Collibra Implementation Project - Healthcare

Custom integration for Healthcare Client

Client Problem:
A multi-hospital healthcare provider managed clinical, claims, and operational data across EHR, lab, imaging, and analytics platforms. Metadata lived in silos, technical lineage was missing, and PHI handling required strict controls (HIPAA). Compliance teams lacked traceability and data stewards struggled to keep the catalog current. The client needed secure integrations to harvest metadata and lineage into Collibra / Microsoft Purview / Informatica CDGC.

Steps to Solve the Problem:

• Source Discovery & Requirements:

Workshops with Clinical, Compliance, and Analytics teams to inventory systems (EHR, EDW, HL7/FHIR, ELT, BI) and prioritize domains (encounters, orders, labs).

Defined PHI handling rules, network zones, auth patterns, and success KPIs.

• Integration Architecture:

Designed connector patterns for metadata/lineage extraction with retries, idempotency, and DLQs.

Mapped source schemas to catalog models (assets, terms, relationships, classifications).

• Connector & API Development:

Built secure extractors (SQL parsing, ELT logs, FHIR/HL7 interfaces) and publisher jobs for Collibra/Purview/CDGC.

Implemented role-based access, secrets in Key Vault, and private networking.

• Lineage Harvesting & Stitching:

Captured technical lineage from ETL/ELT and SQL; stitched hops from staging to curated to BI semantic layers.

Linked lineage to business terms and Critical Data Elements for impact analysis.

• Validation, Testing & Controls:

Schema drift detection, sampling, and reconciliation reports; audit logs for every publish.

Performance and resiliency tests; privacy checks for PHI fields and masking rules.

• Deployment, Runbooks & Training:

Phased rollout with monitoring dashboards and alerts; hypercare support.

Runbooks for operations; steward/admin training and enablement guides.

How We Achieved Success:

• Compliance & Traceability:

Centralized, auditable lineage and metadata accelerated HIPAA compliance reviews and impact analysis.

Clear ownership and policy classifications reduced approval cycles for data access.

• Operational Efficiency:

Automated, near-real-time sync kept catalogs current—less manual curation for stewards.

Dashboards surfaced coverage, failures, and SLA adherence for integrations.

• Scalability & Reuse:

Reusable connector templates sped up onboarding of new sources and service lines.

Runbooks and KPI tracking enabled continuous improvement of the governance program.

By leveraging our Custom Integration Development expertise, the provider achieved a secure, reliable pipeline of metadata and lineage into their governance platform—improving trust, compliance, and time-to-insight across the care continuum.