IT & Cybersecurity for Medical Practices
Clinical systems, imaging and patient data across South Florida practices, run and secured as one environment — with the HIPAA paperwork to show for it.
Why a practice is different
A medical practice runs on systems that were never designed to be administered like office IT: an EHR the vendor secures only up to its own edge, imaging modalities that speak DICOM on the local network, shared front-desk workstations, e-prescribing, patient portals and billing partners with access to the same records.
Downtime stops patient care, and a breach is a reportable event under federal law. Both are reasons to run the environment deliberately rather than on whatever the last vendor installed.
What we take care of
- Clinical workstationsUnique logins instead of shared front-desk accounts, locked-down endpoints, patching that does not break the EHR client
- EHR environmentThe servers, network, identity and devices around the EHR — the part the vendor does not own
- Imaging & modalitiesPACS and modalities segmented from the office network, never exposed to the internet, remote reading through an authenticated gateway
- Identity & Microsoft 365Multi-factor authentication, sign-in policies, encrypted mail for patient information and sharing settings that match the obligation
- Audit & loggingA record of who accessed what and when, kept where it can be produced
- Backup & recoveryBackups of the EHR data, imaging and files that survive ransomware, with restores tested and timed
- VendorsCoordination with the EHR, imaging and billing vendors, and a record of who has access and under which agreement
The HIPAA work behind it
The HIPAA Security Rule requires a practice to assess the risks to the electronic protected health information it holds and to manage them (45 CFR § 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)–(B)). In practice that means a written risk analysis, safeguards that match it, and documentation that shows the safeguards exist.
Any IT provider with access to patient data is a business associate and needs a Business Associate Agreement with the practice. We sign one.
Our HIPAA guide explains the rule in plain English. It is educational material, not a claim of certification or guaranteed compliance.
How it is delivered
The same three areas of work every client receives, applied to a clinical environment:
- Managed IT & Infrastructure — workstations, network, Microsoft 365 and the EHR environment under management
- Cybersecurity & Recovery — risk analysis, monitoring, incident preparation and tested restores
- Architecture & Technical Leadership — EHR and imaging migrations, vendor selection and oversight
Healthcare compliance guides
How an engagement starts
With a conversation about the practice and its systems. If there is a fit, we agree the scope and fee for an assessment before any work begins.
You receive an overview of the environment, a prioritized list of risks and gaps measured against the Security Rule, and a practical remediation roadmap. Remote support is standard; on-site work is available across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
Know where the practice stands
Start with a conversation about your environment. Assessment scope and fee are agreed before any work begins.
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