Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of innovative computer products including hard disk drives, peripherals and biometric security solutions, today announced that City of Angels Medical Center has utilized the Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric authentication device in their Urgent Care department. For this groundbreaking project, the medical center will also implement Softex Incorporated’s OmniPass Client Edition security software.

City of Angels Medical Center engages in the ownership, management and operation of hospitals in the Greater Los Angeles area, and provides much-needed medical and surgical services as well as adult psychiatric services. Their primary goal in selecting the Fujitsu PalmSecure device was to establish a robust and stringent employee identification process throughout their IT system in order to ensure patient care safety, as well as to help comply with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) requirements of security and privacy standards.

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For the fourth consecutive year, Sentillion has been found to be the healthcare industry’s leading enterprise single sign-on (SSO) provider, as well as the vendor with the highest percentage of clinical users of its IT solutions, according to a survey conducted by IDC and sponsored by Sentillion, of U.S.-based healthcare provider organizations. Another key finding in the survey, “Security and Access Technologies Gaining Ground in the Healthcare Clinical Environment,” was the increase in the number of organizations deploying user provisioning technology, with 25% of respondents now using provisioning technology, up from 18% in 2005.IDC surveyed more than 250 U.S.-based healthcare provider organizations, including hospitals, integrated healthcare networks and clinics, to assess end-user perceptions and interest for several security technologies, including single sign-on, user authentication and user provisioning. The survey findings include:

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