BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Caradigm, a GE Healthcare company, today announced that Baycrest Health Sciences (Baycrest), a global leader in geriatric residential living, healthcare, research, and innovation, has selected Caradigm Single Sign-On (SSO) and Context Management for identity and access management.
As an academic health sciences center fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest provides a care experience for aging clients combined with an extensive clinical training program for students. Through Baycrest’s commercial and consulting arms, it is marketing its sought-after expertise and innovation to other healthcare organizations and long-term care homes, both in Canada and internationally. Baycrest will use Caradigm SSO and Context Management to streamline user access and clinical workflows, as well as to improve mobility and efficiency.
Caradigm SSO and Context Management is purposefully built for healthcare to simplify clinician workflows. It minimizes clicks, simplifies authentication and directs clinicians to the appropriate patient record in seconds across multiple applications. By eliminating the need to repeatedly type usernames and passwords, Caradigm SSO and Context Management allows users to quickly and securely access clinical and business applications, which streamlines clinical workflows.
According to Maria Muia, executive director Information and Technology, Baycrest Health Sciences, “After in-depth evaluations of identity and access management solutions, it was clear that Caradigm offered the best single sign-on solution to meet the needs of our Centre. The power of Caradigm’s SSO and Context Management solution together provides clinical efficiency and will help to improve care provider and patient experience.”
Baycrest will implement Caradigm SSO and Context Management to improve the authentication process and to provide Baycrest with tools to reduce clinical workflow steps and make more time available to deliver excellent patient care.
“Baycrest is a leader in geriatric healthcare, research, and education one of the world’s top research institutes in cognitive neuroscience,” said Neal Singh, CEO of Caradigm. “We’re excited to work with Baycrest as it advances the health of its patients and provides excellent research and education to the industry.”
About Baycrest Health Sciences
Baycrest Health Sciences is a
global leader in geriatric residential living, healthcare, research,
innovation and education, with a special focus on brain health and
aging. Fully affiliated with the University of Toronto, Baycrest
provides excellent care for older adults combined with an extensive
clinical training program for the next generation of healthcare
professionals and one of the world’s top research institutes in
cognitive neuroscience, the Rotman Research Institute. Baycrest is home
to the federally and provincially-funded Centre for Aging and Brain
Health Innovation, a solution accelerator focused on driving innovation
in the aging and brain health sector, and is the developer of Cogniciti
– a free online memory assessment for Canadians 40+ who are concerned
about their memory. Founded in 1918 as the Jewish Home for Aged,
Baycrest continues to embrace the long-standing tradition of all great
Jewish healthcare institutions to improve the well-being of people in
their local communities and around the globe. For more information
please visit: www.baycrest.org
About
Caradigm
Caradigm, a GE Healthcare company, is an award-winning
population health company dedicated to improving patient care, advancing
the health of populations and reducing healthcare costs. Its enterprise
software portfolio encompasses all capabilities critical to delivering
effective population health management, including data control;
healthcare analytics; and care coordination and engagement.
Caradigm’s identity and access management solutions are employed daily by over 1.2 million users, ensuring patient privacy and security by safeguarding access to patient health information.
It’s 200+ customers include Greenville Health System, Billings Clinic and Virtua and other large integrated delivery networks, ACOs, academic medical centers, government facilities and community hospitals. Caradigm solutions are operating in more than 1,500 hospitals worldwide, connect to over 500 customer systems and to data for more than 175 million patients. Based in Bellevue, WA, Caradigm has been recognized as one of Healthcare Informatics’ Top 100 vendors. To learn more, go to www.caradigm.com.
