Hospital Information Systems integrate patient administration, clinical workflows, radiology, pharmacy, and billing into a unified platform that must remain available around the clock — making security architecture decisions in HIS environments a direct patient safety consideration, not merely an IT risk. Zero Trust access controls for HIS deployments enforce role-based clinical access, log all administrative actions for HIPAA audit compliance, and isolate HIS workloads from the broader hospital network to contain ransomware spread.
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