Healthcare
When Patient Data and Uptime Are Both on the Line
Medical, dental, and behavioral health practices carry HIPAA obligations most don’t have staff to manage. USDG runs that program for you — from risk analysis to monitoring to breach response.
HIPAA Risk Analysis
An accurate, thorough risk analysis of every system that touches patient data
Business Associate Oversight
Every vendor with a BAA tracked and reviewed
24/7 Monitoring for Clinical Systems
Because downtime is patient care
The EHR locks up on a Tuesday morning. The front desk can't check anyone in, and the schedule backs up all day. For a practice without a security team, the first sign of trouble is usually the outage itself.
Who This Is For
Engineered for Clinical & Practice Environments
Tailored defense architectures designed specifically for ambulatory, specialty, and group practices.
Medical and dental practices, single-site or multi-location
Engineered for private practices, ambulatory surgical centers, and regional dental groups. We protect workstation telemetry, local sensor networks (X-ray, digital imaging), and check-in kiosks without introducing friction to patient flow.
Behavioral health and specialty clinics
Heightened legal sensitivities require strict isolation of psychotherapy records, ePHI segmentation, and confidential therapy session logs. We implement strict zero-trust boundary controls mandated by state privacy statutes and HIPAA §164.508.
Practice groups managing shared EHR and billing systems
Multi-doctor partnerships, decentralized administrative offices, and centralized clearinghouse connections demand multi-tenant credential segregation, rigid access controls, and unified auditing to isolate provider risk.
CLINICAL & COMPLIANCE PRIORITIES
What Matters Most in Healthcare
Core technical and operational capabilities required to protect patient integrity, maintain legal safe harbor, and safeguard reputation.
1. Protecting patient data across the EHR, billing, and portal systems
Comprehensive encryption at rest and in transit. We audit cloud connections between your practice management software, third-party revenue cycle processors, and external patient communication portals.
2. Keeping clinical systems up, since downtime stops patient care
Resilience engineering and high-availability safeguards that maintain critical clinical chart access, prescription pathways, and diagnostic review stations even during wide-area ISP disruptions.
3. Tracking business associate agreements for every vendor that touches PHI
Rigorous vendor compliance governance. We catalog every IT MSP, shredding contractor, tele-health software provider, and digital transcription tool to ensure execute-level BAA coverage and periodic reviews.
4. Documented workforce training
Automated, role-specific micro-modules delivered to front desk agents, medical assistants, and nursing staff. Complete audit logs and simulated phishing tests ready for immediate OCR inspection.
5. Meeting breach notification deadlines if something goes wrong
Federal law strictly mandates that the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and affected patients be notified without unreasonable delay and in no case later than 60 days following discovery of a breach. USDG provides rapid forensic determination, safe harbor evaluation, and turnkey crisis notification execution.
INTEGRATED DEFENSE SUITE
Our Services for Healthcare Practices
Modular components engineered to function harmoniously as your outsourced security and compliance department.
Cyber Risk & Compliance Assessment
Full ePHI discovery across internal databases, network shares, legacy servers, and remote mobile devices. We deliver rigorous penetration and technical scans paired with clinical workflow reviews.
Managed GRC
Turnkey governance platform covering ongoing BAA legal tracking, automated workforce training logs, annual policy revisions, and dynamic risk register management tailored to changing state laws.
Virtual CISO & Advisory
Designated HIPAA Security Official representation for executive boards, insurance underwriters, and official OCR inquiries. Strategic defense planning without full-time executive payroll overhead.
Continuous Cybersecurity Management
24/7/365 active telemetry monitoring of EHR endpoints, clinical mailboxes, and practice firewalls. Real-time isolation stops malicious actors in seconds before files can be locked.
Incident Response & Readiness
Guaranteed SLA response times with a 24/7 containment hotline. We orchestrate immediate threat isolation, chain-of-custody digital evidence collection, and breach notification timeline execution to maintain legal safe harbor.
STATUTORY DEFENSE & MANDATE ALIGNMENT
Regulation & HIPAA Security Rule Mapping
Every standard of 45 CFR Part 160 and Part 164 mapped directly to operational execution delivered by our teams.
HIPAA Requirement
How USDG Delivers It
Risk analysis of systems with patient data
45 CFR §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)
Cyber Risk & Compliance Assessment
Full ePHI inventory identification, vulnerability scanning, and vulnerability scoring.
Written policies, workforce training, BAA tracking
45 CFR §164.308(a)(5) & §164.502(e)
Managed GRC
Continuous documentation refresh, staff training modules, and vendor legal file upkeep.
Designated security official
45 CFR §164.308(a)(2)
Virtual CISO & Advisory
Certified executive representation to lead annual security reviews and represent your practice.
Ongoing review of system activity
45 CFR §164.308(a)(1)(ii)(D)
Continuous Cybersecurity Management
24/7/365 event audit logging, anomaly detection, and rapid credential lockout.
Breach notification within 60 days
45 CFR §164.400 - §164.414
Incident Response & Readiness
Rapid digital forensics, OCR safe harbor assessment, and patient notice assembly.
CLEAR ANSWERS
Frequently Asked Questions
Does this replace our EHR vendor's security features?
No. We cover what the EHR vendor doesn't: your practice's policies, staff, network, and the rest of your systems.
Are we too small for HIPAA to apply?
No. HIPAA applies to covered entities regardless of size.
Get a Clear Picture of Where Patient Data Is Exposed
A security assessment costs you nothing but a conversation. Let's make sure your patient records, clinical systems, and practice reputation are protected.
- No sales pressure
- 100% confidential NDA
- Actionable findings roadmap