Case Study: Rush Memorial Hospital achieves unified IT/OT visibility and enhanced security with Fortinet

A Multipronged Fortinet Approach Keeps a Hospital’s IT/OT Network Healthy

Rush Memorial Hospital, a critical‑access health system in Rushville, Indiana, faced growing cybersecurity and operational‑technology (OT) risks across multiple clinics and a lean IT team. The hospital needed to protect patient data, medical devices, physical‑security systems and provide controlled vendor access while minimizing manual processes and overhead.

By consolidating on a Fortinet security stack — FortiGate NGFWs (HA), FortiAP, FortiNAC, FortiToken, FortiAnalyzer and the FortiGuard Enterprise Protection bundle — the team implemented microsegmentation, role‑based network access, MFA and unified analytics. The result was stronger IT/OT protection and physical security, simpler guest/vendor provisioning, lower total cost of ownership, improved penetration‑test results and easier management for the small IT staff.

Rush Memorial Hospital

Jim Boyer

CIO and Vice President, IT