0129 is a standard for manufacturers of health IT software, and helps to prove the clinical safety of products. Originally introduced in 2009 (when it was known as ISB0129) and most recently updated in 2018, the standard provides a set of requirements suitably structured to promote and ensure the effective application of clinical risk management by those organisations that are responsible for the development and maintenance of health IT systems for use within the health and care environment.
And why many CIOs are choosing managed services to bridge the IT resource gap and boost security.
Even before the pandemic, CIOs at most healthcare organisations faced severe IT resource shortages as they worked to transform digital infrastructures to strengthen cybersecurity, automate clinical workflows, comply with regulations, and deliver consumer-driven healthcare.
After so much physical distance, it was good to attend this year’s Digital Health Summer School event – in person! – hosted by the University of York. The networking opportunities were highly appreciated and the energy that comes from being back together was palpable by all.
As aways, there was an impressive range of speakers and ideas – so impressive that I wanted to make sure they received the time and attention they deserve. I’ve summarised some thinking from a few sessions that really struck a chord for me: