HIPAA Security Risk Assessments for Dental and Medical Practices

The HIPAA Security Rule requires an accurate, thorough risk analysis. Most small practices either do not have one or have one that is years old.

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The HIPAA Security Rule requires every covered practice to conduct an accurate and thorough assessment of the risks to the electronic patient information it holds, and to manage those risks. TechFort performs that risk analysis for dental and medical practices, writes the policies and plans that follow from it, checks the business associate agreements with your vendors, tests your systems, and keeps it all current as your practice changes.

What a practice needs on file

A current risk analysis covering every place patient data lives: practice management software, imaging, email, laptops, phones and backups.
A risk management plan that shows what you fixed and what you decided to accept.
Written security policies, workforce awareness and access controls.
Business associate agreements with the vendors that handle patient data.
A contingency plan: backups that are tested, and a way to keep seeing patients during an outage.

How we build it

1 · Remediate. Auditors compare your written policy with what they find, and any gap becomes the finding. So we close the known gaps first: public file links, too many admins, sign-in protection that is on but not enforced, unsigned email, unapproved apps with broad access.
2 · Document. A risk assessment, an information security policy, an AI usage policy, an incident response plan and a business continuity plan, written to match how you actually work, not a template.
3 · Test. Vulnerability scans, a realistic penetration test, AI-driven attack testing and a phishing simulation, with a formal report, the fixes made and a retest.
4 · Maintain. Security awareness lessons, monthly phishing tests, quarterly scans and risk reports, a yearly tabletop exercise and a yearly policy refresh.

Who does the work

Christian Ririe leads every compliance engagement personally. He spent 15 years at the World Bank, where he worked with its Internal Audit department on the yearly audits, testing servers and systems for vulnerabilities. We test to the public NIST SP 800-115 guide and OWASP testing methods.

We use AI to draft, scan and test, and every deliverable is reviewed, tailored and owned by TechFort. That is how a small firm gets a complete program at a fraction of what it usually costs.

Straight answers

Common Questions

Is a HIPAA risk assessment required for a small dental office?

Yes. The Security Rule applies to covered practices of every size, and the risk analysis is a required element, not an optional one. The size of the practice changes how much work it takes, not whether you need it.

How often should we redo it?

Whenever something significant changes, such as new software, a new location or a security incident, and at least yearly as a good practice. We keep it current as part of the ongoing program.