Healthcare

HIPAA Compliance System for US Triage Application

Location

United States

Infrastructure

Bare Metal (Hivelocity)

Compliance

HIPAA

Client

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The Challenge

The client needed a highly available, scalable, and fully HIPAA-compliant infrastructure for a critical Triage application used by major US hospitals. The challenge involved designing an architecture that spanned two distinct regions (TAMPA and ATLANTA) to ensure disaster recovery resilience while maintaining strict security:

  • Hardware firewalls and site-to-site VPNs.
  • Real-time data replication across regions.
  • Strict auditing and vulnerability scanning readiness.
  • Ensuring 99.99% uptime for life-critical services.

Our Strategic Approach

Skynats delivered a comprehensive architectural overhaul focused on High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR):

  1. Strategic Architecture: We designed a cross-region cluster spanning two distinct tectonic plates to mitigate physical disaster risks.
  2. Security First: Every layer, from hardware firewalls to database encryption, was designed to meet HIPAA's rigorous standards.
  3. Implementation: Deployed and synchronized infrastructure in TAMPA and ATLANTA with real-time replication.
  4. Proactive Monitoring: Established a 24x7 monitoring command center to continually assess health and compliance.

Technical Implementation Details

The solution leveraged enterprise-grade bare metal performance with advanced networking security:

  • Multi-Region Deployment: Dedicated servers deployed in Hivelocity's TAMPA and ATLANTA data centers continuously synchronized for failover.
  • Replication & Encryption: Implemented real-time file replication with encryption and Master-Master database replication with Data-at-Rest encryption.
  • Perimeter Security: Deployed Cisco ASA firewalls to rigorously filter all traffic entering the infrastructure.
  • Secure Connectivity: Established Site-to-Site VPN tunnels to securely bridge the two regional infrastructures.
  • Compliance Hardening: Applied specific HIPAA compliance security measures at both the firewall and server OS levels.

The Outcome

The project was completed in just 2 months. The entire system underwent a rigorous audit by US-based HIPAA auditors and received full HIPAA Compliance Certification. Today, the system reliably powers triage applications for major hospitals across the USA with zero downtime.

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