The UK Health System Tries Spending Millions To Reduce The Time Spent Logging In To Things (theguardian.com) 118
The UK's National Health System is getting £40m (about $52.3 million) to try reducing login times on its IT systems, "a move the government says could free up thousands of staffing hours a day as the saved seconds add up," according to the Guardian.
They note estimates that switching to a "single sign-on" system reduced login times from 105 seconds to just 10 at one hospital, ultimately saving them 130 staffing hours a day.
TheNinjaCoder shared their report: In a typical hospital, staff need to log in to as many as 15 systems when tending to a patient. As well as taking up time, the proliferation of logins requires staff either to remember multiple complex passwords or, more likely, compromise security by reusing the same one on every system. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, said: "It is frankly ridiculous how much time our doctors and nurses waste logging on to multiple systems. As I visit hospitals and GP practices around the country, I've lost count of the amount of times staff complain about this. It's no good in the 21st century having 20th-century technology at work.
"This investment is committed to driving forward the most basic frontline technology upgrades, so treatment can be delivered more effectively and we can keep pace with the growing demand on the NHS."
They note estimates that switching to a "single sign-on" system reduced login times from 105 seconds to just 10 at one hospital, ultimately saving them 130 staffing hours a day.
TheNinjaCoder shared their report: In a typical hospital, staff need to log in to as many as 15 systems when tending to a patient. As well as taking up time, the proliferation of logins requires staff either to remember multiple complex passwords or, more likely, compromise security by reusing the same one on every system. The health secretary, Matt Hancock, said: "It is frankly ridiculous how much time our doctors and nurses waste logging on to multiple systems. As I visit hospitals and GP practices around the country, I've lost count of the amount of times staff complain about this. It's no good in the 21st century having 20th-century technology at work.
"This investment is committed to driving forward the most basic frontline technology upgrades, so treatment can be delivered more effectively and we can keep pace with the growing demand on the NHS."
