The exam rooms can’t wait on the computers.
A clinic’s day runs through its practice system — appointments, patient records, imaging, lab results, boarding, and a front desk taking payments while three phones ring. When ezyVet, AVImark, or Cornerstone slows down or stops, every one of those stops with it. We run the IT behind veterinary clinics across the Coastal Bend, so your team can take care of animals instead of computers.
Six bottlenecks we walk into, over and over
The 8 a.m. check-in pileup
The practice system won’t load, or crawls. Nobody can see the day’s appointments, the surgery list, or who’s boarding — so the front desk rebuilds the morning from memory and paper while the waiting room fills up and the phones keep ringing.
Lab results that land nowhere
In-house analyzers and reference-lab results are supposed to flow straight into the patient record. When that interface quietly breaks, results get retyped by hand, filed late, or — the one nobody wants to say out loud — attached to the wrong patient. The fix is rarely the lab’s. It’s the network and workstation nobody owns.
Imaging that lives on one machine
Digital X-ray and ultrasound studies end up viewable on exactly one PC in the treatment area. That PC is five years old, three updates behind, and holds years of imaging history. When it dies — not if — the clinic finds out what its backup actually covers.
Boarding and reminders run on memory
The boarding board, drop-off and pick-up lists, vaccine reminders, refill requests — all of it lives in the practice system and the email and text flow behind it. An outage doesn’t just slow the clinic down; it breaks the client-facing promises the clinic made yesterday.
The relief vet’s login that never dies
Clinics run on veterinarians, techs, receptionists, kennel staff, relief vets, and seasonal help — all needing different levels of access. In most clinics we visit, the relief vet from two summers ago and the receptionist who left in spring still have working logins. Shared front-desk accounts mean nobody can say who touched a record.
The backup that’s “probably running”
It says successful every night — on the server in the closet that nobody has restored from, ever. A backup that has never been tested is a hope, and ransomware doesn’t negotiate with hope.
Your patient history outgrew the closet server
A clinic’s patient records, imaging history, and client list are built one visit at a time, over years. They can’t be re-created from memory — and they’re the first thing ransomware goes after. Not because attackers care about animals, but because a clinic that can’t see its schedule or its records will pay to get them back.
We treat clinic data like the asset it is: imaging in one managed archive with a known size and growth rate, lab and analyzer connections that are monitored instead of assumed, and backups sized for the data you actually have — isolated, and restored on a schedule to prove they work.
Let’s be precise about what actually applies to a clinic
Veterinary records are not HIPAA records — HIPAA covers human health information, and we won’t sell you compliance you don’t need. What a clinic does hold is client personal information and card payment data, and that comes with its own obligations: the card brands’ PCI expectations at the front desk, and Texas law.
Texas SB 2610 (Business & Commerce Code Chapter 542, in force since September 1, 2025) covers Texas businesses under 250 employees that hold sensitive personal information. If a breach happens and the clinic can demonstrate a cybersecurity program conforming to a recognized framework, the law bars exemplary damages. It rewards documented security — unique logins, tested backups, trained staff — which is how we set clinics up anyway.
The defense is unglamorous and it works: monitored computers, real endpoint protection, email secured against phishing, and access that ends the day someone leaves.
What “documented” looks like
- Unique logins for every team member — no shared front-desk account
- Same-day account closure when staff and relief help leave
- Imaging and patient records in one managed, backed-up archive
- Encrypted, isolated backups — with restore tests on the calendar
- Card payments handled to PCI expectations at the front desk
- A written security program your SB 2610 tier can point to
That’s the standard our managed plans are built to — and the checklist below shows you where your clinic stands against it.
Grade your own clinic in about ten minutes.
A working checklist, not a brochure — the same items we check on site. Date your last restore test, find out where your imaging actually lives, and score your clinic’s systems against the downtime that actually stops a practice day. No HIPAA framing — animal records aren’t HIPAA records, and this checklist doesn’t pretend otherwise.
- Practice-system & front-desk flow checks, in your software’s language
- Imaging & lab-results flow checks you can verify today
- The SB 2610 tiers — what Texas expects at your clinic’s size
The $495 Network & Risk Assessment
We don’t guess about a network we haven’t looked at, and we don’t do free audits that are really sales calls. For a fixed $495, we examine your network, email security, backups, and who has access to what — and deliver a written findings report: what’s solid, what’s exposed, and what to fix first.
The report is yours either way — hand it to whoever you choose. If you sign a managed agreement within 30 days, the full $495 is credited toward your onboarding, so the assessment costs you nothing.
What the report covers
- Email security — SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and MFA coverage
- Endpoint protection status on every computer
- Backup coverage — and when a restore was last tested
- Access review — including accounts of people who’ve left
- A prioritized fix list in plain business language
Sales line: (361) 315-0017, Mon–Fri 8am–5pm CT.
Signs your clinic has outgrown “call a guy when it breaks”
- The practice management system slows down at the worst times — and nobody owns the problem
- Imaging and patient records live on one machine, and the backup situation is “we think it runs nightly”
- Shared logins at the front desk, and ex-employees whose access was never turned off
- Card payments, reminders, and email all depend on computers nobody maintains
- You’ve added a second location, more exam rooms, or more staff — and the IT just grew by accident
Pricing for veterinary clinics
$150–$300 per seat, per month — security included in the plan, not sold as an add-on. Your exact price is confirmed in writing before you commit to anything. See what managed IT actually costs for a 20-person company, including the all-in math.
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Start with the $495 Network & Risk Assessment.
A fixed-fee, fixed-scope review of your network, email security, backups, and access controls — delivered as a written findings report with a prioritized fix list. The report is yours either way. Sign a managed agreement within 30 days and the full $495 is credited toward your onboarding.
Frequently asked questions
Our clinic isn’t covered by HIPAA — do we still need this?
Right — veterinary records aren’t HIPAA records. But your client payment data, your patient histories, and your schedule are still the business. Ransomware and a failed drive don’t check which regulations apply. The protections — backups, access control, email security — matter for the same practical reasons.
Do you support Cornerstone / AVImark / ezyVet?
We support the environment those systems run in — workstations, network, backups, user access — and we work with your software vendor’s support team when the issue is inside their application.
We have two locations. Can you cover both?
Yes. Multi-location clinics are a common setup for us — shared records access, consistent security at both sites, and one number to call. Your price is confirmed in writing before you commit.
What does the $495 Network & Risk Assessment involve?
We review your network, email security, backups, and account access, then deliver a written findings report with a prioritized fix list — yours to keep either way. Sign a managed agreement within 30 days and the full $495 is credited toward onboarding. Call (361) 315-0017 to schedule.
A workstation died last month and we lost half a day. Would this prevent that?
Monitoring catches most failing hardware before it fails, and tested backups turn the rest into a restore instead of a loss. The assessment gives you an honest read on where your clinic stands today.
Does Texas SB 2610 apply to a veterinary clinic?
Yes, if the clinic holds sensitive personal information — client names tied to payment and contact data qualify. SB 2610 (Texas Business & Commerce Code Chapter 542, effective September 1, 2025) covers Texas businesses with fewer than 250 employees and bars exemplary damages after a breach when the business can demonstrate a cybersecurity program conforming to a recognized framework. It is not a HIPAA rule and doesn’t make animal records HIPAA records — it rewards documented security, which is how we set clinics up anyway.
How do we get started?
Call the sales line, (361) 315-0017, or send us a message. We serve veterinary clinics across the Coastal Bend — Portland, Corpus Christi, Rockport, Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Sinton, and Gregory.