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December 2, 2025
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How to Set Up PHI Alerts in Salesforce Automatically

Learn how to automatically detect and alert on protected health information (PHI) inside Salesforce Cases, Emails-to-Case, chat transcripts, and attachments using Strac’s HIPAA-compliant Salesforce DLP.

How to Set Up PHI Alerts in Salesforce Automatically
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  1. Salesforce cannot detect or alert you when PHI enters Cases, Email-to-Case, Chats, or Files; creating HIPAA exposure.
  2. PHI flows into Salesforce through patient communication, insurance workflows, uploaded clinical documents, and API integrations.
  3. Strac sends real-time alerts when PHI is detected inside Salesforce; enabling immediate action and supporting HIPAA compliance requirements for incident response.

Healthcare organizations, insurers, telemedicine platforms, and wellness providers rely on Salesforce for patient support and operational workflows. Patients routinely include medical diagnoses, medication details, or insurance IDs in support tickets or uploaded documents. Salesforce does not natively detect PHI; which means incidents go unnoticed and violate HIPAA rules around monitoring and breach prevention.

Strac enables instant PHI alerts across all Salesforce communication surfaces.

Why Salesforce Cannot Reliably Alert on PHI (HealthCare Data)

Salesforce does not include PHI detection logic; cannot alert administrators when protected medical data appears; and lacks OCR scanning for clinical documents. This leaves organizations blind to PHI exposure and unable to respond in time to meet HIPAA requirements.

Salesforce lacks:
• Health-specific PHI detection;
• Alerts for diagnoses, lab results, or medical identifiers;
• OCR for medical PDFs or scans;
• Incident alerts or HIPAA-compliant notifications;
• SIEM integrations for PHI events;
• Retroactive detection of historical PHI.

Strac adds the missing real-time PHI detection and alerting layer.

What PHI (HealthCare Data) Alerts Look Like Inside Salesforce

PHI enters Salesforce in both structured and unstructured content; alerting must work across messages, attachments, and integrations. HIPAA requires organizations to detect and escalate health data incidents rapidly; alerts provide the visibility needed to act.

Strac sends alerts when detecting:
• Diagnoses or medical terms in Email-to-Case;
• Lab values or test results;
• Insurance IDs and claim numbers;
• Referral notes or treatment comments;
• Attachments with PHI (PDF, JPG, PNG, DOCX);
• Chat transcripts containing medical discussions;
• API-inserted records containing PHI;
• Screenshots from EHR systems.

Alerts include:
• The Case or object where PHI appeared;
• The detected medical identifiers;
• File versus message source;
• Exposure severity and location;
• Recommended follow-up actions;
• Whether external users viewed the content.

Alerts trigger workflow automation and compliance response.

How PHI (HealthCare Data) Alerts Work in Salesforce with Strac

Strac scans Salesforce in real time; detects medical content using AI + OCR + healthcare context models; and immediately generates alerts. These alerts help teams enforce HIPAA’s requirement for monitoring and rapid response.

Strac’s alert workflows include:
• Slack alerts to IT and security channels;
• Email alerts to HIPAA privacy officers;
• SIEM ingestion for SOC workflows;
• Optional auto-redaction or deletion;
• Event logs for HIPAA compliance documentation;
• Inline messaging for agents attempting to store PHI.

This gives organizations full visibility into health data exposure inside Salesforce.

How to Configure PHI (HealthCare Data) Alerts in Salesforce with Strac

  1. Connect Salesforce to Strac using OAuth.
  2. Enable PHI Detection within the policy dashboard.
  3. Select Alert as the remediation action.
  4. Enable OCR to detect PHI inside clinical PDFs and scans.
  5. Route alerts to Slack, SIEM, email, or webhook destinations.
  6. Apply alert policies across Cases, Email-to-Case, Files, and Chat.
  7. Monitor alerts in Strac’s dashboard for HIPAA audit logs.

🎥Why Strac Is the Best Way to Alert on PHI (HealthCare Data) in Salesforce

Strac is the only real-time DLP and DSPM solution built for Salesforce that detects PHI with high medical-context precision. Alerts help organizations respond quickly, prevent breach escalation, and maintain HIPAA compliance.

Strac offers:
• Real-time PHI alerts;
• OCR detection for clinical documents;
• Context-aware medical detection;
• SIEM and SOC alert integration;
• HIPAA-ready audit logs;
• No-code deployment;
• Unified DSPM + DLP for full Salesforce visibility.

🌶️Spicy FAQs on How to Alert on PHI (HealthCare Data) in Salesforce

Does Salesforce automatically alert when PHI appears in a Case?

No; Salesforce does not detect or alert on PHI.

Can Strac alert on PHI in attachments?

Yes; OCR identifies PHI inside PDFs, images, and clinical scans.

Do PHI alerts help with HIPAA compliance?

Yes; alerts support monitoring and incident response requirements.

Can Strac alert on PHI in Chat or Messaging for In-App?

Yes; alerts work across all Salesforce messaging channels.

Can Strac detect PHI inserted through integrations or APIs?

Yes; API-level data is fully scanned and alertable.

Try Strac for Salesforce PHI (HealthCare Data) Alerts

Strac gives your team immediate visibility whenever PHI appears in Salesforce; helping maintain HIPAA compliance and prevent sensitive exposure.

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