Evaluation of a proximity card authentication system for health care settings.
Background: Multiple users access computer workstations in busy clinical settings, requiring many logins throughout the day as users switch from one computer to another. This can lead to workflow inefficiencies as well as security concerns resulting from users sharing login sessions to save time. Pr...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Medical Informatics Vol. 92; pp. 1 - 8 |
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
Aug2016
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=116188291&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 116188291 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 13865056 JR4 jtl: International Journal of Medical Informatics issn: 13865056 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2016 vid: 92 pid: 467 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: New York, New York artinfo: ui: 116188291 116188291 NLM27318066 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2016.04.015 NLM27318066 116188291 ppf: 1 ppct: 7 formats: tig: atl: Evaluation of a proximity card authentication system for health care settings. aug: au: Fontaine, Jacqueline Zheng, Kai Van De Ven, Cosmas Li, Huiyang Hiner, James Mitchell, Kathy Gendler, Stephen Hanauer, David A. affil: School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA sug: subj: Hospital Information Systems Data Security Equipment and Supplies User-Computer Interface Attitude of Health Personnel Privacy and Confidentiality Computer Terminals Impact of Events Scale Scales ab: Background: Multiple users access computer workstations in busy clinical settings, requiring many logins throughout the day as users switch from one computer to another. This can lead to workflow inefficiencies as well as security concerns resulting from users sharing login sessions to save time. Proximity cards and readers have the potential to improve efficiency and security by allowing users to access clinical workstations simply by bringing the card near the reader, without the need for manual entry of a username and password.Objectives: To assess the perceived impact of proximity cards and readers for rapid user authentication to clinical workstations in the setting of an existing electronic health record with single sign-on software already installed.Methods: Questionnaires were administered to clinical faculty and staff five months before and three months after the installation of proximity card readers in an inpatient birthing center and an outpatient obstetrics clinic. Open-ended feedback was also collected and qualitatively analyzed.Results: There were 71 and 33 responses to the pre- and post-implementation surveys, respectively. There was a significant increase in the perceived speed of login with the proximity cards, and a significant decrease in the self-reported occurrence of shared login sessions between users. Feedback regarding the system was mostly positive, although several caveats were noted, including minimal benefit when used with an obstetric application that did not support single sign-on.Conclusions: Proximity cards and readers, along with single sign-on software, have the potential to enhance workflow efficiency by allowing for faster login times and diminish security concerns by reducing shared logins on clinical workstations. The positive feedback was used by our health system leadership to support the expanded implementation of the proximity card readers throughout the clinical setting. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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