Healthcare

Protecting PHI in Unstructured Medical Text

A leading health analytics company successfully created a secure data product that processes sensitive healthcare data while ensuring complete HIPAA compliance and data privacy using Protecto.
$25M+
Projected customer revenue

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1,000+
Documents tested and verified in less than a week
< 30 Days
From implementation to full deployment
$25M+
Projected customer revenue in 12 months

The challenge

Securing Sensitive Healthcare Data at Scale

Inovalon, a leading health analytics company needed to create a secure data product that could process sensitive healthcare information while maintaining strict HIPAA compliance. Their solution needed to handle various types of unstructured medical text while ensuring complete patient privacy.

  • Complex Data Types: Processing diverse unstructured medical texts including admission notes, emergency records, and patient materials
  • HIPAA Compliance: Meeting Safe Harbor requirements for 18 types of PHI identifiers
  • Data Integrity: Preserving clinical data value while ensuring privacy
  • Flexible Requirements: Supporting both permanent anonymization and reversible pseudonymization
Healthcare

Protecto delivered superior PII identification right out of the box—far surpassing other solutions like John Snow Labs. It not only ensured our HIPAA compliance but also preserved the integrity of our data for accurate AI-driven insights.

$25M+
Projected customer revenue
Inovalon
The solution

Enterprise-Grade Healthcare Data Privacy Platform

Protecto delivered a comprehensive PHI de-identification solution designed for healthcare analytics.

01

Advanced PHI Detection

  • Implemented AI-driven models for accurate PHI identification
  • Achieved industry-leading accuracy with lowest false negatives
  • Enabled processing of complex unstructured medical text
02

Secure Infrastructure Implementation

  • Deployed solution entirely within customer’s VPC
  • Established dedicated multi-tenant architecture
  • Integrated seamlessly via API-based approach
03

Scalable Processing Framework

  • Enabled high-throughput data processing
  • Implemented auto-scaling capabilities
  • Provided flexible volume-based pricing
04

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The results

Transforming Healthcare Data Analytics

Successfully launched a secure, HIPAA-compliant data analytics product. The overall solution is expected to generate $25M+ revenue for the customer in the next 12 months while maintaining the highest standards of data privacy and security.

Key achievements

  • Rapid Implementation: Complete POC setup and testing of 1000+ documents in under a week
  • Swift Deployment: Full production launch in less than 30 days
  • Revenue Generation: Projected to generate $25M+ revenue in 12 months
  • Complete Compliance: Achieved HIPAA Safe Harbor requirements with minimal false negatives
  • Operational Efficiency: Successfully processed high volumes of unstructured medical text
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