Healthcare specializations

We know your software. We know your compliance requirements.

Every Front Range Health IT client is dental, medical, or nursing home. That focus means we understand the clinical tools your staff uses every day — and the specific HIPAA requirements your practice type faces.

01 — Specialization

Dental Practices

4–15 person practices using practice management software, intra-oral imaging, and digital X-rays. HIPAA compliance for PHI in dental records, payment card data, and imaging systems.

Dental practices present a specific IT challenge: the practice management software (Eaglesoft, Dentrix, Open Dental, Curve Dental) often has tight network requirements, requires local server access, and integrates with imaging hardware that doesn't follow standard enterprise networking assumptions.

Add payment processing security (PCI DSS applies alongside HIPAA for card-on-file data), intra-oral imaging systems with their own NAS or PACS requirements, and patient portal access — and you have a more complex security surface than most generic IT vendors model.

Front Range Health IT maps the security configuration for your specific software stack. That means understanding whether Eaglesoft needs a domain environment, what port the Dexis sensor uses, and how to segment imaging workstations without breaking the software.

Practice management we know
Eaglesoft Dentrix Open Dental Curve Dental Dexis Planmeca
PHI in patient records and imagingDental records contain protected health information under HIPAA. Intra-oral images, treatment plans, and insurance data must be encrypted at rest and in transit.
Imaging system segmentationDigital X-ray and intra-oral camera workstations need proper network segmentation. Many imaging systems run legacy drivers that can't be placed on the same VLAN as admin machines.
Payment card data (PCI DSS)If you store, process, or transmit card data, PCI DSS requirements apply alongside HIPAA. Card-on-file arrangements require specific tokenization and network controls.
Staff access controlsFront desk, hygienist, and dentist roles need different access to patient records. Role-based access controls in your EHR and Microsoft 365 should mirror your staff hierarchy.
02 — Specialization

Medical Practices

5–25 person primary care, specialty, or multi-provider practices. EHR integration, telemedicine security, and patient portal access alongside standard HIPAA Security Rule requirements.

Medical practices often have more complex EHR environments than dental offices — and correspondingly more integration points that need to be secured. The EHR (Epic, eClinicalWorks, Athena, Cerner) typically handles the clinical data, while Microsoft 365 handles business communications, scheduling, and administrative workflows. Those two systems need to coexist without creating security gaps at the boundary.

Telemedicine adds another layer: video platforms used for patient visits need to be HIPAA-covered under a Business Associate Agreement, properly configured, and used on devices that meet your practice's security baseline. Many practices deployed telehealth rapidly and haven't reviewed the security posture since.

Front Range Health IT configures clinical and administrative network segments separately, manages EHR vendor BAA status, and ensures that remote access solutions (clinical staff working from home) meet the same security requirements as on-site devices.

EHR platforms we work with
Epic eClinicalWorks Athenahealth Cerner Kareo DrChrono
EHR integration and securityYour EHR is likely cloud-hosted, but the workstations accessing it, the local network, and the user accounts still require HIPAA-aligned controls on your side of the connection.
Telemedicine platform securityVideo platforms used for patient visits require a BAA from the vendor and proper configuration. Zoom, Teams, and Doxy.me each have different HIPAA configurations — we manage these correctly.
Patient portal access controlPatient portals expose PHI directly. Authentication, session management, and audit logging for portal access need to be configured and reviewed regularly.
Remote clinical accessClinicians accessing patient records from outside the office need conditional access policies, MFA, and compliant devices — not just a VPN and a prayer.
03 — Specialization

Nursing Homes & Long-Term Care

Skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and long-term care. Stricter HIPAA requirements by scale, state survey readiness, and multi-department IT spanning clinical, administrative, and activities.

Nursing homes face a distinctive combination of pressures: the HIPAA requirements are stricter by scale (more residents, more staff, more data flows), state surveyors expect documentation of IT policies and procedures, and the IT coordinator often wears multiple hats — HR, facilities, and IT simultaneously.

The interdisciplinary team (IDT) documentation systems, medication administration records, and resident financial data all need to be secured and accessible to the right people at the right time. A nurse documenting at 3 a.m. can't be blocked by a misconfigured conditional access policy. A state surveyor at 9 a.m. shouldn't find an unencrypted workstation.

Front Range Health IT configures role-based access to match your staffing model, builds HIPAA documentation appropriate for state survey review, and structures backup and recovery procedures around the clinical schedules that can't flex around maintenance windows.

Common platforms in long-term care
PointClickCare MatrixCare American HealthTech Netsmart myUnity
State survey documentationColorado state surveyors expect written IT policies, risk assessment documentation, and evidence of security training. Front Range Health IT builds these into the onboarding process, not as an afterthought.
High staff turnover managementLTC facilities have high turnover. User provisioning and deprovisioning needs to be fast and consistent — a departing CNA shouldn't retain access to resident records.
24/7 operational requirementsCare doesn't stop at 5 p.m. Maintenance windows and updates need to work around clinical schedules — and recovery times need to be measured in minutes, not hours.
Resident financial dataResident trust accounts and financial records carry both HIPAA and financial regulatory requirements. Access controls and audit logs need to reflect the sensitivity of this data.

Tell us about your practice

A 15-minute call is enough to understand your current setup and tell you what HIPAA-aligned IT would look like for your specific practice type — dental, medical, or nursing home.

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