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HIPAA-Compliant Software Developmentfor Healthcare Teams

Three production HIPAA systems shipped across mental health, anesthesia information management, and clinical documentation. BAA-grade architecture configured from day one. Flat fee. Written quote in 48 hours.

01What HIPAA requires

HIPAA is a posture, not a checklist.

Compliance lives in how the system is architected, not in a spreadsheet of controls. Get this wrong before launch and you retrofit under audit pressure. Get it right on day one and the engagement closes without a scramble.

A HIPAA-compliant build starts with the Business Associate Agreement. Until that's countersigned, no protected health information moves between you and the development partner. Cardinal countersigns BAAs the same day they're requested.

After the BAA, the architecture matters. PHI controls cover what data enters the system, where it's stored, who can read it, and what happens when the access pattern is anomalous. Encryption at rest and in transit is table stakes. Audit logging (immutable, queryable, retained) is the part most builds get wrong because it's invisible to users.

AI features add a second layer. Lovable, v0, and Bolt cannot configure PHI-safe LLM calls for you. Cardinal's Redactor sits between the application and any external model, tokenising PHI before the API call leaves your environment. That's how production HIPAA platforms ship AI features without violating the privacy rule.

02Production work

Three HIPAA systems in live traffic.

Theryo

Healthcare · HIPAA

AI-powered mental health platform for providers and clients. HIPAA-compliant. iOS, Android, and web apps with AI journaling, clinical documentation support, and provider-client communication.

HIPAA · BAA-grade · PHI in production

AIMS Clinical

Healthcare · HIPAA

Anesthesia information management system for charge capture and clinical documentation. Built for hospital deployment under full HIPAA posture.

HIPAA · PHI in production · Hospital deploy

03What Cardinal covers

Every HIPAA engagement ships with all of it.

  • BAA countersigned before any PHI or code is shared
  • PHI-in-production posture configured from day one: encryption at rest and in transit
  • Audit logging, access control, and version history wired in before launch
  • Redactor integration so AI features tokenise PHI before any external LLM call
  • HIPAA-grade Supabase or AWS deployment with infrastructure-as-code review
  • Written runbook covering breach response, log retention, and audit posture
04Send the project

Free audit back in 48 hours.

Email the repo or zip the project. Mutual NDA countersigned the same day. Written audit and flat-fee quote inside two business days. No discovery call.

05Questions

The questions HIPAA buyers actually ask.

Do you sign a BAA?
Yes. BAA countersigned before any PHI or code is shared, the same day you ask. Cardinal has signed BAAs for production HIPAA work across mental health, anesthesia information management, and clinical documentation systems.
Can you build HIPAA-compliant AI features?
Yes. Cardinal's Redactor tool sits between your application and any LLM call, tokenising personally identifiable health data before any external model sees it. Wired into every healthcare engagement that includes AI. Used today across production HIPAA platforms with PHI in live traffic.
How long does a HIPAA build take?
Flagship Build: 2 to 5 weeks depending on scope. Audit-ready posture is configured from day one, not retrofitted at the end. Vibe Rescue (14 days) covers production hardening of an existing healthcare prototype that already has working flows but needs PHI controls, encryption, and BAA-grade architecture before real patient data can enter the system.
Do you work with Epic, Supabase, or AWS for healthcare?
Yes. Cardinal has production experience with HIPAA-grade Supabase and AWS deployments, including row-level security, encrypted-at-rest databases, and audit-trailed access logging. Epic integration scoped on request; FHIR-aware work has shipped on prior healthcare engagements.
What is PHI-in-production posture?
PHI-in-production means real patient data flows through the system in live traffic. Cardinal configures encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control, immutable audit logging, and breach response runbooks to the standard required for live PHI from the very first deploy. No retrofit, no scramble before launch.
Send the project

Three HIPAA systems shipped. Yours could be the fourth.