Practical cybersecurity and HIPAA guidance for small healthcare organizations.
Protecting patient information and meeting cybersecurity expectations can be difficult without dedicated IT leadership. Dingledy IT Consulting Services helps small healthcare organizations identify risk, prioritize improvements, strengthen security, and build a practical HIPAA-aligned technology program.
Built for organizations that need experienced IT leadership.
Get practical guidance without immediately hiring a full internal IT department.
Security guidance sized for small organizations.
The focus is on organizations that handle sensitive information but may not have a dedicated security officer, CIO, or internal IT department.
Small Healthcare Practices
Physician offices, dental practices, behavioral health providers, therapy practices, specialty clinics, and other healthcare businesses that handle protected health information.
Community Healthcare Organizations
Small clinics, nonprofits, community health programs, and growing healthcare organizations that need stronger technology leadership and security planning.
Healthcare Vendors and Business Associates
Organizations that support healthcare clients and need to better understand their cybersecurity, HIPAA, vendor, and data protection responsibilities.
Small Businesses Without Internal IT
Businesses in other industries that need practical cybersecurity guidance, vendor oversight, technology planning, or optional managed support.
Build a stronger security foundation one practical step at a time.
Services can be provided as focused projects, ongoing advisory support, or as part of a broader managed IT relationship.
Cybersecurity Readiness Review
Review your technology environment, current protections, vendors, policies, access controls, backup practices, and security gaps to identify the highest-priority risks.
HIPAA Security Support
Practical assistance aligning IT practices, safeguards, documentation, and security planning with HIPAA Security Rule expectations.
Security Policies and Procedures
Develop and improve policies covering access, passwords, remote work, mobile devices, backups, incident response, acceptable use, and other important security areas.
Microsoft 365 Security
Review licensing, multifactor authentication, administrative access, email protection, conditional access, sharing, retention, and related Microsoft 365 security settings.
Incident Response Planning
Create practical response plans, roles, escalation steps, communication procedures, vendor contacts, and recovery priorities before an incident occurs.
Vendor and Technology Review
Evaluate IT vendors, managed service providers, cloud systems, contracts, security tools, backup services, and technology proposals before you commit.
Backup and Recovery Planning
Review backup coverage, recovery expectations, off-site protection, testing practices, business continuity needs, and recovery responsibilities.
IT Leadership and Planning
Fractional technology leadership for budgeting, roadmaps, vendor management, cybersecurity, infrastructure planning, and executive-level technology decisions.
Security Awareness Guidance
Support employee security awareness, phishing prevention, safe data handling, remote work practices, and ongoing training expectations.
Clear priorities instead of a hundred-page report that sits on a shelf.
The goal is to identify what matters most, explain it in plain language, and build an improvement plan your organization can realistically follow.
Understand
Learn how your organization operates, what systems you depend on, what data you protect, and where your biggest concerns are.
Assess
Review technology, vendors, policies, access, backups, security controls, and operational risks.
Prioritize
Separate urgent risks from longer-term improvements and develop a practical, budget-aware roadmap.
Improve
Support implementation, documentation, vendor coordination, staff communication, and ongoing security improvement.
You do not need to fix everything at once.
Many organizations begin with a focused review of the safeguards most likely to reduce risk quickly and provide a stronger foundation for future improvements.
A practical first engagement
A typical starting engagement can include a review of your current technology environment, key vendors, security controls, policies, backup approach, Microsoft 365 configuration, and operational risks.
You receive a prioritized roadmap that distinguishes immediate risks, near-term improvements, and longer-term planning needs.
Discuss a Readiness ReviewAdd ongoing IT and security support when you need more than a consulting project.
Some organizations need guidance and a roadmap. Others need someone to help carry out the plan, manage vendors, monitor technology, support users, and provide continuing security oversight.
Managed and MSP-style services can be added based on the size, needs, and existing resources of the organization.
Ask About Ongoing SupportExperienced IT leadership with a practical small-business mindset.
Dingledy IT Consulting Services is led by Matt Dingledy, an IT professional with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations make practical technology decisions.
Matt started Dingledy Consulting LLC in 2011 and has more than 15 years of healthcare IT leadership experience. He has managed and supported technology for organizations across nearly every business vertical.
Education and leadership background
Matt holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana University and a master's degree in Strategic Leadership from the University of Indianapolis.
His approach combines hands-on IT experience, healthcare operations, cybersecurity, compliance awareness, business leadership, vendor management, and long-term strategic planning.
Start with a practical conversation about your risks and priorities.
Whether you need a cybersecurity review, HIPAA-aligned IT guidance, policy development, incident planning, vendor oversight, or optional ongoing support, the first step is understanding your current environment.
Contact Dingledy IT Consulting Services
Tell me about your organization and what you need help protecting or improving.
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