Your access log says "FrontDesk." An auditor wants a name.
Every exam lane runs on one shared Windows account. That's how optometry works — and it means your access log can't tell anyone who actually opened a chart. Sentry gives each staff member a badge and a PIN, and turns every sign-in into tamper-evident evidence.
Why this matters today.
This is already a gap.
The Security Rule requires access control and person-or-entity authentication. A shared lane login satisfies neither.
Your carrier is already asking.
Multi-factor authentication is increasingly a condition of cyber-insurance coverage — and of a claim being paid.
And the rule is coming.
The proposed Security Rule update would make MFA mandatory. Practices that move now won't be scrambling when it lands. The proposed rule, explained →
Compliance software can record. Only your IT can prove.
Compliance software can record that MFA is switched on. Only the people running your network can prove which named person was at lane 3 at 2:47pm — and that the record hasn't been touched since.
Badge in. Everything else is automatic.
Tap in.
Each staff member gets a badge card and a personal PIN.
The lane locks itself.
When nobody is signed in, the screen is covered. Unplugging the reader locks it too.
Emergency access stays available.
The practice sets its own break-glass code. It works offline.
Every event is written down.
Sign-ins, sign-outs, and emergency access land in an append-only record, sealed with a timestamp and kept six years.
Day-to-day IT, turned into evidence.
Sentry is part of how Macula turns day-to-day IT into the evidence your practice can hand an auditor. See the compliance platform →
We're taking a limited number of practices.
Beta spots go to practices we can support properly while Sentry finishes its rollout. Applications are reviewed alongside your free self-assessment — if you haven't taken it yet, start there.
Request received. We review applications alongside the self-assessment and reach out as cohort spots open. If you haven't taken the assessment yet, that's the best next step.