Being in a Podiatric practice is very difficult. The federal government is constantly changing the rules and all you want to do is see patients without issue. How are you supposed to store records and be HIPAA complaint? It is not easy. What would happen to your practice if someone were to breach the records and that became public? You would be destroyed. Being HIPAA compliant is massively important. Now I am not going to patronize you and attempt to explain all the intricacies of storing records to be HIPAA compliant. Suffice to say it is a very complicated process. Honestly, I recommend you farm this out to a third party broker who that is all they do. There are a ton to choose from. This is the one I recommend but be my guest and shop around.
But basically this company, Liquid Web, this is what they do, they host so your records are not stolen. They handle all the technical controls, backup management, safeguards at physical security to make sure your data is secured to industry standards.