HIPAA: Our Commitment to Secure ML in Healthcare

We’re excited to share that Outerbounds is now HIPAA compliant — a crucial step in our ongoing mission to provide a secure and reliable platform for machine learning and data science in regulated industries like healthcare. This milestone aligns with our commitment to data privacy and security, particularly for organizations handling sensitive patient information.

To support this announcement, we’re also introducing our new trust portal, which provides real-time monitoring of our compliance status, including HIPAA and SOC 2 certifications. The portal is a central hub for all things related to our security practices, ensuring customers have easy access to up-to-date information.

Why HIPAA Compliance Is Important for Outerbounds

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) sets strict guidelines for protecting patient data, and while not every company is required to comply, it’s essential for those working with protected health information (PHI). For us, achieving HIPAA compliance isn’t just about meeting regulatory standards — it’s about empowering our customers to focus on what they do best without worrying about data security.

We’ve always maintained SOC 2 Type 2 certification, demonstrating our commitment to rigorous security practices. With the addition of HIPAA compliance, we’re now better positioned to support customers in healthcare and other regulated sectors. Our new trust portal helps reinforce this by providing transparency into our ongoing compliance efforts.

Supporting Healthcare Customers with Regulatory Needs

Outerbounds' platform is already trusted by leaders in healthcare who face stringent data protection requirements. Here’s how HIPAA compliance helps some of our customers operate confidently:

Artera: Empowering Personalized Cancer Treatment

Artera uses AI to analyze pathology images and provide risk scores that help personalize cancer treatment plans. Handling massive pathology images means working with sensitive patient data, making HIPAA compliance essential for ensuring data privacy. By using Outerbounds, Artera can securely run machine learning workflows and streamline their operations, allowing them to focus on enhancing cancer care. Read more about Artera's journey here.

GE Healthcare: Speeding Up Medical Imaging Innovations

GE Healthcare leverages machine learning to enhance imaging processes for MRIs, CT scans, and other diagnostic tools. HIPAA compliance is crucial for integrating AI models into clinical workflows, ensuring patient data is protected while speeding up the deployment of innovative imaging solutions—from six months down to two weeks. Learn more about GE Healthcare's transformation here.

MSAID: Accelerating Proteomics Workflows

MSAID applies machine learning to advance protein analysis for cancer research. As their data processing needs grew, so did the importance of a secure, scalable platform. Outerbounds' HIPAA compliance ensures that MSAID can confidently handle sensitive biological data, enabling faster and more efficient processing of proteomics workflows. Discover how MSAID optimized their operations here.

Valar Labs: Reducing Time to Diagnosis with AI

Valar Labs focuses on using AI to enhance cancer detection through medical imaging. Outerbounds' HIPAA-compliant infrastructure lets them develop and deploy machine learning models securely, reducing inference times from weeks to hours while maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. Read more about how Valar Labs is advancing diagnostics here.

Meeting the Needs of the Open Source Community

We also support a growing number of open-source users who benefit from the same high standards of security that our direct customers enjoy. Organizations like 23andMe, Merck, and Medtronic rely on Metaflow (our open-source version of Outerbounds) for secure data-driven applications, ensuring that their workflows meet stringent security requirements.

This is just the beginning. As we continue to expand our compliance offerings, we aim to meet the evolving needs of our customers in various industries. Our new trust portal will be the place to stay updated on our progress.

Achieving HIPAA compliance allows Outerbounds to support healthcare customers in building secure, scalable ML/AI solutions. With our new trust portal, we’re making it easier for customers to verify our compliance status and learn about our security initiatives.

To see how our customers are benefiting from HIPAA-compliant infrastructure, explore more of our case studies, and visit trust.outerbounds.com for more information on our security practices and future updates.

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