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Start your practice
on the right foundation.

Complete IT infrastructure, EMR deployment, HIPAA program setup, and network design for new healthcare practices and existing practices opening new locations — done right from day one.

The challenge

What healthcare practices face every day.

The technology decisions made when setting up a new practice or location are among the most consequential — and the most likely to be rushed. Poor decisions at this stage compound for years.

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Setup Done in the Wrong Order

Most practice technology setups start with the easy visible items and defer the critical ones — network security, identity management, and HIPAA program setup often get skipped entirely.

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Opening Deadline Pressure

Practice openings have fixed lease and staffing deadlines. This creates pressure to accept temporary technology shortcuts that become permanent. A proper IT setup prevents this.

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HIPAA from Day One

HIPAA obligations begin the moment a practice receives, creates, or transmits PHI — not after a compliance review. Practices that set up IT infrastructure without HIPAA in mind start with compliance debt.

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EMR Implementation Complexity

EMR deployment involves vendor management, staff training, data migration planning, interface setup with labs and billing, and integration testing. Without experienced oversight, implementations run over time and over budget.

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Network Design That Cannot Scale

Networks designed for a practice's opening day configuration rarely accommodate growth. Adding locations, devices, or services to a poorly designed network creates compounding problems.

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Device Procurement Without Standards

Practices that buy IT equipment without a standardized specification end up with mixed hardware environments that are difficult and expensive to support. A standards-based procurement prevents this.

How Lexcom helps

What we deliver.

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Technology Readiness Planning

A structured technology planning process covering infrastructure, EMR, networking, HIPAA, and support model — completed before any procurement begins.

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Clinical Network Design & Installation

Purpose-built network design for the clinical environment — with appropriate segmentation, wireless coverage, redundancy, and growth capacity. Installed and certified by our structured cabling team.

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EMR Deployment & Integration

EMR installation, configuration, lab and billing interface setup, and go-live support — with staff training delivered before opening day.

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HIPAA Program Foundation

Risk analysis, policy library, BAA inventory, and workforce training delivered as part of the setup — so the practice opens already compliant.

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Microsoft 365 & Identity Setup

HIPAA-configured Microsoft 365 deployment with Entra ID, MFA, and device management in place from day one — not retrofitted later.

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Managed IT Service Transition

Seamless transition into Lexcom's ongoing managed IT service at opening — so the practice has full monitoring, support, and patch management coverage from the first day of patient care.

Standards & frameworks
HIPAA Security Rule
NIST CSF
HL7 FHIR
BICSI (cabling)
ISO 9001
Alberta Health Information Act
Why choose us

Why healthcare practices choose Lexcom for new practice setup.

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Structured methodology that gets the critical items done first — not last

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HIPAA program built into the setup, not retrofitted after the fact

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EMR deployment experience across major clinical platforms in North America

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Network design that accommodates growth — not just the first day's configuration

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Single vendor for technology planning, procurement, installation, and ongoing support

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Practices we set up transition directly into our managed IT service — no handoff gap

30+
Years serving healthcare organizations
500+
Clients across US & Canada
200+
Professionals available to your practice
Case study

How a new [XX]-provider practice opened on schedule with full IT and HIPAA compliance in place.

New specialty practice · [City, Province/State]

Complete clinical IT foundation delivered in [XX] weeks.

A [XX]-provider specialty practice engaged Lexcom [XX] weeks before their planned opening date. Lexcom delivered network design and installation, EMR deployment with lab integrations, HIPAA program foundation, and a HIPAA-configured Microsoft 365 environment — with the practice opening on schedule and immediately enrolling patients into a compliant, functioning clinical IT environment.

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From engagement to opening day
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HIPAA deficiencies at first compliance review
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Full managed IT monitoring coverage from opening