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Healthcare & HIPAA
HIPAA CompliantBAA IncludedPHI-Safe Architecture

HIPAA-compliant website redesign agency

Beveiligde herontwerpen voor medische praktijken en 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.

Waar projecten falen

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.

Wat we bouwen

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.

Ons proces

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

Veelgestelde vragen

Wat maakt een website HIPAA-compliant?

Een HIPAA-compliant website implementeert de technische beveiligingsmaatregelen die de Security Rule daadwerkelijk vereist: versleuteling in transit en at rest, toegangscontroles, audit logging, automatische session timeouts en integriteitscontroles. Elke leverancier die PHI kan aanraken — hosting, CDN, e-mail, analytics — heeft een ondertekende BAA nodig. Compliance is architecturaal. Het is geen plugin die je installeert.

Heb ik een BAA nodig met mijn website-hostingprovider?

Ja. Als uw website Protected Health Information verzamelt, verzendt of opslaat — ook via contactformulieren voor patiënten — is uw hostingprovider een Business Associate onder HIPAA. U heeft een ondertekende BAA nodig voordat PHI hun servers bereikt. Vercel en AWS bieden BAA's. De meeste standaard hosts doen dit niet.

Is Google Analytics HIPAA-compliant?

Nee. Google weigert BAA's te ondertekenen voor Google Analytics. HHS-richtlijnen stellen duidelijk dat tracking-technologieën die IP-adressen combineren met bezoeken aan pagina's over gezondheidstoestand PHI vormen. We vervangen GA door self-hosted analytics zoals PostHog, waarbij alle gegevens op BAA-gedekte infrastructuur blijven.

Kan WordPress HIPAA-compliant zijn?

Technisch mogelijk, maar het is een riskant uitgangspunt. Het WordPress-pluginecosysteem betekent dat elke update niet-geverifieerde code introduceert die PHI kan blootstellen, en de meeste WordPress-hosts ondertekenen geen BAA's. We raden aan te migreren naar een headless-architectuur waarbij de openbare site nul PHI-blootstelling heeft en veilige functies op gecontroleerde, BAA-gedekte infrastructuur worden uitgevoerd.

Hoe lang duurt een HIPAA-compliant website redesign?

De meeste medische praktijksites starten in 5–6 weken. Healthcare SaaS-platforms met patiëntenportals of complexe gegevensstromen duren doorgaans 8–12 weken. De tijdlijn hangt af van het aantal PHI-aanraakpunten, welke EHR-integraties vereist zijn en of u aangepaste portalfunctionaliteit nodig hebt of alleen een verbinding met een bestaand systeem.

Wat gebeurt er als mijn website niet HIPAA-compliant is?

Het HHS Office for Civil Rights kan boetes opleggen van $100 tot $50.000 per schending, met jaarlijkse maxima van $1,5 miljoen per schendingscategorie. Naast de boetes vereist een inbreuk verplichte patiëntmededeling, mogelijke class-action rechtszaken en echte reputatieschade. Staatsaanklagers kunnen ook onafhankelijke handhavingsmaatregelen bovenop al het andere nemen.

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