Challenges and opportunitites

Healthcare institutions are facing the pressure to control costs, upgrade and manage information systems and enhance the productivity of employees who provide patient services.
Protecting the privacy of patient records is an important concern and the standard practice of user name - password authentication is no longer considered to be secure. Two global trends are accelerating the need for these organizations to transform their information and security systems:

• Adoption of electronic health records
• Economic incentives to deploy new technologies that improve patient care

Overview

Benefits

• Desktop, network and application logon
• Single sign-on and instant access to patient care applications
• Remote network access
• Data encryption Digital signature
• Visual identification
• Physical access control

• Enhanced security for logon, remote access, and sensitive patient information
• Increased employee productivity
• Favorable ROI due to interoperability with existing infrastructure
• Reduced password support costs and risks of data breach
• Supports an efficient and streamlined process for regulatory compliance

Components

These solutions can be easily integrated within a thin client environment and include:

• Gemalto smart card-based devices
• Microsoft Windows operating systems and Identity Lifecycle Manager
• Citrix XenApp™ application infrastructure and ICA protocol
• Thin client systems from Wyse and iGEL

Technology Partners

• Microsoft
• Citrix
• Wyse
• Igel