Case Study: Leading Digital Healthcare Company achieves HIPAA-compliant secure remote access and 79% lower costs with Palo Alto Networks' Prisma Access Browser

Digital healthcare company strengthens security posture health with Prisma Access Browser

A leading U.S. digital healthcare company that connects millions of patients with a nationwide network of independent clinicians needed to secure critical apps and web services used by 600+ remote healthcare support personnel working on unmanaged devices. They faced HIPAA and other regulatory requirements, while evaluated options like DaaS, corporate devices, and VDI proved either costly, complex, or too latency-prone to support timely patient care.

They deployed Prisma Access Browser to embed rich security directly in the browser, verify endpoint posture before granting access, and add built-in authentication without costly hardware tokens. The solution delivered fast, intuitive access for clinicians, stronger visibility and granular controls for IT, business-continuity access from unmanaged devices, compliance with multiple regulators, and roughly a 79% cost reduction versus the evaluated VDI alternatives.