Clinicians typically use several apps throughout their day, and that is likely to continue as the number of healthcare-focused apps increases. The time it takes to type in passwords for those apps can add up, even if an organization uses a single sign-on solution, making entering passwords a tedious step in a clinician’s day that takes away from time spent caring for patients — not to mention that keeping track of unique, often complex passwords for different apps or systems can be a major hassle.
Passwords also create significant costs for health systems that must pay help desks to assist users in resetting their passwords over and over again. To make matters worse, passwords remain one of the most vulnerable authentication methods available
“The need to manage passwords and overcome problems related to them leads to massive frustration and lost productivity,”writes Jeremiah Salzberg, chief security technologist for CDW.
Because of the limitations and unpopularity of passwords, experts have been predicting their end for decades, but they’re still here. However, some advances in authentication technologies, including biometrics, the browser-based Web Authentication API and push notifications may offer an avenue for some organizations to finally go passwordless.
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