Stamford: A Case Study

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has set strict security standards for protecting confidential patient information. Unfortunately, achieving balance between mandates of proper security practices and the need to provide fast access to patient information has consistently presented many challenges for healthcare providers throughout the country.

The case study describes the challenges faced by Stamford Hospital, a not-for-profit healthcare provider serving Stamford, CT with more than 300 inpatient beds and 2,300 employees, and how Encentuate's healthcare identity and access management (IAM) solution helped Stamford achieve the proper balance between ease of access for caregivers and adequate security compliance.

View Videos Interview clips of Keith Ryan, Chief Information Officer of Stamford Hospital Interview clips of Dr. John Rodis, Chief Medical Officer of Stamford Hospital Stamford Hospital Video Case Study (Registration required)

Read Documents Stamford Hospital Case Study (Extended) (Registration required) Whitepaper on security, convenience and HIPAA compliance (Registration required)

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The benefits of Encentuate's healthcare IAM solution at Stamford Hospital include:

• Improved quality of patient care via greater than 85% reduction in time-to-patient information
• Higher caregiver productivity via single sign-on/sign-off using existing building access badges
• Patient information protection via two-factor authentication and flexible desktop security policies
• HIPAA compliance via user-centric audit tracking and unique user logins
• Improved efficiency of IT administrators via centralized management of users, security, and workflow policies

The study also highlights the universal nature of the access and security problem for every healthcare provider and recommends best practices and a comprehensive IAM solution for healthcare providers.