Bridging the Gap Between HIPAA Rules and Healthcare Reality

WHO WE SERVE

Whether you deliver patient care or power healthcare operations, protecting health information is critical. TrueNorth provides practical HIPAA compliance for medical practices, healthcare IT companies, billing services, and technology partners handling PHI.

Medical, dental, and specialty practices seeking compliance that integrates with patient care workflows.

Billing companies, practice management services, and administrative support managing PHI for clients

Software vendors, EHR providers, and SaaS platforms needing bulletproof Business Associate compliance

NORTH STAR ASSESSMENT

Complete HIPAA Risk Evaluation | 2 Weeks | $2,500

Get total visibility into where you actually stand. We map the gaps between HIPAA requirements and how your organization really operates - not how it works on paper, but how information flows on Tuesday afternoon when you're slammed.

What's Included:

• 30+ point compliance review across Security, Privacy, and Breach Notification Rules
• Technical security assessment (encryption, access controls, vulnerability scanning)
• Operational workflow analysis tracking how PHI moves through your organization
• Vendor and Business Associate compliance verification
• Executive summary with prioritized risk roadmap
• Action plan with clear timeline and resource requirements

Who this serves:  Anyone who needs to know exactly where they stand before an audit, breach, or client contract exposes what's missing.

COMPLIANCE TRANSFORMATION

90-Day Implementation Program | Custom Pricing

Turn your assessment findings into working systems. We don't hand you binders and disappear, we implement alongside your team until compliance runs naturally.

How it works:

Weeks 1-3: Foundation

Modernize policies, customize documentation, establish clear roles, create incident protocols

Weeks 4-7: Training

Role-specific certification using real scenarios your team will actually face (includes developer training for tech companies)

Weeks 8-10: Integration

Install technical safeguards, align vendor agreements, integrate compliance into daily workflows

Weeks 11-12: Sustainability

Deploy monitoring dashboards, build onboarding systems, establish maintenance schedules

Who this serves: Organizations ready to build comprehensive compliance without disrupting what's already working.

Compliance that protects what matters most: patient trust and business growth.

Patient trust demands real protection - Systems built to safeguard the private information your community entrusts to you

Confident teams create confident patients - Staff who handle PHI correctly strengthen every patient relationship

Compliance that drives growth - Protection that wins contracts and positions you as the trusted choice

Not sure where you stand with HIPAA? Concerned about gaps you might not even see? That's exactly why the North Star Assessment exists - to give you complete clarity without the overwhelm. Your patients trust you with their most private information. Make sure your systems are reliable to honor that trust.

ABOUT Our Founder - LISA THURSTON

Florida Women’s Business Center Sustainability Award Winner • Henry County Chamber Member • Certified HIPAA Security Professional (CHSP) • CobbleStone Software Partner • Moderator – Aviation Festival Miami ’25

Where IT Security Expertise Meets Healthcare Reality

I started TrueNorth Compliance after spending years in IT security and cybersecurity project management. And honestly? I kept seeing the same problem everywhere: healthcare organizations weren't failing at HIPAA because it's rocket science. They were struggling because nobody was helping them connect the dots between what the regulations say and how their teams actually work day-to-day.

Here's what I learned: the security side of HIPAA? That's just solid cybersecurity fundamentals. The privacy side? That's about people - how your staff talks about patients in the hallway, what's showing on computer screens when someone walks by, who's got access to what information and why.

I do things differently. I'm not going to drop a three-ring binder on your desk and wish you luck. I work alongside you to build systems that make sense for how you actually operate - because I've been in the trenches long enough to know that what looks good on paper doesn't always work in the real world.

Maybe you're running a medical practice and drowning in compliance requirements. Or maybe you're a technology company trying to prove you're HIPAA-ready so you can win healthcare contracts. Either way, I get it. I bring both worlds together - the tech expertise and the understanding of how healthcare really functions - so compliance stops feeling like a burden and starts working for you.

Because at the end of the day, prevention really is worth more than cure. And that begins with someone who understands how this all actually works in your world, not just in a textbook.