Fractional Privacy Officer Services
for Healthcare
Brightsquid’s Fractional Privacy Officer (FPO) service provides healthcare organizations with expert, scalable, and cost-effective privacy leadership — delivering the functions of a senior Privacy Officer without requiring a full-time hire.
Healthcare Privacy Officers Play Critical Roles.
Healthcare organizations face growing regulatory expectations under the Health Information Act (HIA), PIPA, and federal privacy frameworks. At the same time, privacy incidents, patient rights requests, and cross-organizational collaboration continue to increase in volume and complexity.
Team-Based Expertise for Complex Privacy Needs.
Privacy and security are multi-disciplinary fields that draw on expertise in governance, legislation, data management, policy development, technical safeguards, NIST Cybersecurity Framework alignment, and incident response. No single professional can cover all of these areas at a top level — which is why Brightsquid delivers fractional privacy officer for healthcare services through a collaborative team-based model rather than an individual consultant.
Our team is built around a culture of knowledge sharing, continuous education, and collective expertise:
- Weekly internal knowledge-sharing sessions ensure that emerging risks, new regulatory interpretations, and best practices are shared across the entire team.
- Team members participate in national and international training sessions, ensuring we remain aligned with global standards and current privacy/security trends.
- Each team member maintains specialized expertise in areas such as policy development, data governance, technical security controls, privacy impact assessments, incident management, and NIST cybersecurity frameworks.
- Complex or urgent issues are reviewed collaboratively so that clients benefit from the full strength, depth, and insights of the entire Brightsquid team, not just one person.
With Brightsquid, you are not hiring just one Privacy Officer — you gain access to an entire team dedicated to ensuring your organization always receives the strongest possible privacy leadership.
This team-driven fractional privacy officer for healthcare model means we provide consistent, high-quality, and authoritative support across all aspects of your privacy program.
Privacy Officer as a Service:
Brightsquid provides a full suite of privacy officer support services designed specifically for healthcare environments:
- Privacy maturity and gap assessments
- Development of a 12-month compliance roadmap
- Incident and privacy breach management
- Data governance and risk management guidance
- Vendor and contract privacy review
- Staff training and privacy awareness programs
- HR and employee privacy guidance
- Patient rights and complaint response procedures
- Quarterly privacy dashboards and executive reporting
- Advisory access for routine privacy questions
Choose Between Two Tiers of Privacy Officer Support
Healthcare organizations vary significantly in their privacy maturity, staffing model, and internal expertise. To ensure flexibility, Brightsquid offers two levels of Privacy Officer engagement:
Tier 1 – Fractional Privacy Officer (Primary Role)
Brightsquid acts as your organization’s official Privacy Officer, fulfilling all HIA-mandated privacy leadership responsibilities, including:
- Incident and breach management leadership
- Strategic privacy program oversight
- Patient rights request processing and escalation
- Regulatory reporting and liaison
- Governance, safeguards, and compliance tracking
- Privacy training, staff readiness, and awareness
- Vendor and contract privacy oversight
Best for:
Organizations without an internal Privacy Officer or those seeking outsourced privacy leadership to ensure compliance and risk reduction.
Tier 2 – Assistant to Privacy Officer (Support Role)
Brightsquid augments your internal Privacy Officer by providing specialized expertise, structured tools, and capacity strengthening. Support includes:
- Advisory input into incident/breach response
- Templates for PIAs, policies, and internal communications
- Draft dashboards, KPIs, and compliance metrics
- Training content and awareness materials
- Vendor privacy evaluation tools
- Staff onboarding/offboarding privacy guidance
Best for:
Organizations with an existing Privacy Officer needing additional bandwidth, specialized knowledge, or structured program support.
Get On-call Professional Breach Support
You don’t have time to figure out your breach response in the panic of a privacy incident.