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Data Architecture

EHR Data Integration Architecture: Epic, Cerner, and Oracle Health Compared

Epic, Cerner, and Oracle Health are the three dominant EHR systems — and each requires a different integration strategy. Here is what actually works for extracting clinical data into your warehouse.

9 min read·Apr 21
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Healthcare Data Modeling

How to Model Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data in Your Warehouse

SDOH data is increasingly required for quality reporting, care management, and value-based contracts — but most warehouses treat it as an afterthought. Here is a practical data model that makes SDOH analytically useful.

8 min read·Apr 21
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Data Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture for Healthcare Data Pipelines (Kafka + FHIR)

Real-time clinical data demands event-driven architecture. ADT feeds, lab results, and prior auth events cannot wait for a nightly batch. Here is how to design Kafka-based pipelines for FHIR-native healthcare data.

9 min read·Apr 21
event-driven architectureKafka
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Data Architecture

Healthcare Data Mesh Architecture: Is It Right for Payers and Providers?

Data mesh promises domain ownership and decentralized data products. But healthcare data — with its strict PHI governance, clinical terminology dependencies, and regulatory requirements — challenges every core data mesh principle. Here is an honest assessment.

9 min read·Apr 21
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Cloud Architecture

HIPAA-Compliant GCP Architecture: BigQuery, VPC Service Controls & Cloud Healthcare API (2026 Guide)

Building HIPAA-compliant data infrastructure on Google Cloud requires more than checking a BAA checkbox. Here is the architecture — BigQuery, Cloud Healthcare API, Pub/Sub, Dataflow, and the security controls that make it defensible.

9 min read·Apr 21
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Cloud Architecture

Multi-Cloud Healthcare Data Architecture: Patterns, Risks, and Best Practices

Healthcare organizations end up multi-cloud for reasons that are rarely strategic. Here is how to architect data infrastructure across clouds without creating a compliance and operational nightmare.

8 min read·Apr 21
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