Case Study

Healthcare Provider
HIPAA-Compliant Infrastructure Modernization

Modernizing a regional healthcare provider's IT infrastructure to improve performance, security, and ensure strict HIPAA compliance using AWS.

40% Faster Systems
100% HIPAA Compliance
50% Ops Cost Reduction
1980m
1120m

The Compliance Challenge

Aging Systems

On-premise servers nearing end-of-life, struggling with performance and lacking modern security features.

HIPAA Concerns

Difficulty ensuring consistent HIPAA compliance across disparate systems and manual audit processes.

Scalability Needs

Inability to quickly scale resources to meet fluctuating patient data processing demands.

Our Secure Cloud Solution

AWS HIPAA Eligible Services Security & Compliance Layer AWS WAF GuardDuty Config CloudTrail Application Layer (Private Subnet) EHR App (EC2) Billing App (EC2) Portal (EC2) API (EC2) Data Layer (Private Subnet) RDS (Encrypted) S3 (Encrypted) Clinic VPN
Security & Compliance Services
Application Layer (EC2 Instances)
Data Layer (RDS & S3, Encrypted)

AWS Well-Architected Framework

Designed a secure, resilient, and cost-optimized environment following AWS best practices for healthcare.

HIPAA-Eligible Services

Utilized services like EC2, RDS (encrypted), S3 (encrypted), GuardDuty, and Config within a BAA scope.

Automation & Monitoring

Implemented CloudFormation for IaC and CloudWatch/CloudTrail for continuous monitoring and auditing.

Data Encryption

Ensured encryption at rest (RDS, S3) and in transit (TLS) for all Protected Health Information (PHI).

Technical Implementation

  • Cloud Provider: AWS
  • Compute: EC2 (Dedicated Instances where needed)
  • Database: RDS for MySQL (Multi-AZ, Encrypted)
  • Storage: S3 (Server-Side Encryption), EBS (Encrypted)
  • Security: VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, WAF, GuardDuty, IAM, KMS
  • Compliance: CloudTrail, Config, Artifact (BAA)
  • IaC: CloudFormation

Key Results

40% Improvement in System Speed
100% HIPAA Audit Trail Coverage
50% Reduction in Ops Costs
99.95% Availability (Multi-AZ)
Zero Compliance Findings Post-Migration
24/7 Automated Monitoring

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