Secure APIs for Healthcare — Australia

Design, build and operate FHIR-ready, auditable APIs with privacy-first controls, data residency and cloud-native scalability tailored for hospitals and digital health providers.

  • FHIR & HL7 integrations
  • Role-based access & OAuth2 / OpenID Connect
  • End-to-end encryption, auditing and monitoring

Overview

Bunyadevcode builds secure API platforms that integrate clinical systems, telehealth, devices and patient apps. We prioritise privacy, compliance with Australian regulations, and pragmatic engineering that supports rapid iteration.

API gateway illustration

Architecture highlights

Cloud-native, containerised services, API gateway with mTLS, schema validation, request throttling and observability built-in.

  • API Gateway & Authentication (OAuth2, mTLS)
  • Schema validation (FHIR/JSON Schema)
  • Audit trails and immutable logs
Architecture diagram

Security & compliance

Security controls designed for healthcare data protection and operational transparency.

At-rest encryption with customer-managed keys, field-level crypto for PHI, TLS 1.3 in transit and envelope encryption for backups. Integrations available for cloud KMS providers.

OAuth2 + OpenID Connect, fine-grained RBAC, consent-scoped tokens, and integration with enterprise identity providers for single sign-on and conditional access.

Immutable audit logs, real-time alerting, SIEM export, structured eventing for every API call, and playbooks for incident containment tuned for clinical settings.

Deployments within Australian regions, controls for data export, and support for compliance evidence aligned to local privacy requirements and health data handling guidance.

Integration & API samples

Example endpoints and typical payload considerations for record exchange and device telemetry.

Endpoint Method Purpose
/api/v1/fhir/Patient GET / POST Search and create patient records (FHIR R4)
/api/v1/observations POST Device telemetry (validated schema)
/api/v1/audit/events GET Retrieve audit logs with filters
Tokens scoped to minimal privileges, payload validation against FHIR profiles, and rate limits per client.

Deployment options

  • Managed cloud in Australian regions
  • Private VPC / on-prem gateway
  • Hybrid models with edge data processors

Case study & team

Lead engineer

We partnered with a metropolitan hospital network to deliver a FHIR-based exchange, improving discharge summaries and device telemetry ingestion. The project included scoped PII minimisation and on-premise connectors for legacy systems.

Project delivered in 4 sprints with dedicated security reviews and SOC-style logging exports.

Deployment snapshots

Deployment 1
Deployment 2
Deployment 3
Deployment 4

Resources & next steps

Whitepaper

Designing FHIR APIs for production health systems.

Security checklist

Operational controls and audit readiness.

Integration guide

Sample payloads, SDKs and tooling tips.