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Identity governance and administration (IGA) is the key for managing such a workforce, but it’s a complicated and evolving initiative that needs careful management over time. This was the case for a large children’s hospital in the southwest, which recently enlisted Forward Advantage to perform an evaluation and optimization of its existing identity governance solution.

In a survey we conducted of CHIME members, 65 percent of those surveyed didn’t have a long-term strategy for Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). If you’re feeling the same, you can rest assured that you’re not alone. IGA is often mistakenly viewed as a technology project, but it’s really a business transformation program. In fact, this is likely why many organizations struggle to get IGA deployed. It should be a strategy that is built based on an organization’s chal

Hospitals and healthcare organizations face an unprecedented increase in data breaches, risking their reputations, audit failures and steep penalties. As we work with hospital IT leadership, we continue to hear growing concerns and challenges around identity management, which is why Forward Advantage offers IGA solutions and services to help our customers.

Forward Advantage recently held a focus group with CHIME CIOs to learn what today’s health IT leaders think of Identity Governance and Administration (IGA). Participants shared their experiences with IGA, implementation challenges and concerns, the requirements they think are necessary for success, and where they see opportunities for new solutions and services.