IT support for Omaha medical offices and clinics
For a clinic, the EHR, phones and exam-room computers have to work when patients arrive. Cambium Data is a local Omaha IT company. We keep the computers, network, phones and systems your practice depends on working, so your staff can stay focused on patients.
We work with practices that don’t have a hospital IT department behind them: family and specialty clinics, chiropractic and physical therapy offices, behavioral health and treatment providers, and small groups with a few locations.
Keep your EHR and practice systems reachable
Most EHRs are cloud-hosted now, but that does not make the rest of your office disappear. Your internet, Wi-Fi, workstations, browsers and any local servers still have to work together. Some practices also run a local server for billing, an older EHR, or a lab or imaging interface.
- We work with your EHR and software vendors on upgrades, server moves and problems that fall between their product and your hardware, so your office manager isn’t stuck in the middle.
- We monitor your internet, firewall, Wi-Fi and any on-site server so we can start working on problems before they become a front-desk interruption.
- We set up a backup internet line through carrier partners like Great Plains Communications, so a cut fiber line doesn’t stop check-in, e-prescribing and claims.
- We patch workstations on a schedule that stays out of clinic hours.
Exam rooms, front desk and shared workstations
Shared workstations create their own problems in a clinic. Label printers, card scanners, signature pads and dictation equipment all have to work with the computer in front of the staff member.
Individual logins, with screen locking that fits how your staff move between rooms, instead of one shared account everyone knows.
We document the setup in each room so a failed PC can be replaced without someone having to remember which printers, scanners and other devices were connected to it.
A hardware lifecycle report shows which machines are aging, out of warranty or on a Windows version that no longer gets security updates, so replacements go into the budget instead of surprising you.
Backups that are tested before you need them
Backups of any on-site server and shared files, with a copy kept off-site.
Backups of Microsoft 365 email and files. Microsoft keeps deleted items for a limited time, which isn’t the same as a backup you control.
Regular test restores, so we know the backups work.
A simple downtime plan: who calls whom, how the front desk keeps checking patients in, and what we do to get systems back.
Protecting patient information
For medical and dental offices, we help put the technical safeguards HIPAA calls for in place and keep them maintained, alongside your compliance advisor.
That means putting practical controls around the ways practices usually get hit:
- Multi-factor authentication on email, remote access, and the EHR where it’s supported.
- Email filtering to catch phishing and look-alike messages before they reach staff.
- Endpoint protection on every workstation and laptop, with laptops encrypted in case one is lost.
- Prompt removal of access when someone leaves the practice.
If you want to see what an attacker could reach from your network, we offer automated penetration testing, quoted separately. If your cyber insurance renewal is coming up, Cyber Insurance Readiness helps you answer the technical questions on the application and put missing controls in place.
Phones patients can get through on
If patients cannot get through to the front desk, the problem quickly becomes a patient-service problem. We set up cloud-based phone systems with call routing for the front desk, scheduling, a nurse line and your after-hours answering service. You keep your numbers (we handle the number porting), and staff can take calls from a laptop or cell phone with the phone apps.
Separate patient Wi-Fi from clinic systems
Patient guest Wi-Fi kept off the network your EHR and staff computers use.
Medical devices and other equipment that can’t be updated often kept on their own part of the network, where the equipment allows it.
Business-grade firewalls, switches and Wi-Fi, including Cisco and Meraki equipment, which we sell and support.
New suites, remodels and moves: we plan and deliver cabling projects and have the network ready on day one.
AI employees that give your front office time back
AI employees take repetitive office work off your staff: vendor and supply follow-ups, job applicant sorting, staff schedule reminders and sorting the shared inbox. Your front office gets more done, and the day runs more smoothly. Your people approve anything that goes out.
They start with non-patient office work, and patient information stays out unless a signed agreement with the AI provider covers it and we both agree in writing. We also write a plain-language AI use policy for your practice and check your Microsoft 365 permissions before Microsoft Copilot goes in.
Fully managed or co-managed
Full managed IT covers all of it. If you already have an IT person, or a parent organization with its own IT team, co-managed IT lets them keep the work they want while we cover monitoring, patching, security tools and backup when they’re out. Our co-managed plan includes 0.25 support hours per user per month, with additional time billed in 15-minute increments. There is a minimum billing of 10 users. See our managed IT pricing.
Our goal is a first response within 30 minutes during business hours.
Start with a free technology and AI review
We look at your setup and what you pay today, and show you what isn’t protected and what we’d fix first, in plain English. It’s free, there’s no obligation, and you keep the written summary. For a clinic, that includes EHR access, backups and phones.
If your cyber insurance renewal is coming up, see Cyber Insurance Readiness.
You can also call Cambium Data at (402) 514-3200 or visit us at 6542 S 118th St, Omaha, NE 68137.
FAQs
Do you support our EHR software?
We support everything your EHR depends on: the workstations, network, internet, any on-site server and the backups. Your EHR vendor still supports the application itself. When a problem sits between the two, we work it out with the vendor directly so your staff don’t have to.
How do you handle patient data security?
For medical and dental offices, we help put the technical safeguards HIPAA calls for in place and keep them maintained, alongside your compliance advisor. Your compliance advisor owns the policies and paperwork. We put the technical controls in place, such as multi-factor authentication, encryption, endpoint protection and backups, keep them maintained, and tell you in plain English what’s in place.
We already have an IT person. Can you still help?
Yes. Co-managed IT lets your IT person keep the work they want while we handle monitoring, patching, security tools and coverage when they’re out.
What happens if our internet or server goes down during clinic hours?
Our monitoring alerts us, and our goal is a first response within 30 minutes during business hours. A backup internet line lets the office keep working while the main line is repaired. If something needs hands on hardware, we come on-site.
Can you help with our cyber insurance application?
Yes. Through Cyber Insurance Readiness, we go through the technical questions insurers ask, like multi-factor authentication, backups and endpoint protection, and help put anything missing in place. We don’t sell insurance, and your insurer decides what’s covered.
What is the free technology and AI review?
We look at your setup and what you pay today. After your call is set up, we ask for your most recent internet, phone, Microsoft 365 and IT bills. We come back with what isn’t protected and what we’d fix first, in plain English. It’s free, there’s no obligation, and you keep the written summary.
Related services
Managed IT
Help desk, monitoring, patching, workstations, backups, vendor coordination and hardware lifecycle planning. Full managed or co-managed.
Networking
Firewalls, Wi-Fi, guest network separation, Cisco and Meraki, cloud-based phones, business internet and backup lines, and cameras. We plan and deliver cabling projects.
Cybersecurity
Multi-factor authentication, email security, endpoint protection, automated penetration testing and Cyber Insurance Readiness.
AI employees that take the busywork off your staff
They handle vendor follow-ups, staff schedule reminders and inbox sorting, so your practice gets more done with the team it has. Your people approve anything that goes out.
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