Almost half consider automating provisioning.Eighteen percent of healthcare providers have automated the process of creating, modifying or deleting user accounts, says a recent survey by IDC Research, a provider of market intelligence in IT and telecommunications. Almost half (45 percent) are evaluating automation instead of IT administrators manually managing the user accounts. The third annual study surveyed 200 U.S. healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. provider organizations on their current and future interest in various identity and access management technologies, including user provisioning The ability for customers to change voice and data services from their carriers online without having to place the order with a human representative. Web-based user provisioning lets you add and delete services and features from your browser. See automated provisioning. , single sign-on An identification system that lets users log into multiple Web sites on the Internet with one username and password. Single sign-on systems are also used within an enterprise, enabling users to access all authorized resources in the local network using the same username and password. , clinical context management and strong authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. . The 2005 Web survey conducted by IDC shows 35.5 percent of the HCOs studied own single sign-on technology, an increase of 6.5 percent from the 2004 survey. The survey also showed high utilization of strong authentication including biometrics, secure tokens, smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. and proximity cards. Fifty-three percent of the respondents use biometrics, 44.3 percent own tokens, 29.1 percent own smartcards and 22.8 percent own proximity cards. |
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