What Is Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in Hospital Software?
Role-Based Access Control means each staff login only sees the data relevant to their job — a nurse sees ward beds and vitals, a doctor sees clinical history and can prescribe, a pharmacist sees stock and dispensing, and only hospital owners or administrators can see total revenue, cash collections, and profit figures. It's a security requirement rather than a convenience feature, since data-privacy obligations expect hospitals to limit access to what's actually necessary for each role.
What to Verify Isn't Just a UI Setting
The important distinction is whether access control is enforced at the database level or only hidden in the app's screens. A restriction that only hides a menu item in the interface can potentially be bypassed by anyone who can query the database directly — see Row-Level Security for how that gap gets closed properly.