A leading US Healthcare Provider implements a Unified Azure-Based Data Platform
The client primarily depended on Epic’s Clarity and Caboodle databases, but growing demands on their data infrastructure created significant pressure for modernization. Their environment had become increasingly siloed, with critical reporting and compensation processes relying on Qlik Sense and legacy on-premises SQL systems. This fragmented setup hindered scalability, collaboration, and timely decision-making.
The client faced a range of challenges that turned data fragmentation into a significant operational risk. Disparate data sources—from core Epic platforms to spreadsheets—were managed in isolation, leading to redundant processes and delays in metric reporting. Infrastructure limitations hindered performance and made it difficult to integrate critical third-party applications, resulting in a lack of high-performance analytics. Manual data movement further compromised data accuracy, while the absence of unified, role-based access control raised security concerns. Additionally, the organization struggled to integrate new systems and partners efficiently.
eprotech enabled the client’s transformation by deploying a unified data platform on Microsoft Azure, built around the following core principles:
Physical compensation powered by key epic datasets and migration of performance reporting to Azure SQL Database and Synapse, orchestrated daily by Azure Data Factory.
Implementation of Azure Data Lake providing scalable storage, and a segmentation of raw, curated data lake zones to support advanced analytics.
Analytics workloads optimized using well-designed models in Synapse, separating operational reporting from more interactive dashboards.
Using Azure Function Apps, a platform that offers seamless bi-directional integration with applications such as Simpliphy and Premier Inflow, for real-time data syncing and workflow automation.
Enhanced security by implementation of private endpoints, network isolation through VPNs, and fine-grained RBAC enforced via Microsoft Entra ID.
Complete transition from manual reporting to Power BI, with more than 300 dashboards migrated to modern, role-based interfaces and powered by centralized metadata for full traceability.
Report delivery times moved from multiple days to near real-time, reducing latency by 90%.
Saving over $100,000 per year with elimination of Qlik licensing costs.
With trusted, consistent metrics now powering every dashboard, faster and accurate decision-making, for physician performance and compensation management, thereby freeing-up significant analyst time for strategic initiatives.
Streamlined governance and boosted compliance via automation through Entra ID groups
With rationalized operational processes, onboarding new third-party integrations within days, rather than weeks.
The client achieved cumulative cost savings of $200,000 in annual savings.