User Group Assignment Limitations

This question asks if your system prevents users from being added to unlimited numbers of access groups, which could give them excessive permissions. It's like asking if you prevent someone from collecting too many security badges - each group membership grants certain access rights, and unlimited memberships could accidentally give users far more access to patient data than intended.

Unlimited group assignments create serious compliance risks by making it nearly impossible to audit user permissions or enforce the HIPAA principle of minimum necessary access. Healthcare organizations need confidence that your system prevents permission creep and accidental over-privileging. Without these controls, they risk compliance violations and may choose vendors with more sophisticated access management.

Many systems don't enforce any limits on group assignments, allowing users to accumulate permissions over time without oversight. Another mistake is having limits that are too high to be meaningful or not providing tools to review and clean up excessive group memberships, both of which undermine access control effectiveness.