Clinics, specialty groups, diagnostics labs and device companies carry enterprise-grade obligations on mid-market budgets. HIPAA is the floor rather than the goal, the EHR vendor sets the roadmap by default, and a growing share of the estate is clinical equipment that nobody in IT is allowed to patch. The result is an organization that is audited like a hospital and staffed like a small business.
Your clinical system dictates what is possible, what it costs, and when it changes. Nobody on your side is evaluating whether the answer you were given is the right one.
Imaging, lab and monitoring equipment running unsupported operating systems that the manufacturer will not let you touch, usually on the same network as everything else.
A risk analysis performed once, filed, and never revisited. It satisfies nobody in an audit and protects nobody in an incident.
Selection, negotiation and upgrade planning from someone whose income does not depend on which vendor wins.
Separating equipment that cannot be patched from everything else, without adding a step to patient care.
Findings with named owners and review dates, so the risk analysis is a live document rather than an annual exercise.