Gemalto announced the launch of ProtivaMedSecure, a solution package that addresses one of challenges facing health care providers: a secure digital identity.

Gemalto’s Protiva MedSecure provides a portfolio of authentication software, digital credentials, secure devices, servers and associated services. The Gemalto solution provides a single credential for secure visual identity, as well as physical and logical access to medical facilities and electronic medical records.

With Protiva MedSecure, health care professionals are able to consolidate their identification badges into one certificate-based credential. The single ID also enables simple login and logout at any terminal and access to different entrance points.

Two-factor authentication provides secure online identity to ensure compliance with patient privacy and medical record protection. Additional security features such as encryption and digital signatures for medical forms, or verification of authenticity for medical orders can help reduce physical paperwork and create efficient processes.

Protiva MedSecure will be showcased at HITRUST 2012 for health information protection, May 7 – 9 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas.