Healthcare’s digital transformation initially focused on optimising clinical workflows within the traditional hospital setting, the leading examples being the Global Digital Exemplars. Now care is being delivered across an even broader ecosystem. An increasing number of users with a different roles, for example in primary care, social care, community and mental health trusts, need access to a wider variety of applications from any device and any location. This access needs to be secure and efficient.

The proliferation of cloud applications, expanding number of connected devices, and increasingly decentralised workforce in healthcare, has eroded the once well-defined network perimeter. In this new ecosystem, a comprehensive digital identity strategy is critical to enabling secure, compliant, and efficient workflows. Establishing, managing and securing trusted digital identities enables organisations to give all users access to the applications and information they need, from any device, anytime and anywhere they need it.

In this new, complex ecosystem, digital identity is the anchor of an effective security strategy. By focusing on digital identity, organisations can solve their critical workflow, security, and compliance challenges.