Healthcare cybersecurity · Security risk & compliance consulting
Meditology Services
Meditology Services is a healthcare-only cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance consulting firm that runs risk assessments, HITRUST work, security testing, virtual security leadership, and vendor risk reviews.
Strong fit
- Hospitals and health systems that need HIPAA security risk assessments, HITRUST certification help, or security testing
- Health plans and healthcare technology vendors preparing for customer security reviews
- Security teams that want a part-time outside security chief or extra staff from healthcare specialists
Weak fit
- Buyers who want a security software product to run themselves
- Organizations outside healthcare
- Buyers who need published prices
Bottom line
Meditology Services is worth using for healthcare organizations that want experienced outside help on security audits, certifications, and security programs. It suits providers, payers, and the companies that sell to them. Organizations that want risk software and services from one firm may prefer Clearwater.
Score breakdown
Weights: Outcomes 35% · Product 30% · Implementation 20% · Pricing clarity 15%.
Meditology Services, based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a consulting firm that works only on healthcare cybersecurity, privacy, and compliance.
Cliff Baker founded it in 2010. He had started PwC's first dedicated healthcare security practice and was lead architect of the HITRUST framework, the security standard many health systems and their vendors are certified against.
The firm works with hospitals, health plans, and companies that sell to them.
Its work includes HIPAA security risk assessments, HITRUST readiness and assessments, security testing, cloud security reviews, privacy programs, vendor risk reviews, and part-time security chief and staff support. It ties this work to the compliance frameworks and reporting the client uses now.
KLAS named Meditology Best in KLAS for cybersecurity advisory services in 2019 and 2020.
Nadia Fahim-Koster, a former hospital chief information security officer who had been with the firm for more than 12 years, became chief executive in September 2025.
In November 2025 Meditology bought CORL Technologies, which reviews the security of a health system's vendors. It now sells that work as a managed service.
Compare Clearwater when a provider wants risk software and compliance services from one firm. Censinet fits when vendor risk should run on a software platform shared with suppliers.
Fortified Health Security fits when the need is managed security monitoring. Cyber Salus fits a smaller organization that wants managed security for medical devices and clinical systems.
Competitor landscape
| Vendor | Overall | Ease of implementation |
|---|---|---|
| Clearwater | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Fortified Health Security | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Censinet | 7.5 | 7.1 |
| Meditology Services | 7.1 | 7.0 |
| First Health Advisory | 6.9 | 7.0 |
| Cyber Salus | 6.7 | 6.6 |
Pricing
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Model | Project fees and managed service contracts quoted by Meditology. |
| What usually drives cost | What each assessment or certification covers, how many facilities and systems are included, how deep the testing goes, and ongoing services such as part-time security leadership or vendor risk reviews. |
| What to ask before you buy | Whether it is a fixed fee or billed by the hour, who will do the work, and what you keep at the end. |
| Published pricing | Meditology Services does not publish a price list. |
Prerequisites for purchase
| Need | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| What you need to get Meditology Services to function | |
| Security or compliance leader as sponsor | Owns findings and fixes. |
| A list of the systems and facilities included | Sets the size of the work. |
| Prior assessments and audit reports | Avoids repeating work. |
| Staff time for interviews and evidence | Assessments depend on it. |
| Budget for fixing findings | Reports alone change nothing. |
| What will maximize your value | |
| Tie assessments to one framework | Results build year to year. |
| Agree on deliverables up front | Avoids scope surprises. |
| Track fixes every month | Turns findings into progress. |
| Deal-breakers | |
| You want software, not services | |
| Nobody owns fixing findings | |
| You work outside healthcare | |
Value creation time frame
| # | Stage | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scoping and contract | 2-6 weeks |
| 2 | Assessment or certification work | 1-4 months |
| 3 | Ongoing managed services | 6-12 months |
Leadership
Methodology
| Weight | Factor | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| 35% | Customer outcomes | Whether buyers get measurable operational or clinical-workflow results after go-live |
| 30% | Product | Capability depth, reliability, and fit for the job the category buys |
| 20% | Implementation | How hard it is to stand up, integrate, train, and stabilize |
| 15% | Pricing clarity | Whether a buyer can model total cost without a mystery quote |
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Highly recommend | Strong outcomes and product with manageable caveats |
| Recommend | Solid fit for the right buyer; know the tradeoffs |
| Conditional | Only with a specific use case or heavy caveats |
| Not recommended | Avoid for most buyers in this category |
Read our full methodology for how we weight scores and assign recommend labels.