Understanding SAML: How It Works and How Healthcare Organizations Can Implement It

Security Assertion Markup Language is one of the earliest and most widely adopted approaches to create portability, reusability and interoperability for digital identities, from the on-premises realm to web services-enabled environments.SAML-based single sign-on saves clinicians valuable time, reducing login fatigue while helping to maintain HIPAA compliance. Securing protected health information is a key aspect of patient trust, and in a complex security environment made more complicated by AI, that can be a challenge.By using SAML, healthcare organizations can streamline identity management, reduce password-related security risks and maintain stronger control over authentication policies across their IT environments.