How adaptive identity helps accelerate AI, securely
In the healthcare industry, the pace of innovation is accelerating. The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping clinical workflows, bringing incredible opportunities and new challenges. But this new reality has expanded the very definition of “identity” far beyond clinicians and staff.
Healthcare now includes a fast-growing population of non-human identities—from service accounts and RPA bots to a new wave of both sanctioned and unsanctioned AI tools. Legacy identity systems were not designed for this. As a result, many organizations are struggling to keep up, creating a dangerous security gap between who leaders think has access and who actually has access.
This guide will explain the benefits of leveraging AI along with the critical need for strong AI governance. Learn how SailPoint’s AI-powered capabilities can help your healthcare organization modernize with automation and accelerate your AI initiatives, securely.
Manual risks and the ungoverned AI blind spot
When the vital need for speed in patient care collides with outdated, manual security processes, IT teams inevitably create workarounds. This often leads to a dangerous state of over-provisioning, which has real-world consequences. Add the rapid adoption of AI into this mix, and the risks multiply exponentially.
Our research shows that the challenge is already here:
- 97% of healthcare providers are already using or exploring agentic AI to streamline workflows1.
- However, 81% of security professionals warn that these ungoverned AI agents create a significant security risk for the organization1.
Because AI agents are goal-oriented, these “digital workers” can easily become over-permissioned, access restricted data silos, or become orphaned if left entirely unmanaged. In an industry where the exposure of ePHI can lead to severe regulatory penalties and erode patient trust, this is a risk no organization can afford.
A blueprint for secure AI acceleration
To stay ahead, healthcare leaders must modernize their approach and establish a unified foundation that securely manages all identities—human, machine, and agent—with the same rigor. Simply buying a new tool isn’t enough. It requires a strategic approach.
Our new guide, Accelerating AI in Healthcare with Identity, outlines how organizations can move from dangerous, manual provisioning to intelligent, adaptive identity management that turns AI from a threat into a business accelerator.
Key strategies covered in the guide include:
- Securing agentic AI: Learn to govern AI agents, bots, and service accounts, so these digital workers operate with the same principle of least privilege as your human staff.
- Shining a light on shadow AI: Discover frameworks for Shadow AI Remediation to gain visibility into unsanctioned generative AI tools before they expose sensitive patient data.
- Automating the entire identity lifecycle: See how AI-powered automation can efficiently manage the complete lifecycle—including onboarding, transfers, and timely de-provisioning—for all internal and external users, from permanent staff to a rotating cast of temporary workers.
Ready to safely leverage the power of AI?
Stop letting manual processes and ungoverned AI put your organization at risk. Discover how to enforce continuous compliance, secure your most sensitive data, and empower your frontline workers to focus on what matters most: exceptional patient care.
Download the Accelerating AI in Healthcare with Identity guide today.
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[1] SailPoint, “Healthcare’s blind spots: The overprovisioned identity” survey report.
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