PIAM+ for Healthcare

Automation, Security, Proactive Data Insights, Operational Efficiency

Overview

Healthcare organizations are responsible for safeguarding sensitive patient data and maintaining a secure environment for patients, staff, and visitors. Implementing a Physical Identity and Access Management (PIAM) solution ensures that healthcare facilities can control and monitor who has access to restricted areas, secure sensitive information, and comply with stringent regulatory requirements.

In today’s rapidly evolving & complex healthcare environment, managing the identities and access privileges of staff, patients, doctors, and vendors has become increasingly complex. Healthcare organizations must strike a careful balance between enforcing strong security measures and fostering a welcoming atmosphere for patients, doctors and staff. It is important to have a centralized solution for managing who has access to what, when, and under what conditions. This not only strengthens physical security but also helps healthcare organizations meet stringent regulatory requirements like HIPAA and GDPR.

Introducing MERON’s PIAM+ For Healthcare solution to ensure secure, compliant, and efficient operations that span over vast healthcare facilities, multi-site environments with multiple access points – from operating rooms, visitor lobbies to data centers. MERON helps streamline these complex operations by automating access control based on predefined roles and responsibilities, reducing human error, and ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to restricted areas. As a result, PIAM+ enhances patient safety, protects sensitive health information, and improves operational efficiency, making it a critical investment for modern healthcare organizations.

Key Features

  • Automated Onboarding & Offboarding: Seamless integration with Patient Management Systems like EPIC, Cerner etc, HR and IT systems to automate the process of assigning or revoking physical access for new hires, contractors, or terminations.
  • Role-Based Access Control: Assign physical access based on job roles (e.g., nurses, doctors, administrative staff, or third-party vendors) to ensure personnel only access areas necessary for their duties.
  • Contractor & Vendor Management: Manage third-party personnel access with time-limited, area-restricted access to ensure security for temporary workers.
  • Centralized Physical Identity Management: MERON centralizes the management of identities across multiple sites and departments with real-time monitoring of who has access to different areas, watchlist checks, ensuring that the right individuals have the correct permissions based on their roles and changes in identity types.

  • HIPAA & HITECH Compliance: Enforce regulatory compliance by restricting access to sensitive areas such as server rooms, medical records storage, and laboratories. Also supports Joint Commission standards.
  • Data encryption: In transit and at rest, following NIST standards.
  • Audit Trails & Reporting: Comprehensive logging of access events with detailed reporting for audits, investigations, and compliance checks.
  • Visitor Management: Control and track visitor access in real-time with the ability to generate detailed visitor logs for audits.

  • Integration with Other Security Systems: MERON integrates with all IT and physical security systems like PACS, HR, Biometric, Alarm, Surveillance, Cerner, EPIC, HL-7, Vendor Management etc. to create a cohesive security infrastructure, allowing for automated responses to breaches and better coordination across systems.
  • Access Control Integration: Integration with existing access control systems (badges, biometrics, card readers) to centralize identity and access management across the facility.
  • Surveillance System Integration: Link physical access events with video surveillance to provide a full security audit trail for critical areas. Video connectivity depends upon the availability of APIs from your video infrastructure.
  • Alarm & Alerting: Real-time alerts for unauthorized access attempts, enabling immediate response to potential security breaches.
  • Ensure Data Integrity and Data Reconciliation: using AI-based Copilots.

  • Health & Safety Protocols: Enforce real-time health screening (e.g., temperature checks, vaccination verification) for staff, visitors, and vendors before granting physical access.
  • Emergency & Evacuation Protocols: In case of emergencies (fire, lockdown), the system enables rapid deactivation of access rights and facilitates the safe evacuation of personnel.

  • Cloud or On-Premise Deployment: Flexible deployment options to suit the organization’s infrastructure and security requirements.
  • Customizable Access Policies: Define custom policies for different areas (e.g., operating rooms, ICU, pharmacy) to meet the facility’s unique needs.
  • o Mobile & Remote Access: Manage access permissions remotely using mobile applications, ensuring access control at all times.

Benefits

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    Enhanced Security: By managing access based on roles and real-time data, the PIAM system reduces the risk of unauthorized access to critical areas, ensuring the safety of patients, staff, and assets.
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    Streamlined Compliance: PIAM automates compliance with healthcare regulations such as HIPAA and HITECH, providing real-time tracking, audit trails, and reporting to simplify compliance efforts.
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    Operational Efficiency: Automated workflows for access requests, role changes, and terminations eliminate manual processes, reducing administrative burden and human error.
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    Cost-Effective Security: Centralized management of physical identities minimizes the need for redundant security systems and manual checks, resulting in reduced costs over time.

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    Improved Patient & Staff Experience: With automated access control and visitor management, staff can focus on patient care while the PIAM system ensures a safe and efficient environment.
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    Deployment: On-premise, cloud, or hybrid deployment models, with a scalable architecture to support small clinics to large healthcare campuses.

Use Cases

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    Hospitals & Clinics: Control access to restricted areas such as operating rooms, ICUs, and patient records to protect sensitive data and ensure patient privacy. Any PACS data (Lenel, CCURE, AMAG, Honeywell, S2, etc.) can be integrated with MERON and data can be migrated seamlessly with proper checks and balances such that only clean data is migrated into the system.

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    Pharmacies & Research Centers: Monitor access to drug storage, laboratories, and research data with strict access control and detailed audit trails.

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    Vendor & Contractor Management: Manage the temporary access of external personnel, such as maintenance workers, medical equipment vendors, or medical reps, with time-bound and location-specific permissions.

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    Identity Risk Management: Catch in real-time unauthorized access given to a hospital personnel if the role does not allow that access. Also monitors and tracks usage of the access given to any personnel with its “use it or lose it” workflows. MERON can also detect unusual physical access patterns or tailgating incidents.

Why Choose MERON PIAM+ Solution?

Our PIAM solution is designed specifically for the complex and highly regulated healthcare environment. With a focus on security, compliance, and operational efficiency, we help healthcare organizations protect their people, data, and assets while ensuring compliance with industry regulations.

Let us help you safeguard your healthcare facility with a trusted, scalable, and user-friendly PIAM solution.