Most small practices we meet have a local IT person who they call when they need help. They can help fix computers, troubleshoot internet problems, or set up a new system. Most tech folks are fully capable of tackling these items.
What they’re not, though, is expert in HIPAA or computer security. And that’s a fatal assumption that most small practices make.
Most IT people can handle the basics, but they don’t know the right things to do to protect medical practices.
In fact, most of the mistakes in this article were observed at companies who work with an IT person.
The liability falls on you to make sure that things are set up the right way, not your IT person.
That’s one of the reason that we started offering our services — to make sure that we fill the gaps most IT people leave behind.