Case Study: Local Health District achieves rapid, secure vaccination centre rollout in two weeks with Imprivata

Local Health District rapidly implements clinician authentication to set up vaccination centres in just two weeks

A large Australian Local Health District serving about 740,000 people (and employing over 16,000 staff) needed to rapidly establish COVID-19 vaccination centres—including a paediatric site that required a secondary witness—while meeting strict security, identity and audit requirements. With stretched IT resources and less than a month to go from zero to production, the District needed a fast, compliant way to confirm clinician identities and capture witnessing without slowing workflows.

The District implemented Imprivata OneSign SSO and Imprivata Confirm ID, plus a follow‑me virtual desktop solution integrating IGEL and Microsoft Azure, enabling simple badge‑tap authentication for clinicians and witnesses. The system was productionised in about two weeks, saving an average of 20 minutes per clinician per shift, improving security and auditability, and underpinning projected annual savings equivalent to 78 clinical work years and a 59% reduction in IT costs as the rollout expands across the district.