Summary :
In this conversation, Sandy Vance discusses the pivotal role of mobility in boosting clinical efficiency and ensuring patient safety, while discussing best practices for optimizing and adopting shared mobile devices for workforces, and utilizing identity and access management solutions to navigate complex workflow and security challenges with Dr. Sean Kelly, Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Customer Strategy, Healthcare at Imprivata. Dr. Kelly is also an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, part-time at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Laney Health. The discussion highlights Imprivata's latest advancements in mobility, interoperability, password-less authentication technologies, and data analytics, underscoring how healthcare organizations can harness the power of innovation to accelerate and optimize their digital transformation strategy.
Episode Notes
Sandy Vance and Dr. Sean Kelly speak about Imprivata’s role in enabling and securing digital healthcare access; both in letting the right people in and keeping bad actors out. The cybersecurity environment in healthcare is increasingly high-stakes as bad actors ramp up attacks on healthcare providers. Imprivata is helping providers mitigate risks and enhance efficiency with adaptive security, leveraging innovative tools for user identification, such as password-less authentication. Dr. Kelly emphasizes the importance of using a variety of user identifiers in different situations, allowing for a frictionless experience for healthcare providers while keeping patient records and healthcare data safe.
In this episode, they discuss:
The role that Imprivata plays in ensuring seamless workflows while maintaining security in the EHR and digital systems
The changing cybersecurity environment in healthcare and the sector’s growing push for mobility
The key measures required to enable efficient and secure mobile device access
How Imprivata’s technology helps organizations enforce security protocols like two-factor authentication without hindering workflows or care processes
Adaptive security measures based on user behavior, including remote access protections and two-factor authentication
Password-less authentication mechanisms, like biometrics and passkeys
How Imprivata utilizes different identity verification tools to keep bad actors out while reducing or eliminating security friction
A little about Dr. Kelly:
Dr. Sean Kelly, MD, is the Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President of Customer Strategy for Healthcare at Imprivata. He leads the company’s clinical workflow team and advises on the clinical practice of healthcare IT security. He has worked with Imprivata for over a decade, seeing its growth from a startup into a key player in the healthcare software industry.
In addition, Dr. Kelly practices emergency medicine at Beth Israel Lahey, an academic training hospital and trauma center. He is an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Harvard Medical School, where he has won several awards for his work.