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HIPAA Resource Vault

Compliance intelligence your practice can act on.

Practitioner-authored guides, checklists, and original research — built for offices that need to move, not just read.

6 resourcesPractitioner-authoredUpdated for 2025

Original research

Research

The Economics of ePHI Exposure

Original research on long-tail breach economics for healthcare organizations, with emphasis on the compounding cost structure that hits independent practices hardest.

PDF·32 pages·2025·Secure Care Research Institute

Also on SSRN

Start here

Assessment and planning resources to establish your compliance baseline.

Checklist

HIPAA Compliance Checklist 2025

Get a 17-step operational checklist that replaces checkbox compliance with real work.

PDF·12 pages·2025

Guide

HIPAA Risk Assessment Guide

Learn how to conduct a risk assessment that actually surfaces the gaps that matter.

PDF·18 pages·2025

Protect your practice

Operational guides and templates for active breach defense.

Template

HIPAA Incident Response Plan Template

Get a ready-to-use response plan so your team knows exactly what to do when a breach hits.

PDF·14 pages·2025

Guide

10 Hidden HIPAA Mistakes Most Practices Miss

Find out which common workflows are silently creating HIPAA violations in your office.

PDF·8 pages·2024

Guide

Patient Protect HIPAA Guide 2024

Build a compliance foundation with a guide designed for practice owners and office managers.

PDF·24 pages·2024

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Are these resources really free?: Yes. Every resource is free to download. We ask for your name and email so we can send relevant updates — but there is no paywall, no trial, and no credit card.
Who created these guides?: All resources are authored by the Patient Protect team — a certified HIPAA consultant with 10+ years of clinical experience, a former government CTO, and a SaaS founder with 15 years in enterprise technology.
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