Delivering a HIPAA-Compliant Analytics Platform for a US HealthTech in 4 Months

The Challenge

A US-based health technology company had collected years of patient outcome data across 40 partner hospitals — but their data team was overwhelmed and their reporting stack was built on fragile Excel workflows. Clinical teams were waiting 3–4 business days for reports that should have been instant.

Key constraints: - **HIPAA compliance** was non-negotiable across every layer of the stack - Their internal team was a team of 3 — not enough to build and maintain a production data platform - **4-month hard deadline** tied to a key investor milestone - Prior vendor had delivered a partial prototype that had to be scrapped

They needed a partner who could take full ownership — not just augment their existing team.

Our Approach

We scoped and executed this as a fixed-scope engagement under our Service-Based Project Delivery model, with a dedicated 7-person squad.

**Squad Composition** - 1 Solution Architect (AWS-certified) - 2 Data Engineers (Python, Spark) - 1 Backend Engineer (FastAPI) - 2 Frontend Engineers (React + TypeScript) - 1 QA Engineer with healthcare compliance experience

**Technical Approach** - Designed a lake-house architecture on AWS: raw data ingested via S3, processed through Glue + Spark, served from Redshift - Implemented column-level encryption and audit logging to meet HIPAA requirements - Built a React dashboard with role-based access for clinical teams vs. hospital administrators - Ran fortnightly compliance reviews with the client's legal team throughout

**Delivery Process** - 2-week sprints with bi-weekly demos to client stakeholders - Milestone-gated payments aligned to 3 phases: Architecture → Alpha → Production