No / low code external IAM for healthcare
Add frictionless onboarding with passwordless auth.
Unify identity flows across patients, clinicians, PBMs, and other healthcare stakeholders.
Support granular authorization controls to ensure least privilege access.
Secure and scale agentic AI / MCP systems with auth, access control, and lifecycle management.
Why Descope for healthcare
Frictionless onboarding
Simplify onboarding across web, mobile, and partner apps with passwordless authentication.
Identity security
Add phishing-resistant, risk-based MFA (including as an augment) and IDV to your auth flows.
B2B2X flexibility
Cater to different identity, auth, and delegated access requirements across patients, clinicians, PBMs.
Granular, scalable access control
Add fine-grained authorization and support for interoperable standards like SMART on FHIR.
Agentic IAM
Secure & scale APIs, MCP servers, and AI agents with auth, access control, and lifecycle management.
Developer experience
Achieve quick time to value and “future-proof” external IAM with no / low code user journey workflows.
Descope capabilities for healthcare
User Authentication
Give an auth-some first impression
Improve user experience with passwordless authentication (passkeys, magic links, social login).
Collect the right info at the right time with progressive profiling.
Run A / B tests on different onboarding paths.
View flow journey analytics to identify drop-off points and onboarding trends.

B2B Authentication
Flexible B2B2X identity flows
Add seamless single sign-on (SAML / OIDC) for patient, clinician, and partner access.
Onboard partner SSO connections in minutes with self-service setup.
Delegate identity admin with embeddable widgets.
Personalize onboarding with custom branding and tenant-aware access control.
Migrate existing SSO connections with zero downtime.

Access Control
Granular, scalable authorization
Add fine-grained authorization (ReBAC, ABAC) to healthcare apps.
Support SMART on FHIR authorization workflows with OAuth and OpenID Connect.
Enable delegated access for parents, guardians, and caregivers.

Identity Security
Security minus friction
Add adaptive MFA for suspicious logins without impacting real users.
Adopt user-friendly and secure MFA methods like passkeys and magic links.
Use native and third-party risk signals to create branching user paths.
Augment existing identity stack with Descope MFA.
Add identity verification flows with connectors like Incode.
Identity Federation
Unify identities across portals and devices
Eliminate login confusion with a single user identity across health portals.
Support native mobile authentication experiences.
Support call center and in-person kiosk authentication flows.
Improve visibility into your complete customer journey.

Agentic IAM
Identity infra for agentic AI and MCP
Protect your APIs with OAuth for secure AI agent connectivity.
Secure remote MCP servers with enterprise-grade authorization.
Connect AI agents with 50+ third-party tools and enterprise systems.
Add policy guardrails to govern AI agent access to corporate resources.

Powering auth for hundreds of customers and thousands of developers

We play well with others
Enrich and secure your user journeys with third-party connectors. Go passwordless without changing your primary IdP using OIDC federated authentication.
Popular auth resources for healthcare
Ready for liftoff?
If you’ve seen all you need to see, sign up and get started with Descope. If you'd like a demo, meet with our auth experts.