Imprivata Connect 2025 London (formerly HealthCon) took place at the St Martin’s Lane Hotel, Covent Garden, London, on 6 November. It was a busy, vibrant day, hosted by our CEO Fran Rosch, with our customers, guests and the Imprivata team sharing experiences and learnings. One key theme that was repeated again and again by various speakers was the imperative to make life easier for clinicians – to remove some of the cognitive burden, making technology easy and seamless to use. Keep the clinicians happy, and everyone else is happy too, to the ultimate benefit of patients.

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