SOC 2 for healthcare and healthtech
For healthtech, SOC 2 is the security assurance report that sits alongside your HIPAA obligations. It is an AICPA attestation performed by a CPA firm against the Trust Services Criteria.
Why it matters for healthcare and healthtech
HIPAA is the law; SOC 2 is what a hospital system or payer procurement team asks to see. Presenting both signals maturity and shortens the diligence that otherwise slows healthcare sales cycles.
What to focus on
Beyond the required Security criterion, healthtech commonly includes Confidentiality given the sensitivity of the data, and sometimes Availability. Choose criteria that match your customer commitments.
Your HIPAA administrative, physical, and technical safeguards line up with many SOC 2 controls. Treat them as one program rather than two disconnected efforts.
A SOC 2 Type II proves controls operated over a period. The same evidence discipline supports your HIPAA posture, so the effort is not duplicated.
Do it once, not twice
Keel is built on one crosswalked control library, so a control you implement for SOC 2 counts toward every other framework it satisfies. Add a second framework later and it mostly reuses this work. See the crosswalk explorer for the exact overlap.
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Should healthtech do HIPAA or SOC 2 first?
HIPAA compliance is generally non-negotiable if you handle PHI. SOC 2 usually follows to satisfy buyers. Because the controls overlap, Keel lets you build once and apply the work to both.
Which SOC 2 criteria should healthtech include?
Security is required. Confidentiality is a common addition given PHI sensitivity, and Availability if you make uptime commitments. Include only what you actually commit to customers.
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