Solution Sheets: CTERA for Healthcare Solution Sheet
Modern File Collaboration and Data Protection to Power Healthcare’s Digital Transformation.
Healthcare
Manage Patient Data Securely in the Cloud
Healthcare IT faces the unique challenge of storing, managing, and protecting an ever-growing stream of unstructured data. With CTERA hybrid cloud storage, you can address this challenge head-on, efficiently modernizing your traditional file storage applications while ensuring the highest levels of data privacy and compliance.
CTERA Helps Healthcare Companies Address Pressing Data Challenges
Streamline Compliance
CTERA’s platform streamlines adherence to HIPAA and HITECH controls for availability, confidentiality, and integrity through our robust file encryption, offsite replication and secure data disposal. Moreover, the platform offers Write Once, Read Many (WORM) capabilities to safeguard patient data from being erased or modified based on a configurable retention policy.
Access Files from Any Location
Get secure, real-time access to medical data, regardless of location. It effectively eliminates the risks associated with sending files over email or FTP and supports the efficient transfer of large volumes of data across facilities or to external partners. A global file system facilitates timely medical decision-making, ultimately contributing to better patient outcomes.
Safeguard PHI Against Ransomware
CTERA’s AI-based ransomware detection and robust instant rollback features include air-gapped, immutable snapshots and data exfiltration prevention to provide dependable protection against natural disasters and cyber threats.
Scale as Data Grows
By leveraging object storage, CTERA reduces storage costs by up to 80% and provides immediate scalability as data requirements increase, minimizing the need for local IT personnel.
Features Made for Healthcare
- Global File System
Serves as a comprehensive data lake for unstructured data. It offers a single pane of glass management and visibility across distributed sites and cloud providers. - CTERA Edge Filers
Replaces legacy file servers with a centrallymanaged, caching-enabled edge solution. This allows better handling of unstructured data growth and enables manufacturers to efficiently manage data generated at edge locations. - CTERA Drive
CTERA’s applications for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android offer secure and expedited file synchronization and sharing for users’ devices, regardless of their location, enabling healthcare professionals to securely access and share protected medical files.
- CTERA Portal
CTERA Portal enables centralized management of petabyte-scale global file services across numerous distributed sites and users. The portal supports deployment on public, private, or hybrid cloud infrastructures, enhancing cost efficiency while facilitating regulatory compliance. Its secure multi-tenant environment allows data segregation at the department level, safeguarding patient confidentiality. - CTERA Data Services
CTERA’s extensive Python SDK, REST API, and Amazon S3-compatible interfaces allow seamless integration with popular data science tools like Jupyter Notebook, Microsoft Azure Notebooks, and RStudio, enabling researchers to efficiently process and analyze unstructured data from various sources. By using CTERA’s fine-grained multi-tenancy capabilities to create isolated, virtual data rooms, medical organizations can further empower researchers to access protected patient data while complying with privacy regulations.
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FAQ
How does CTERA protect PHI and other sensitive information?
We secure Protected Health Information (PHI) through a combination of end-to-end encryption, data tokenization, and access control policies that align with HIPAA and HITRUST compliance standards. All data is encrypted both in transit and at rest using AES-256 encryption protocols. We also ensure role-based access control (RBAC), multi-factor authentication (MFA), and audit logging to prevent unauthorized access and provide traceability for all data interactions. Our robust architecture enables secure hybrid cloud data storage for healthcare environments, ensuring that sensitive data is protected from breaches, ransomware, and insider threats.
How can CTERA enhance the efficiency of healthcare IT infrastructure?
We modernizes healthcare IT by replacing legacy on-premise file servers with our Edge Filers that integrate seamlessly with multi-cloud storage systems. This hybrid architecture reduces the need for costly on-site storage expansion while delivering high performance and low-latency file access for healthcare applications. Our platform also provides automated data deduplication, reducing storage requirements and streamlining access to critical patient data. This allows healthcare providers to focus on patient care rather than managing infrastructure capacity.
Can CTERA help with disaster recovery planning in healthcare?
Certainly! Our disaster recovery solution leverages immutable cloud backups and global file synchronization to protect healthcare data from loss in the event of system failures, cyberattacks, or natural disasters. By using air-gapped backups and point-in-time recovery, healthcare providers can rapidly restore critical patient data and resume operations with minimal downtime. Our instant recovery features ensure continuity of care by allowing healthcare systems to quickly access backup files through its distributed cloud architecture.
Need a Prescription for Distributed Data Management?
CTERA is the best solution. Talk to our team about how to optimize your healthcare operation’s file storage.