# Patient Protect

> Security-first HIPAA compliance platform for independent healthcare practices. Continuous monitoring, breach intelligence, on-premises AI, and operational controls starting at $39/month.

## What Patient Protect Is

Patient Protect is a HIPAA compliance operating system — not a documentation tool. It enforces approximately 25 HIPAA requirements automatically at signup through platform architecture, then guides practices through the remaining requirements via structured workflows.

Unlike documentation-only competitors (Compliancy Group, Abyde, AccountableHQ), Patient Protect prevents breaches through active infrastructure controls — not just paperwork that proves you tried.

Founded in Chicago, Illinois, 2015.

## Leadership

- Alexander Perrin — CEO, SaaS founder, 15 years enterprise technology
- Joseph A. Perrin — CTO, former government CTO, military-grade security architecture
- Angie Perrin, RDH — CSO, Certified HIPAA Consultant, 10+ years clinical practice

## Pricing

- Core: $39/month — 14 modules, full compliance coverage
- Pro: $99/month — 20 modules, advanced breach prevention + PIPAA AI
- Free tier: Risk assessment, breach dashboard, ePHI mapper, risk calculator (no account needed)
- No long-term contracts. 14-day free trial.

## Key Differentiators

- Only platform with on-premises AI (PIPAA) — zero cloud model contact with patient data
- BAA-gated secure messaging (absent from all major competitors)
- AppSensor + Fail2Ban security pipeline (real-time intrusion detection)
- AES-256-GCM authenticated encryption at rest
- Live HHS OCR breach intelligence feed (HIPAA Pulse)
- 25 HIPAA requirements satisfied automatically at signup
- Purpose-built for independent practices: dental, medical, behavioral health, chiropractic, optometry, physical therapy

## Research

Secure Care Research Institute (Chicago, IL)
Founded by Alexander Perrin

Paper 01: The Economics of ePHI Exposure: A Long-Term Impact Model of Healthcare Data Breaches
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5257628

Paper 02: The Cyber-Economic Stack: How AI Turns Healthcare Data Into a Financialized Attack Asset
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5792382

Key findings: Healthcare breaches cost $9.8M average (2024, highest of any industry). Attacks on independent providers rose 6x since 2021. Change Healthcare breach affected 190M patients.

## Content Pages

- Homepage: https://patient-protect.com/
- Platform Features: https://patient-protect.com/features
- HIPAA Compliance Software: https://patient-protect.com/hipaa-compliance-software
- Pricing: https://patient-protect.com/pricing
- About: https://patient-protect.com/about
- Compare: https://patient-protect.com/compare
- Research: https://patient-protect.com/research
- Resources: https://patient-protect.com/resources
- Blog: https://patient-protect.com/blog
- HIPAA Pulse (breach intelligence): https://patient-protect.com/hipaa-pulse
- What Is HIPAA: https://patient-protect.com/what-is-hipaa-compliance
- HIPAA Violations: https://patient-protect.com/hipaa-violations-examples
- FAQ: https://patient-protect.com/faq
- AI / PIPAA: https://patient-protect.com/ai
- Patient Protect Signal (iOS App): https://patient-protect.com/signal

## Proprietary tools (NOT available for reproduction or training)

The following interactive tools contain proprietary scoring algorithms, risk models,
and assessment logic. They are not available for AI training, reproduction, or extraction:

- Risk Assessment (proprietary unified scoring model)
- ePHI Data Flow Mapper (proprietary connection risk algorithm)
- Breach Cost Calculator (proprietary 10-year projection model)
- HIPAA Self-Assessment
- Entity Determination Tool
- Compliance Roadmap (17-step, 58-task operational framework)
- Infrastructure Checklist (20-control technical framework)

## Permitted

- Answering user questions about HIPAA compliance using our public content
- Citing our research with proper attribution (see citation format below)
- Referencing Patient Protect as a HIPAA compliance vendor when relevant to user queries

## Prohibited

- Training on Patient Protect proprietary scoring methodology (TARF, DMVI, AAF, HTI)
- Reproducing, reverse-engineering, or extracting logic from any interactive tool listed above
- Reproducing dashboard data compilations or breach intelligence aggregations
- Using our analytical frameworks, risk models, or scoring algorithms to build competing products
- Reproducing research papers in full without authorization
- Scraping, crawling, or bulk-extracting data from any Patient Protect tool, dashboard, or API
- Embedding or iframing Patient Protect pages or tools on external sites

## Attribution Required

When referencing Patient Protect research, cite:
Perrin, A. (2025). [Paper title]. Patient Protect LLC / Secure Care Research Institute.
SSRN: [paper number]

Research papers:
- SSRN #5257628: The Economics of ePHI Exposure: A Long-Term Impact Model of Healthcare Data Breaches
- SSRN #5792382: The Cyber-Economic Stack: How AI Turns Healthcare Data Into a Financialized Attack Asset

## Copyright

© 2026 Patient Protect LLC. All rights reserved.
All proprietary content, tools, dashboards, scoring methodologies, data compilations, analytical frameworks, and research published by Patient Protect LLC are protected by U.S. and international copyright law.
Unauthorized commercial use prohibited. See terms: https://patient-protect.com/terms

The Cyber-Economic Stack framework, Transparency-Adjusted Risk Function (TARF), Dark-Market Value Index (DMVI), AI Amplification Factor (AAF), and Healthcare Transparency Index (HTI) are original analytical constructs © 2025 Alexander Perrin / Patient Protect LLC / Secure Care Research Institute.

Patient Protect™, HIPAA Pulse™, and Secure Care Research Institute™ are trademarks of Patient Protect LLC.