HIPAA Cybersecurity Audits for Physical Therapy & Chiropractic
Therapy and chiropractic clinics document on tablets in open treatment areas and rely almost entirely on cloud EMR and billing tools. Atascocita IT audits the devices, vendors and workflows behind that model.
Common risks we find
Shared tablets on the treatment floor
Tablets passed between therapists without individual logins or automatic locking are easy to lose and hard to trace.
Cloud vendors without agreements
Exercise-program apps, scheduling tools and text reminder services are often adopted by individual staff without a Business Associate Agreement.
Open-plan conversations
Treatment floors make incidental disclosures likely; reasonable safeguards and staff awareness are what HIPAA expects.
What the audit covers
- Mobile device management, encryption and auto-lock on tablets
- Inventory of cloud apps and matching Business Associate Agreements
- Multi-factor authentication on the EMR and billing portals
- Reasonable safeguards for open treatment areas
- Staff training for front desk, therapists and aides
Most physical therapy & chiropractic start with our HIPAA Risk Assessment.
Questions we hear
Our EMR is cloud-based. Do we still need an audit?
Yes. The vendor secures its platform, but your practice is still responsible for who has access, the devices used to reach it, the other apps that touch patient data, and your own risk analysis.
Do you test our Wi-Fi?
Wireless configuration and separation of guest and clinical networks are part of the technical review.