FQHC IT · Free IT, Cybersecurity & AI Assessment

How resilient is your health center's IT, cybersecurity & AI right now?

A free 18-statement checkup built exclusively for Federally Qualified Health Centers, Look-Alikes, and Community Health Centers. Rate each statement from 1 (weak) to 5 (strong) and get an instant 0–100 resilience score across six domains — including how safely and effectively you're adopting AI. No name, no email, no sign-up. See where your technology protects your mission, and where a single gap in security or AI governance could threaten patient care, HIPAA/HRSA compliance, or reimbursement.

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Your resilience profile

Scores by domain

Where to focus first

The domains most likely to keep your leadership up at 2am — ranked by urgency.

What's already working

Strengths worth protecting as you close the gaps above.

No margin, no mission — and no mission without secure, well-governed IT & AI.

Turn this scorecard into a 90-day action plan built specifically for FQHCs — including a practical AI-governance roadmap. Book a no-pressure strategy session with Shuey, or estimate what closing these gaps is worth.

FQHC IT, cybersecurity & AI: common questions

What is an FQHC IT, cybersecurity, and AI assessment?

It's a structured evaluation of a health center's technology posture across disaster recovery, documentation, staffing, infrastructure, mission alignment, leadership reporting, and AI adoption and governance. It surfaces gaps that could threaten patient care, HIPAA and HRSA compliance, or reimbursement, and produces a prioritized roadmap. This free checkup gives an instant 0–100 maturity score.

What is AI & IT governance for a Federally Qualified Health Center?

AI and IT governance is the set of policies, oversight, and controls governing how technology, AI, and automation tools are selected, used, and monitored. It ensures any AI or IT system touching protected health information (PHI) meets the HIPAA Security Rule, that vendors sign business associate agreements, that staff use approved tools rather than unvetted public AI, and that AI-assisted decisions stay accurate, fair, and transparent. Good governance lets a health center adopt technology confidently without creating new compliance or patient-safety risk.

How can FQHCs use AI safely while protecting patient data?

Establish a written AI acceptable-use policy, restrict PHI to HIPAA-compliant tools covered by a business associate agreement, train staff on what may and may not be entered into AI tools, keep a human in the loop for clinical and financial decisions, and monitor AI use for accuracy and bias. Governance should be in place before broad adoption — not after.

How often should an FQHC test its IT disaster recovery plan?

Backups should be tested automatically every single day — every backup, with screenshot verification confirming it actually restores, not just that the job ran. Beyond that daily automated testing, run full restore "fire-drills" at least quarterly to exercise the complete disaster recovery and business continuity plan. This layered approach ensures systems and patient services can be restored quickly during an outage, ransomware event, or natural disaster — essential for both HRSA expectations and uninterrupted care.

Why is cybersecurity especially important for community health centers?

Health centers hold large volumes of protected health information (PHI) and run on thin margins, making them high-impact targets for ransomware and breaches. A single incident can halt care, trigger OCR enforcement under the HIPAA Security Rule, and jeopardize reimbursement. Because there's no margin and no mission without secure IT, cybersecurity is mission-critical.

Is this checkup really free, and do I need to give my email?

Yes, it's completely free, takes about two minutes, and requires no email or sign-up. Your results appear instantly on screen with prioritized recommendations and an optional strategy session.

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