HIPAA-Compliant Platform Launch in Record Time
The Challenge
A digital health startup had developed an innovative patient engagement platform but lacked the expertise to achieve HIPAA compliance and SOC 2 certification required by hospital customers. Their CTO had departed, and they faced a 90-day deadline to complete compliance for a major hospital partnership.
Our Approach
Acting as interim CTO at 40 hours/week, we led a rapid security remediation effort, implemented comprehensive logging and audit trails, established business associate agreements, created security policies and procedures, and prepared the team for SOC 2 Type 1 certification.
The Outcome
Achieved HIPAA compliance and SOC 2 Type 1 certification within the 90-day deadline. Secured the hospital partnership worth $1.8M in first-year revenue. Established security practices that enabled three additional hospital partnerships within 6 months.