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System · Autonomous Compliance Engine

Compliance tasks that close themselves.

Auto-generates work from your SRA. Closes when conditions are met. No manual check-offs. No missed deadlines.

Included in Core·Starting at $39/mo
Patient Protect — Autonomous Compliance Engine
Patient Protect Autonomous Compliance Engine showing auto-generated tasks with priority levels, deadlines, and self-closing status indicators

HIPAA mapping

What this satisfies in the Security Rule.

5 citations, each with the specific Autonomous Compliance Engine behavior that satisfies it. The mapping is the receipt — what you can show an auditor without assembling anything new.

§164.308(a)(1)

Security management process

Implement policies and procedures to prevent, detect, contain, and correct security violations. The engine is the operational layer of that process.

§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)

Risk analysis

Conduct an accurate and thorough assessment of risks. The SRA feeds the engine; the engine never lets the risk picture go stale.

§164.308(a)(1)(ii)(B)

Risk management

Implement security measures sufficient to reduce risks to a reasonable and appropriate level. The engine drives the implementation through prioritized tasks.

§164.308(a)(8)

Evaluation

Perform periodic technical and non-technical evaluations. The engine evaluates continuously, not periodically.

§164.316(b)

Documentation requirements

Maintain written records. Every task closure is timestamped, attributed, and immutable.

What it does

A queue that stays useful.

Most compliance platforms hand you a checklist. You work the checklist. You forget the checklist. You scramble before audit.

Patient Protect's compliance engine doesn't hand you a list — it generates one, from your actual SRA results, prioritized by real risk, with conditions the platform monitors. When a condition is satisfied, the task closes itself. The work stays current because the system never sleeps on it.

The result is a queue that reflects where you actually are, not where you were last quarter. New risks generate new tasks. Resolved risks close their tasks. The list is alive.

How it works

5 mechanisms keep Autonomous Compliance Engine working.

01

SRA-driven generation.

Every task in the queue traces to a specific SRA finding. Open a task and you can see which question, which response, and which risk score generated it. Auditors asking “why did you do this?” get an answer in one click.

02

Priority by real risk.

High-impact, high-likelihood risks surface first. Prioritization is not subjective — it comes from your assessment data, scored against industry-standard risk frameworks.

03

Self-closure on condition match.

Tasks include the conditions that satisfy them. When a policy is adopted, a device is encrypted, a BAA reaches Active state, training completes — the task closes automatically. You don't claim completion; the system observes it.

04

Cascading task generation.

Some tasks unlock others when they close. Adopting an encryption policy triggers device-level encryption tasks across your inventory. Completing training unlocks role-specific advanced modules. The queue grows and shrinks based on what you've done.

05

Audit-ready by default.

Every task closure produces an evidence record — date, time, who, what changed, what condition was satisfied. Export the evidence in the format OCR auditors expect, or hand it to a consultant for review. The work documents itself.

Who this is for

Built for the practices that need it most.

Practices without dedicated compliance staff.

If compliance is one job among many for your office administrator, the engine is the difference between a program that holds together and one that doesn't. The work surfaces when it needs to. Closures happen in the background. The audit trail builds itself.

Practices with consultants.

If you work with a HIPAA consultant, the engine becomes their working surface. They see what's open, what's been completed, and what's behind. Collaboration on a single source of truth — not email threads and spreadsheets.

Practices preparing for OCR or insurance audits.

When the auditor asks for documentation, the engine produces it. Not a binder you assembled the week before. A timestamped, attributable evidence record generated by the work itself.

What you get

6outcomes you'll feel in week one.

No more manual checklists.

The engine generates and maintains the list. You work the queue; you don't manage it.

Risk-prioritized work.

The most important tasks rise to the top automatically. You're not deciding what to do next — the system already has.

Self-closing tasks.

Conditions met means task closed. No one forgets to check the box. No closure event is undocumented.

Audit evidence by default.

Every closure is timestamped, attributed, and immutable. Your audit trail builds itself while you do the work.

Always current.

The queue reflects right now, not last quarter. New risks generate new tasks; resolved ones close.

Zero maintenance overhead.

The engine is part of the platform. No setup beyond your SRA. No configuration to keep running.

FAQ

What people ask first.

6 questions cover most first-time evaluations. See all FAQs →

Do I need to complete the SRA before tasks generate?
You need at least the foundational sections of the SRA done before the engine has enough to work with. Most practices complete the foundational SRA in 60–90 minutes; tasks begin generating immediately as you progress.
What if I disagree with a task's priority?
You can re-prioritize manually, and the engine learns from the adjustment. Patterns of re-prioritization across your account inform future task generation. The default prioritization is quantitative — but the system respects that practices know their context.
Can tasks be assigned to specific staff members?
Yes. Tasks can be assigned to roles, individuals, or left in a shared queue. Assigned tasks notify the assignee; closure attribution records who completed what.
How do tasks close automatically?
Each task carries a closure condition that maps to platform state. Adopting a policy in Policies & Procedures closes the adoption task. Reaching Active BAA state closes the BAA task. Completing a training module closes the training task. The conditions are platform-observable; you don't claim completion, the platform records it.
What if my SRA results change?
When you re-run or update sections of your SRA, the engine recalculates the task queue. Tasks for resolved risks close; tasks for new findings generate. Existing in-progress tasks preserve their state — re-running the SRA doesn't undo work.
Is this AI-driven?
The prioritization and condition-matching logic is rules-based, not AI-driven. AI is used elsewhere on the platform (the AI Compliance Copilot for plain-English queries), but the task engine itself is deterministic — auditors and your team can trace any task to specific rules and SRA inputs.

Next step

See it running on your SRA in 90 minutes.

Most practices have their first auto-generated task queue within 90 minutes of starting. Most have their first auto-closure inside the first week.

No contracts. No consultants. Starting at $39/mo.