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US patient files

HIPAA tools for a file that can leave the country.

RatedDocs stores history, pans, and estimates so a US patient can see a dentist abroad. When a US covered entity is in that chain, we are a business associate. Foreign dentists usually are not covered entities — we still run the same controls.

This is a teaching desk and an ops console. It is not a legal opinion and not a certification badge.

Same lock everywhere

A Cancún consult gets the same encryption and access log as a Texas one.

BAA only when the law asks

US group or US tele-dentist: required. Monterrey clinician: DPA, not a fake BAA.

Minimum necessary

Finance sees dollars. Ops does not open a pan without a ticket.

The patient can leave

Export and delete are desks, not email threads.

Seven tools

Pick a control

What on this product is health information.

Consult intake · patient portal

Health history

This is PHI.

Chief concern, medications, allergies, prior surgery — identifiable health information.

Keep: Life of the booking + 6 years (HIPAA accounting window), then delete or de-identify.

Work the live desk

Sign BAAs, flag a bad access, close an export. Same credentials as the rest of admin.

Open HIPAA desk