How we built a compliant analytics platform that reduced reporting time by 60% for a regional healthcare provider.
A regional healthcare provider with 4 clinics needed better operational and outcome reporting but couldn't compromise patient privacy. Their compliance team was spending weeks manually compiling reports, de-identifying data by hand, and always worrying about potential HIPAA violations.
The existing EHR system had reporting capabilities, but they were limited, inflexible, and didn't integrate with operational data from scheduling and billing systems. Analysts were exporting raw patient data to Excel to create reports—a major compliance risk.
We built a HIPAA-compliant data warehouse that automatically de-identified patient data during the ingestion process, enabling safe analytics without exposing protected health information. The system integrated EHR, scheduling, and billing data into unified reporting dashboards.
Built encrypted data warehouse on AWS with strict access controls, audit logging, and automated de-identification pipeline that stripped all 18 HIPAA identifiers during ingestion.
Created dbt models to systematically remove names, addresses, dates, IDs, and other identifiers while preserving analytical value. Generated synthetic patient IDs for tracking outcomes over time.
Built Power BI dashboards for: state-required quality metrics, patient outcome analytics by condition, operational efficiency by clinic, and billing/reimbursement analysis.
Implemented role-based access with MFA, comprehensive audit logging of all data access, and documented compliance procedures for BAA requirements.
Within 6 weeks, the healthcare provider had a fully compliant analytics platform that automated previously manual reporting processes. Compliance reports that took weeks now took minutes, and the risk of HIPAA violations from manual data handling was eliminated.
Before this system, we were terrified every time we needed to pull data for a state audit. The manual de-identification process was error-prone and time-consuming. Now everything is automated, secure, and audit-ready. We passed our last federal audit with zero findings. This was worth every penny.
Included AWS infrastructure setup, de-identification pipeline, dashboards, BAA documentation, and 3 months of support.