HP has added new security features in its access-management services to protect patient data at the hospital printer or scanner.

Hewlett-Packard is offering new features for its access-management security services to allow health care providers to meet Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requirements.

Its Access Control service allows health care personnel in areas such as admissions, nursing stations and records departments to secure access to patient information at printers and scanners.

Users will need to enter an LDAP before printing, copying or scanning. The printer then authenticates back to a network’s Active Directory, which matches the user’s credentials.

The upgrade to Access Control is one of several new developments HP announced Sept. 10 as it looks to develop a security practice for its managed services.

Access Control offers print authentication, auditing, authorization, accounting and secure “pull” printing capabilities. The latter allows organizations to print to a network and access a document from a smartphone or other devices. This method reduces the amount of unclaimed documents at printers, HP reported.

Pull printing capabilities are scalable across an organization, according to HP. More for the HP new security features in its access-management services