ExpreSSO promises faster route to single sign-on
Healthcare access and identity management specialists, Sentillion, today launched a ‘plug and go’ single sign-on (SSO) solution called ExpreSSO. Sentillion bills ExpreSSO as offering fast access to a remedy for multiple sign-ons. Healthcare staff frequently complain about having to memorise multiple passwords to access different applications within their hospital system. Resetting forgotten passwords can be […]
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Imprivata puts in single sign-on smartcards at 11 trusts
Authentication and access management specialist Imprivata has signed up 11 trusts to use its new NHS OneSign, providing single sign on for all trust applications, after joining forces with Connecting for Health’s smartcard provider, Gemalto and smartcard software developer Intercede. Imprivata has added its single sign-on technology to CfH’s existing smartcard technology and spent six months […]
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PACS roll-out milestone hit in London and the South
All NHS hospital trusts across London and the South of England have now received systems to enable them to capture and store digital diagnostic images as part of the health service IT modernisation programme. NHS Connecting for Health, the agency responsible for NHS IT, yesterday confirmed to E-Health insider that 56 digital picture archiving and […]
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A torrid few months
iSoft chairman John Weston talks to E-Health Insider about the company’s new start following some difficult months.
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BMA implements single sign-on system
The British Medical Association have implemented an enterprise-wide single sign-on (ESSO) system to simplify login procedures for staff working in the office and from home. The OneSign ESSO system, which was supplied by Massachusetts-based authentication management company Imprivata, was piloted at the beginning of the year and now has been rolled out across the organisation’s […]
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Addenbrooke’s starts single sign-on roll out
A single sign-on system which will save busy clinical staff remembering multiple passwords and user names is being rolled out at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. Technical manager, David Hughes, explained that clinical and IT support staff were grappling with a total of 31 applications used around the hospital. Staff have an average of eight passwords to […]
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Good outlook for IP VPNs in European healthcare
Industry analysts Frost & Sullivan have predicted positive, if qualified, growth of Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs) in healthcare across Europe over the next few years. IP VPNs allow external access to networks so that clinicians can access patient information and health records. Internally, VPNs they can be used both for sharing data and […]
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Single sign-on targeted at UK health organisations
An IT security company which claims successful implementations in US hospitals of its enterprise single-sign on (ESSO) system has set up a European base and is attempting to target the UK health IT market. Imprivata, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, has developed the OneSign system (below), which allows a single authentication onto a network. According to the […]
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Electronic medical records top priority for US
US healthcare IT executives have named implementing a paperless electronic medical record (EMR) their top priority in the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) leadership poll. Nearly two-thirds of healthcare IT executives said their organisation planned to implement an EMR in the next two years, according to the 16th annual HIMMS leadership survey. […]
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