One of our clients is a leading provider in US Health Care industry. Texas AI manages their entire application stack. Due to stringent HIPAA laws, client was unsure about moving some of the portions to cloud. 

Problem with storage: This application generates enormous about of files such as claims, Xray and other medical reports due to which they must continuously add storage space to their infrastructure. 

Proposed solution: Texas AI has carefully analysed multiple cloud providers and choose AWS-S3 because it is scalable, cost optimal and secure storage. 

• Geolocation: A detail study was carried out about the location of the practices and based on that a nearest AWS region was selected to eliminate any latency. 
• Security: Firstly, the bucket was made private so that only authorize access is possible and all the data was encrypted at rest via a KMS key for enhance security. Secondly, data is access through signed URL’s that expires periodically. Lastly, a BAA was signed that states that this AWS account is used for HIPAA related activity. 
• Cost: With this implementation the client’s storage costs were reduced by 70%. Additionally, this has also reduced the load on the server as the request is served by AWS. 

Problem with user access: The client deals with multiple third-party vendors and service providers each of them share some files/documents/claims. This creates a security issue in terms of access. Client didn’t want vendors/providers to access infrastructure directly. 

Proposed solution: Texas proposed an FTP server backed by AWS-S3 making it easier for third-party access. 

• Security: A role-based access was created that allows access to specific location also only upload rights were given to avoid accidental deletions. 
• Cost: A shared FTP server has reduced the cost without compromising the security aspects.