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Healthcare & HIPAA
HIPAA CompliantBAA IncludedPHI-Safe Architecture

HIPAA-konforme Website-Neugestaltung

Sichere Redesigns für Arztpraxen und Healthcare-SaaS

100%
BAA Coverage
Every vendor in the stack
0
PHI Exposure Points
By architecture, not luck
95+
Lighthouse Score
Performance target
<6wk
Avg. Launch Time
Discovery to deploy
What Is a HIPAA-Compliant Website Redesign?

A HIPAA-compliant website redesign means rebuilding your medical practice or healthcare SaaS site so that every component touching Protected Health Information (PHI) actually meets the technical safeguards required under the HIPAA Security Rule. We're talking encrypted form submissions, access-controlled patient portals, audit logging, signed Business Associate Agreements with every vendor in your stack, and an architecture that prevents PHI from leaking through analytics, caching, or third-party scripts.

Wo Projekte scheitern

Your contact forms are probably transmitting patient data over unencrypted channels right now One unencrypted PHI submission can trigger a breach notification and fines up to $50K per violation — and that's per violation, not per incident.
Google Analytics and other third-party scripts are sending PHI to vendors who haven't signed a BAA with you HHS considers IP addresses combined with health page visits as PHI. You're likely in violation already.
No signed BAA with your hosting provider or CMS vendor means you're carrying full liability for any breach that happens on their infrastructure That's not a theoretical risk.
Your patient portal login probably has no MFA or proper session management Unauthorized access to patient records creates both HIPAA liability and malpractice exposure — two problems you don't want arriving together.
If your site runs on WordPress with 30+ plugins from unknown developers, each one is an unaudited attack surface Healthcare sites get targeted 3x more than average.
And without an audit trail showing who accessed what data and when, you'll automatically fail any OCR investigation The HIPAA Security Rule requires audit controls. No logs, no defense.

Compliance

Signed BAA Coverage

We sign Business Associate Agreements with every vendor in your stack — hosting, CDN, email, CMS, and analytics. No gaps, no assumptions, no handshake deals.

PHI-Safe Form Architecture

Patient intake forms, appointment requests, and contact forms use end-to-end encryption and route exclusively through BAA-covered infrastructure. PHI never touches a non-compliant server.

HIPAA-Compliant Analytics

We swap Google Analytics for self-hosted PostHog or Plausible. You get real traffic data without sending PHI to third parties — and no consent banner theater.

Encrypted Data at Rest and Transit

TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest. Database-level encryption for any stored PHI with key management that meets NIST 800-111 guidelines.

Access Controls & Audit Logging

Staff portals get role-based access control with full audit trails. Every login, data access, and modification is logged with timestamps and user IDs.

Automated Security Scanning

Every deploy runs continuous vulnerability scanning. Dependency audits, OWASP Top 10 checks, and quarterly penetration testing recommendations are included.

Was wir bauen

Zero-PHI Frontend

A static-first architecture means PHI is never rendered, cached, or exposed at the public-facing site layer.

Encrypted Patient Intake Forms

Multi-step forms with field-level encryption route submissions directly to your EHR or secure inbox.

Headless CMS for Clinical Content

Sanity CMS lets your clinical team update provider bios, services, and educational content without touching code or PHI systems.

Accessible by Default

WCAG 2.2 AA compliance is built into every component — the ADA requirements apply right alongside HIPAA, and we don't treat them as an afterthought.

Patient Portal Integration

We build a secure SSO bridge to your existing EHR patient portal with MFA, session timeouts, and encrypted deep links.

Sub-Second Page Loads

The site deploys on Vercel with ISR so pages load in under a second. Better experience for patients, better signal for search rankings.

Unser Prozess

01

HIPAA Gap Assessment

We start by auditing your current site against the HIPAA Security Rule's technical safeguards. Every form, script, plugin, and vendor gets documented with risk ratings and clear remediation priorities.
Week 1
02

Architecture & BAA Alignment

Then we design the new stack, confirm BAA coverage for every vendor, and map out data flow diagrams showing exactly how PHI moves through — or stays out of — the system.
Week 2
03

Design & Build

UI/UX design comes next, followed by component-level development in Next.js. PHI handling rules get built into every interactive element from the start, not bolted on at the end.
Weeks 3–4
04

Security Testing & Compliance Review

Before launch, we run automated OWASP scanning, manual penetration testing on PHI touchpoints, and a full compliance checklist walkthrough. Nothing goes live until it passes.
Week 5
05

Launch & 30-Day Support

Migration is zero-downtime with a DNS cutover. We monitor error rates, uptime, and security alerts for 30 days post-launch, then hand off complete compliance documentation.
Week 6+
Next.jsSupabaseVercelCloudflarePauboxHushmailPostHog (self-hosted)Sanity CMS

Häufige Fragen

Was macht eine Website HIPAA-konform?

Eine HIPAA-konforme Website implementiert die technischen Sicherheitsmaßnahmen, die die Security Rule tatsächlich verlangt: Verschlüsselung bei Übertragung und Speicherung, Zugriffskontrolle, Audit-Logging, automatische Session-Timeouts und Integritätskontrollen. Jeder Anbieter, der PHI berühren könnte — Hosting, CDN, E-Mail, Analytics — benötigt einen signierten BAA. Compliance ist eine architektonische Frage. Es ist kein Plugin, das man installiert.

Benötige ich einen BAA mit meinem Website-Hosting-Anbieter?

Ja. Wenn Ihre Website geschützte Gesundheitsinformationen erfasst, übermittelt oder speichert — auch durch Patient Contact Forms — ist Ihr Hosting-Provider ein Business Associate unter HIPAA. Sie benötigen einen signierten BAA, bevor PHI die Server erreicht. Vercel und AWS bieten BAAs an. Die meisten Standard-Hoster nicht.

Ist Google Analytics HIPAA-konform?

Nein. Google lehnt explizit ab, BAAs für Google Analytics zu unterzeichnen. Die Richtlinien der HHS sind klar: Tracking-Technologien, die IP-Adressen mit Besuchen auf Seiten zu Gesundheitszuständen kombinieren, stellen PHI dar. Wir ersetzen GA durch selbst gehostete Analytics wie PostHog und halten alle Daten auf BAA-abgedeckter Infrastruktur.

Kann WordPress HIPAA-konform sein?

Technisch möglich, aber riskant als Grundlage. Das WordPress-Plugin-Ökosystem bedeutet, dass jedes Update ungekürzte Code-Änderungen einführt, die PHI offenlegen könnten, und die meisten WordPress-Hoster unterzeichnen keine BAAs. Wir empfehlen die Migration zu einer Headless-Architektur, bei der die öffentliche Website null PHI-Exposition hat und sichere Funktionen auf kontrollierter, BAA-abgedeckter Infrastruktur laufen.

Wie lange dauert eine HIPAA-konforme Website-Neugestaltung?

Die meisten Arztpraxen-Websites gehen in 5–6 Wochen live. Healthcare-SaaS-Plattformen mit Patient Portals oder komplexen Datenflüssen dauern typischerweise 8–12 Wochen. Die Zeitachse hängt davon ab, wie viele PHI-Touchpoints Sie haben, welche EHR-Integrationen erforderlich sind und ob Sie benutzerdefinierte Portal-Funktionalität oder nur eine Verbindung zu einem bestehenden System benötigen.

Was passiert, wenn meine Website nicht HIPAA-konform ist?

Das HHS Office for Civil Rights kann Bußgelder von 100 bis 50.000 Dollar pro Verstoß verhängen, mit jährlichen Höchstbeträgen von 1,5 Millionen Dollar pro Verstokategorie. Über die Geldstrafen hinaus löst eine Datenschutzverletzung eine obligatorische Patientenbenachrichtigung, mögliche Sammelklagen und echte Reputationsschäden aus. Staatsanwälte können auch unabhängige Durchsetzungsmaßnahmen zusätzlich zu allem anderen einleiten.

HIPAA-Compliant Redesigns from $12,000
Fixed-fee. Signed BAA. 30-day post-launch support included.
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