RiskWatch
RiskWatch International · Founded 1993 · Annapolis, MD, USA
Healthcare risk and compliance platform with HIPAA, NIST 800-66, HITRUST, and Joint Commission libraries pre-mapped.
Summary
RiskWatch ships a healthcare-friendly risk and compliance assessment platform built around pre-mapped control libraries for HIPAA Security Rule, HIPAA Privacy Rule, NIST 800-66 r2, HITRUST CSF, ISO 27001, Joint Commission accreditation evidence, NIST CSF 2.0, and SOC 2, plus 30+ other frameworks. The platform runs on a survey-based assessment engine, a cross-mapped control library, and an evidence vault that supports the HIPAA Security Rule 45 CFR 164.308 risk analysis requirement directly. Customers include state Medicaid agencies, multi-hospital health systems, payers, and medical device companies; the product has been in the field since 1993. The pricing model is partially opaque on the public site but the published support tiers and the single-tenant deploy architecture mean buyers retain full control of their PHI.
Strengths
- HIPAA Security Rule, NIST 800-66 r2, HITRUST CSF, and HIPAA Privacy Rule control libraries cross-mapped so a single evidence item can satisfy multiple audits
- Single-tenant deployment with customer-owned data residency, which matters for PHI under 45 CFR 164.502 and for state-Medicaid contracts that require US-only hosting
- 33-year operating history with federal customers (US Department of Defense, VA, DOJ per public press) and state-government healthcare contracts
- Physical security assessment software lives in the same tenant as HIPAA risk analysis, useful for hospital facilities + access control teams
- Vendor risk management module supports BAA tracking, SOC 2 collection, and continuous BA inventory required under HIPAA 45 CFR 164.314
- Survey-based assessment engine works for non-technical clinical owners; nurse managers and unit directors can complete patient-safety and HIPAA surveys without IT translation
- Published support tier ladder, not gated demos before you see what each tier includes
Weaknesses
- No native patient safety event reporting workflow (falls, medication errors, near misses) of the depth that RLDatix Verge Health or Performance Health Partners ship; we integrate with EHR event feeds rather than collecting events directly
- Public pricing is opaque; we publish typical contract bands on this page but a full list-price page is still a work-in-progress
- Brand recognition on G2 / Capterra for healthcare specifically lags RLDatix, Riskonnect Healthcare, and Origami Risk; total third-party review volume sits below 100
- No native malpractice claims administration module; claims-heavy self-insured health systems may need to pair RiskWatch with a claims-only vendor
- UI shows its operational heritage in places compared to newer SaaS entrants like MedTrainer or Performance Health Partners
Multi-hospital systems, payers, and medical device companies running 3+ frameworks (HIPAA + HITRUST + Joint Commission + state Medicaid) who want one tenant with PHI residency control.
Single-hospital safety departments whose primary need is patient safety event capture; RLDatix Verge Health and Performance Health Partners fit that brief better at the front line.
Key features
- HIPAA Security Rule risk analysis aligned to 45 CFR 164.308(a)(1)(ii)(A)
- HIPAA Privacy Rule controls aligned to 45 CFR 164.502
- NIST 800-66 r2, HITRUST CSF, NIST CSF 2.0, ISO 27001:2022 libraries
- Joint Commission accreditation evidence workflow
- Cross-mapping engine that auto-detects shared controls across frameworks
- Evidence vault with versioning and audit-ready export (OCR audit pack)
- Vendor risk management with BAA + SOC 2 collection
- Physical security assessment module (ASIS-aligned) for hospital facilities
- Single-tenant deployment for state Medicaid + federal contracts
Integrations
25+ native. Notable: Microsoft Entra ID (SAML SSO), Okta, Microsoft 365 / SharePoint, Epic (via API), Slack, Jira, Custom REST API.
Target size
200 to 50,000 employees · US · Canada