Reply to post: Re: Obvious

Terrible infections, bad practices, unclean kit – welcome to hospital IT

Lysenko

Re: Obvious

They have a point in some cases though. If you're in an ER you might need to pull someone's medications, allergies and blood type *NOW* and playing pin the tail on the password might kill someone (and no, you can't take off the gloves for a fingerprint scan).

They need something more like an NFC wristband so the terminals unlock and login automatically when the user is within six inches of the keyboard. (Some) Doctors may be arrogant but they're not stupid. If IT security impedes patient care they'll find some way to subvert it.

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