Atlanta Cloud Users Group

The Datanex™ Platform
Cloud Computing for Healthcare
Peter Schwoerer
Datanex Product Specialist
Sentry Data Systems, Inc.
August 11, 2009

Overview
Cloud Computing Introduction
Terminology
Hallmarks of Cloud Computing
Infrastructure vs. Platforms
Why Cloud Computing?
Requirements of a Healthcare Cloud
The Datanex Platform: The Healthcare Cloud
Datanex Overview
Datanex Components

About Sentry

Cloud Computing Defined
Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on demand network access to a shared pool of configurable resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

5 Essential Characteristicsof Cloud Computing
On-demand self service – Unilaterally provision computing capabilities.
Network Access – Network accessed through standard mechanisms.
Pooled Resources – Supports multitenant model
Rapid Elasticity – Rapid provisioning and scaling down of resources
Measured Service – Cloud systems automatically control and optimize resource use as needed. Pay for what you need and use, only!

Cloud Delivery Models
Software as a Service (SaaS) – User provider’s applications over a network
Platform as a Service (PaaS) – Deploy customer created applications to a cloud
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Rent processing, storage, network, capacity, and other fundamental computing resources

Delivery Model Architectures

Deployment Models
Private Clouds – Cloud infrastructure is solely for one organization, on or offsite
Community Cloud – Cloud infrastructure is shared by several organizations
Public Cloud – Infrastructure is made available to the general public or industry groups
Hybrid Cloud – Infrastructure is a composite of two or more cloud types

Hallmarks of Cloud Computing
Virtualized Components
On-demand Provisioning
On-demand Scalability
Accessed and Delivered via the Network
Utilization Based Billing

Cloud Infrastructure vs. Cloud Platforms
Cloud Infrastructure
Closely matches physical components (machines, RAM, CPU, storage space)
Interchangeable with physical machines
“Virtual Datacenter”
Cloud Platforms
Abstracted infrastructure components
Focused on deploying applications
APIs used by developers to access Cloud Resources and Data Structures

Examples of Different Cloud Offerings
Infrastructure
Amazon Web Services (EC2 and S3)
GoGrid
Platforms
Google AppEngine
Salesforce
Facebook

Why Cloud Computing?
Cheaper
Deployment
Operation
Startup Costs
Easier
Deployment
Scalability
Safer
Faster
More Reliable

What’s Required of a Healthcare Cloud?
Security
SAS70
HIPAA
PCI
Secure Connectivity
VPNS
Hospital Claims
Processing
Pharmacy Claims Processing
Encryption
Aggregation of Disparate Data Sets from Multiple Environments and Locations
Support of Healthcare Formats
Support of Healthcare Code Sets

The Datanex™ Platform
Processes hundreds of millions of transactions per day (real-time and batch)
Brokers connections between hundreds of healthcare entities
Hospitals
Pharmacies
Claims Clearinghouses

The Datanex™ Platform Supports
Three Sentry Data Systems applications for hundreds of clients
Over 10 Million Patients, comprised of 2 Billion Patient Health Record Units (HRUs)
More than 50,000 Providers, comprised of over a Million Health Record Units (HRUs)

The Datanex™ Platform is Ideal
Ideal application of the Datanex™ Platform includes:
Cutting Costs Related to TraditionalServer Maintenance, Procurement, and Deployment
Securely communicating between different locations and applications
Knitting Together Multiple “Silos” of Information
Quickly Building Complex Healthcare applications
Large Organizations that need flexibility and scalability
Small Organizations that need to leverage the advantages of a large platform

Datanex™ Platform Components
Infrastructure
GRID – Virtual Servers
NET – Network Transport
Platform
ETL – Extract, Transform, Load
QDC – Quantum Data Construct
API –Application Programming Interface

Datanex™: GRID
Virtual Linux and Windows Servers
True on-demand deployment via web or API
Encrypted virtual machine instances (Linux only)
Snapshot backup service
Live Migration within Geographical Zones
Multiple Geographical Zones
Flexible sizing of instances based on RAM, Hard Disk, CPUs
Static IP Addresses per instance
KVM Hypervisor

Datanex™: NET
Brokers formats such as HL7, EDI X12 (832, 850, 855, 856, 810, 837, 835), NCPDP, Flat Files, XML Based Formats, HCFA, UB92, UB04.
Reliable Transport
Secure Connections

Datanex™: ETL
High Performance Extract, Transform, Load infrastructure
Supports all major Hospital Information Systems (HIS)
Quality Control of data feeds built in and proactively monitored
Processes millions of transactions per day

Datanex™: QDC
Distributed non-relational database.
Processes data as it arrives according to predefined queries, distributes the results across available nodes.
Queries run in parallel across all available nodes, and provide astonishing performance not possible with relational databases.

Datanex™: QDC
New queries are defined, processed by all nodes, and subsequently run on all incoming data.
Denormalization of Health Record Units (HRUs) means that aggregates and fast seeks are possible across the cluster.

Datanex™: API
APIs are provided in a variety of modern languages (C/C++, Ruby, PHP, .NET, JAVA, Python)
Application registration and delivery
Query QDC according to your needs
Monitor your GRID and other platform instances

About Sentry
Sentry Data Systems, Inc., headquartered in Deerfield Beach, FL, serves clients in over 25 states and its systems process millions of healthcare transactions daily.
Contact Info:
Peter Schwoerer
pschwoerer@sentryds.comwww.SentryDS.com
t: 800.411.4566 x.2518