HIPAA-compliant hosting is cloud infrastructure configured to meet the technical safeguards required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. In practice, that means signed Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) with your cloud providers, encryption of Protected Health Information (PHI) both at rest and in transit, tight access controls, audit logging, and automated breach detection. If your system stores, processes, or transmits PHI, you're legally required to run it on HIPAA-compliant infrastructure -- no exceptions for covered entities or business associates.
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合规
Business Associate Agreements
PHI Encryption at Rest & In Transit
Role-Based Access Controls
Immutable Audit Logging
Automated Vulnerability Scanning
Breach Detection & Notification Pipeline
我们构建的内容
Multi-Cloud BAA Architecture
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform
PHI Data Isolation
Automated Backup & Disaster Recovery
Synthetic PHI for Development
Compliance Documentation Package
我们的流程
PHI Scope & Risk Assessment
Architecture & BAA Setup
Infrastructure Deployment
Security Validation & Penetration Testing
Documentation & Handoff
常见问题
Is AWS HIPAA compliant by default?
No. AWS offers HIPAA-eligible services and will sign a BAA, but compliance is shared responsibility. You still have to correctly configure encryption, access controls, audit logging, and network isolation yourself. Running on AWS doesn't make your application HIPAA-compliant — the configuration and your operational procedures are what actually matter.
What is a Business Associate Agreement (BAA)?
A BAA is a legally required contract between a covered entity and any vendor that handles PHI on their behalf. AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud all offer BAAs, but each one covers only specific services within their platform. Using a service that isn't covered by a BAA to process PHI is a compliance violation — regardless of whatever else you have in place.
Can I host a HIPAA compliant application on Vercel or Netlify?
Vercel and Netlify don't currently sign BAAs, so they can't host applications that process or store PHI. That said, you can use them for static frontend assets that contain zero PHI while running your backend and database on BAA-covered AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud services. It's a workable split, as long as the boundary is clean.
How much does HIPAA compliant hosting cost per month?
Monthly infrastructure costs typically land between $500 and $5,000 depending on compute, storage, and data transfer. The bigger number is usually the upfront architecture and configuration work. Cutting corners on setup to trim monthly costs is exactly how breaches happen. Our fixed-fee setup makes sure the foundation is audit-ready before anything goes live.
Do I need HIPAA compliance if I only handle de-identified data?
If your data meets all 18 Safe Harbor de-identification criteria under 45 CFR 164.514, it's no longer PHI and HIPAA's technical safeguards don't apply. Partial de-identification doesn't cut it — one remaining identifier and you're back to full PHI treatment. We'll help you verify your de-identification methodology before you make that assumption.
What happens during an OCR HIPAA audit?
The Office for Civil Rights asks for risk assessments, technical safeguards documentation, BAAs, access logs, breach response procedures, and employee training records going back six years. Our compliance documentation package is structured to answer those requests without the last-minute scramble. And because everything is infrastructure-as-code, every configuration decision is traceable and defensible.
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