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	Patient Privacy with Added Convenience for Hospital Staff

Patient Privacy with Added Convenience for Hospital Staff

Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Challenge	IT department for Fraser Health wanted to implement two-factor authentication to ensure patients' privacy at the new emergency department at Surrey Memorial Hospital. This facility would be unique in that every room would be a private room, including emergency rooms. Read More
About Customer	Fraser Health Authority provides a wide range of integrated health care services to more than 1.6 million people living in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia. With more than 26,000 employees and 2,500 physicians, Fraser is one of Canada’s Read More
Customer Name	Fraser Health Authority Read More
Solution	IT department chose Gemalto’s IDPrime smart cards, for security reasons and to improve overall efficiency and convenience for busy healthcare employees as they move from patient rooms to floor stations, to physician lounges. With the IDPrime smart cards, physicians can’t leave a computing device with an open session. Unlike other options, the Gemalto solution closes a session on the terminal as soon as the credential is removed from the reader. Hardware Components - Gemalto’s IDPrime Smart Card Software Components - IDPrime solution Read More Log in to view content
Data Collected	Electronic Medical Record, Personal Medical, Security and access Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Identity & Authentication Management

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Challenge

IT department for Fraser Health wanted to implement two-factor authentication to ensure patients' privacy at the new emergency department at Surrey Memorial Hospital. This facility would be unique in that every room would be a private room, including emergency rooms.

About Customer

Fraser Health Authority provides a wide range of integrated health care services to more than 1.6 million people living in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia. With more than 26,000 employees and 2,500 physicians, Fraser is one of Canada’s

Customer Name

Fraser Health Authority

Solution

IT department chose Gemalto’s IDPrime smart cards, for security reasons and to improve overall efficiency and convenience for busy healthcare employees as they move from patient rooms to floor stations, to physician lounges. With the IDPrime smart cards, physicians can’t leave a computing device with an open session. Unlike other options, the Gemalto solution closes a session on the terminal as soon as the credential is removed from the reader. Hardware Components - Gemalto’s IDPrime Smart Card Software Components - IDPrime solution

Data Collected

Electronic Medical Record, Personal Medical, Security and access

Impact #1	[Data Management - Data Security] Physicians can’t leave a computing device with an open session which increases data security.
Impact #2	[Efficiency Improvement - Labor] Employees can use the cards to login to workstations, for visual identification and for physical access to secure areas.

Impact #1

[Data Management - Data Security]
Physicians can’t leave a computing device with an open session which increases data security.

Impact #2

[Efficiency Improvement - Labor]
Employees can use the cards to login to workstations, for visual identification and for physical access to secure areas.

Benefit #1	The solution reduced operation cost by 20%.

Benefit #1

The solution reduced operation cost by 20%.

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Overview

Patient Privacy with Added Convenience for Hospital Staff

Operational Impact

Quantitative Benefit