Critical access hospitals, rural health clinics and community health centers run the same clinical systems as large health systems, with a fraction of the IT staff. Cross Identity gives them one platform to control who can access what, meet HIPAA access requirements and satisfy cyber insurers, without adding headcount.
Attackers do not size their targets by bed count. A rural hospital may be the only emergency department for miles, which makes downtime a patient safety problem.
Every account is created, changed and removed by hand, across dozens of systems, alongside everything else IT has to do.
Travel nurses, locum physicians and students rotate through on short contracts. Their access often outlives the assignment.
Nurse stations and clinic front desks run on shared logins, which breaks the HIPAA requirement for unique user identification.
EHR, imaging and billing vendors connect remotely with administrator rights that stay open between support calls.
Underwriters ask for multi-factor authentication on remote, email and privileged access. Gaps mean higher premiums or declined coverage.
Many healthcare breaches start with a valid username and password. Without identity controls, one stolen login can reach the EHR.
Access management, identity governance and privileged access run as one system with one audit trail. A one-person IT team manages it from a single console.
Clinicians sign in once to reach the applications their role needs, with a second factor where the risk calls for it. Fewer passwords, fewer help desk calls.
Access follows the HR record. New staff are ready on day one, transfers pick up the right access, and departing staff lose access on their last day.
Administrator and vendor sessions are approved, time-limited and recorded, so no one holds standing access to critical systems.
Managers confirm who should keep access on a regular schedule. Reports for HIPAA reviews and insurer questionnaires come from one audit trail.
Unusual sign-ins are flagged and can trigger a step-up check or a blocked session. Included with any Cross Identity platform module. Check with Cross Identity for current promotions.
Cross Identity's connector factory builds connectors to the applications a facility uses: cloud and on-premise EHRs, practice management, billing, lab, pharmacy, HR and Microsoft 365. New connectors do not depend on the application vendor offering an API. Bring the application list to the first call and Cross Identity scopes the connectors.
A proposed update to the HIPAA Security Rule would make multi-factor authentication and one-hour access removal explicit requirements. The rule is still proposed, not final. Facilities that put these controls in place now reduce risk today and avoid a rushed deadline later.
$50 billion to states over fiscal years 2026 to 2030. The law lists information technology advances among the permitted uses and names enhancing cybersecurity among them.
Cross Identity is available through TD SYNNEX Public Sector on these state and local contracts. County, district and other public hospitals can use them in place of their own formal bid, subject to their procurement rules. Private rural hospitals and clinics buy through any authorized TD SYNNEX reseller.
Contract details, terms and authorized resellers: TD SYNNEX Public Sector contract vehicles
We ask about your current accounts, shared logins and vendor access to understand the issues. Then we work out what the solution would be.
Connectors, pricing and the details a budget request or state funding application needs.
Resellers serving rural healthcare: Cross Identity supports partners with enablement, pricing and introductions to TD SYNNEX contract onboarding.