One network = one breach point. Professional VLAN segmentation isolates patient data, medical devices, staff systems, and guest WiFi into separate secure zones—dramatically reducing your attack surface and HIPAA compliance risk.
PHI Isolation • Medical Device Security • HIPAA Audit Ready
Why a single network is a security disaster waiting to happen
4-tier segmentation for maximum security and compliance
Highly Restricted
EHR servers, practice management, imaging PACS, and systems storing or processing patient health information.
Controlled Access
Staff PCs, laptops, tablets used for patient care, administrative work, and communication.
Quarantined Zone
Imaging machines, vital monitors, infusion pumps, diagnostic equipment often running outdated software.
Public Access
Patient and visitor devices—smartphones, tablets, laptops connecting to waiting room WiFi.
Professional deployment with zero downtime
Map your existing infrastructure, identify all devices, document workflows, and design custom VLAN architecture.
Replace consumer-grade equipment with enterprise managed switches, routers, and access points that support VLANs.
Configure VLANs, firewall rules, and security policies outside business hours to avoid practice disruption.
Verify segmentation, confirm connectivity, test security rules, document configuration, and train your staff.
How VLAN segmentation addresses key requirements
VLANs enforce technical policies that limit ePHI access to authorized users/systems only.
Network segmentation enables granular logging of who accessed what systems and when.
Segmentation prevents unauthorized PHI transmission between zones and to the internet.
Network-level controls ensure workstations can only access authorized systems.
Common questions about VLAN segmentation
No. Properly configured VLANs have zero performance impact. Traffic stays local within switches and routers handle inter-VLAN routing at wire speed.
It depends. If you have consumer-grade routers/switches (Netgear, Linksys, etc.), yes—they don't support VLANs. Enterprise equipment (Cisco, Ubiquiti, HPE) usually supports VLANs out of the box.
For a typical 5-10 person practice, we can audit, design, and deploy VLANs in 1-2 weeks with most work done after hours to avoid downtime.
No. VLANs are transparent to users. Staff will connect to the same WiFi/ethernet and access the same systems—but now with proper security in the background.
Absolutely! We can retrofit VLAN segmentation into any existing practice. It doesn't require rewiring—just configuration changes on network equipment.
We provide complete network documentation showing your segmentation architecture, access control policies, and audit logging—demonstrating your technical safeguards are in place.
Get a free network security assessment and custom VLAN design for your medical practice in Edison, Princeton, East Windsor, New Brunswick, Woodbridge, and throughout Central New Jersey.
HIPAA-compliant network design | Serving medical practices in Edison, Princeton, East Windsor, Woodbridge, New Brunswick, and throughout New Jersey