Industries · Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas
Security and AI risk in healthcare
Patient data is the liability and connected devices are the blind spot. A mid-market clinic, specialty practice, or healthcare services company carries the same HIPAA obligations as a hospital, with a fraction of the security staff. We help Dallas–Fort Worth providers build the evidence and the controls.
The risks specific to healthcare
Healthcare security is rarely a tooling problem. It is an ownership problem: the obligations are clear, the evidence is scattered, and no one person is accountable for it.
HIPAA and PHI
The Security Rule asks for a risk analysis, access controls, audit logging, and a plan for what happens after a breach. A mid-market provider has the same obligations as a hospital with a fraction of the staff.
Connected medical devices
Devices are often on the same network as everything else, supported by vendors with standing access, and can not be patched on a normal schedule because they are in use.
Email, identity, and vendor access
Phishing is still the common way in. MFA gaps, shared accounts, and billing or EHR vendors with broad access are the paths that get used.
Where AI changes the picture
Clinical documentation tools, scheduling assistants, and AI features inside EHR and revenue-cycle platforms are arriving faster than review processes. The question is whether PHI is leaving your control.
- AI scribes and assistants handling patient conversations without a business associate agreement and a data-retention review.
- Staff pasting patient details into public models to draft notes or letters.
- AI features switched on inside vendors you already use, with no record of what changed.
What we ask before anything else
- Where does PHI live, which systems touch it, and who can access each one?
- Which vendors hold a BAA, and which ones handle patient data without one?
- Which connected devices are on the network, who supports them, and can they be segmented?
- What would you produce today if a breach notification was required?
What we do about it
The entry point is the paid Security & AI Risk Diagnostic: 15 business days, $9,500 for one site, $12,500 for two, $14,500 for three or more.
We prepare controls and evidence. We are not your legal counsel, and obligations that depend on the law are decided with your counsel.
Start with the diagnostic.
Tell us where PHI lives and which deadline matters: a partner agreement, an insurer, a customer, or a breach-response gap. The diagnostic puts it in order.