Published Paper Details:

The increased pace of digitalization of the healthcare sector introduces the dilemma of the exponential increase in sensitive patient information, and the need to have competent and safe data processing systems. Cloud-native architecture is resourceful, flexible and cost-effective in healthcare analytics but presents HIPAA compliance issues as well. In the following paper, the framework of a cloud-native data-pipeline will be described and will be applied to HIPAA-compliant healthcare data analytics. The safe data feed, encrypted data storage, controlled data translations and access are combined in the new pipeline which makes use of cloud services and serverless computing innovations. All aspects of the pipeline are incorporated with significant security and compliance features including encryption, role-based access control and audit logging. A prototype implementation illustrates the effectiveness of the pipeline with regards to privacy of data, adherence to regulations and also the aspect of scalability in operation. The results confirm the notion that healthcare analytics can be transformed with the help of cloud-native strategies and, simultaneously, retain the regulatory compliance levels.