Submitted by Harm Scherpbier, MD MS, CMIO
The new Single Sign-on system will go live at Bryn Mawr Hospital on 4C, on Tuesday September 9. With Single Sign-On, you walk up to a computer, tap your ID Badge on the keyboard and you’re automatically logged into the computer. You don’t need to close applications when you’re done – you simply “tap out,” go to a different computer, and tap back in. Single Sign-On will save you from many log-on log-offs every day.
A couple of key points:
- This only works on the “new” ID badges. If your badge is the size of a credit card, you’re good. If you still have an old badge, larger than a credit card, you need to go to the hospital security office to get a new badge. The new badge has a chip in it for Single Sign-On.
- The first time you use this system, you will need to enroll your ID badge one time only. This takes one minute. There will be people on-site to help you with this.
- You will need to enter your password the FIRST TIME you “tap-in” each day. The computer will take around 35-45 seconds to log you in and then your log-in will be good for the next fourteen hours. Each additional “tap-in” within those fourteen hours should take around 4-5 seconds to log you in.
- Don’t forget to tap out when you leave a computer. If you walk up to a computer where someone else forgot to tap out, you simply tap in, and the computer will switch to you.
The implementation at Bryn Mawr Hospital will start on September 9 on 4C – and each week, three units will be installed. Within a few weeks, most hospital computers will have Single Sign-On. There will be a support team on-site to help you use the system – and it’s very easy to learn.
Any questions, please feel free to contact me:
- 484-596-1790 (O)
- 484-568-3420 (M)
- scherpbierh@mlhs.org.