Resources

    Guides, checklists and tools

    Healthcare software resources from the Agnotic engineers who build HIPAA-ready apps, EHR integrations and healthcare AI. Use them to plan your project or brief a development partner, then bring the result to a scoping call.

    15-Minute Scoping Call

    What healthcare software resources does Agnotic publish?

    Agnotic Technologies publishes free healthcare software resources for teams planning a build: a HIPAA app engineering checklist, an Epic integration planning checklist, a healthcare AI readiness assessment, a software scope builder and two glossaries. Each one is free, needs no sign-up and turns a planning question into a list you can act on.

    Last reviewed by the Agnotic Technologies engineering team

    Which resource should you start with?

    Start from where your project is today.

    Which Agnotic resource to use for each planning situation
    Your situationStart withWhat you get
    You have an idea and need a scope to brief a teamHealthcare software scope builderFeatures, users, integrations and risks in one scope
    Your app will store or send patient dataHIPAA app engineering checklistSecurity Rule controls as engineering tasks
    A health system on Epic wants your product connectedEpic integration planning checklistAccess path, scopes, client tasks and a go-live plan
    Leadership wants an AI pilotHealthcare AI readiness assessmentReadiness by area and the use cases to pilot first
    A term in a spec or RFP is unclearHealthcare AI and interoperability glossaryPlain definitions with official sources

    Where can you compare build options?

    Decision guides for choices such as build or buy and which integration approach to take.

    Which standards do these resources follow?

    Each resource names the rule or standard behind its items. These are the main ones.

    • The HIPAA Security Rule requires administrative, physical and technical safeguards for electronic protected health information.

      Source: 45 CFR Part 164 Subpart C (eCFR)
    • The ONC (ASTP) certification criterion for standardized APIs, 45 CFR 170.315(g)(10), references FHIR R4, the US Core implementation guide and the SMART App Launch guide.

      Source: ONC (ASTP), HealthIT.gov
    • The NIST AI Risk Management Framework, released in January 2023, is intended for voluntary use and is organized around the functions Govern, Map, Measure and Manage.

      Source: NIST
    • CDS Hooks is an HL7 specification for invoking decision support from within a clinician's workflow.

      Source: HL7 CDS Hooks

    What happens after you use a resource?

    Agnotic Technologies is a software development services company. When you want the work built, this is how it starts.

    1. Scoping call

      Bring your checklist, assessment or scope. We go through the gaps and the open questions with you.

    2. Fixed-scope first release

      We agree the first release and build it, with HIPAA safeguards and audit logging designed in from the start.

    3. Build, review and extend

      You see working software regularly, and we add integrations and features in agreed phases.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Yes. The checklists, the readiness assessment, the scope builder and the glossaries are free to use and need no sign-up or email address.