Single Sign On for Healthcare

For healthcare organizations looking to improve access to patient data, ActivIdentity offers Single Sign On (SSO) solutions that accelerate access to patient data by simplifying password usage and streamlining workflow.

ActivIdentity SSO solutions help care providers with their computing duties by cutting down time spent logging into applications; using two-factor authentication to strengthen and simplify security; and integrating with partner healthcare solutions for identity management, thin terminals, proximity identification, and context management.

Streamlined access

Many hospitals have increased their usage of passwords due to security concerns and HIPAA regulations. Passwords consume time better served with the patient instead of a computer. Using ActivIdentity solutions, users authenticate once to a workstation or kiosk with an optional authenticator device, and gain password-free access to their applications. Using context management, care providers can work on a patient’s information across multiple applications, creating a virtual consistent view that streamlines patient information access workflow.

Features and benefits

• More Time with Patients: ActivIdentity healthcare solutions speed access to patient data, providing doctors with the convenience they want without making compromises to security. Doctors spend less time fighting with passwords and have more time available for delivering care.
• Strengthens Security: Authentication devices help care providers access computer systems with ease. Using proximity devices, workstations can identify users and eliminate the need for typing in usernames. With biometrics, users have their identification always available at the touch of a finger. Using smart cards and USB tokens, organizations can deploy the strongest form of two-factor authentication for workstation access.
• Enhances Productivity: With context management, users can quickly update a patient record in multiple applications without performing repetitive manual searches.
• Improves User Experience: Care providers experience higher user satisfaction through password reduction and fast authentication.
• Consolidates Identification: When deployed with the ActivIdentity Smart Employee ID, organizations can eliminate redundant cost and administrative work for remote access tokens, physical access, and workstation access.
• Addresses Future Needs: Smart Employee ID supports future healthcare security initiatives including secure documents and forms, digital signatures, and encryption.

Certifications

• ActivClient PIV API module – FIPS 201 certified by NIST
• ActivClient supports FIPS 140 certified smart cards and applets
• ActivKey drivers – WHQL certified Windows compatibility

Standards compliance

• LDAP v3
• 3DES
• AES
• PKI standards including PKCS #11

ActivIdentity products used in this solution

• ActivIdentity® SecureLogin® SSO
• ActivIdentity® SecureLogin® Kiosk
• ActivClient™
• ActivIdentity Smart Cards and Applets (optional)
• ActivIdentity Readers (optional)
• ActivKey™ USB Tokens (optional)

Supported Partner Products

Identity Management Platforms:

• Sun®
• Novell®
• Microsoft®
• HP®
• IBM®

Context Management:

• Fusion from Carefx™

Thin Computing and Remote Applications:

• Wyse® Thin Terminals
• Sun™ Secure Global Desktop and Sun Ray
• Citrix Presentation Server™

Related ActivIdentity technology solutions

• Enterprise Single Sign On
• Secure Information & Transactions
• Strong Authentication
• Device & Credential Management

Partner solutions

• Strong Authentication for Windows™ Login
• Strong Authentication for Microsoft® Terminal Services
• Strong Authentication for Novell® SecureLogin
• Strong Authentication for Sun™ Global Desktop and Sun Ray
• Strong Authentication for Citrix Presentation Server™

Industry Solutions

• Smart Employee ID
• Enterprise
• Government
• Banking and Finance
• Healthcare
• Single Sign On for Healthcare
• Law Enforcement

Solution Brief (PDF)

• Healthcare Solution Brief

Related Solutions

• Enterprise Single Sign-On