Regulatory Compliance

Standards-Based Data Integration (HL7) vs. Custom Point-to-Point Interfaces: What Scales Better?

Standards-based versus point-to-point healthcare integration banner for payer technology decision-makers

Most healthcare integration problems do not start as problems. They often begin with a reasonable decision made probably a few months or years ago, when a payer needed to connect with a provider system, so the technology team builds a custom interface to get data moving quickly. The challenge emerges as the ecosystem expands. Every Standards-Based Data Integration (HL7) vs. Custom Point-to-Point Interfaces: What Scales Better?

Strengthening Healthcare Data Security: A 2026 Guide for Healthcare Payers

Strengthening Healthcare Data Security : A 2025 Guide for Healthcare Organizations

Healthcare enterprises manage large volumes of personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI), which makes them prime targets of cyber threats like ransomware, phishing attacks, and data breaches. In 2024 alone, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported 677 major data breaches, compromising the personal health information of 182 million people. Strengthening Healthcare Data Security: A 2026 Guide for Healthcare Payers