In today's interconnected healthcare landscape, organisations struggle with a fundamental challenge: orchestrating secure data exchange across diverse systems. Legacy EMR systems clash with modern FHIR APIs, DICOM imaging data becomes isolated from clinical workflows, and secure connectivity between healthcare networks remains complex and expensive to implement.

We built Runbeam to solve this exact problem.

What is Runbeam?

Runbeam is a secure data integration platform that orchestrates modern data mesh architectures for healthcare and enterprise environments. Built on the open-source Harmony proxy, it provides centralised management, monitoring, and governance for distributed data connectivity.

Think of Runbeam as the orchestration layer for your healthcare interoperability platform—enabling seamless communication between EMR systems, PACS networks, laboratory information systems, and modern applications without compromising security or compliance.

"Runbeam bridges the gap between what your healthcare systems speak and what they need to understand."

The Problem We're Solving

Modern organizations face three critical challenges when connecting their data systems:

Protocol Fragmentation

Your healthcare systems use HL7 FHIR, your medical imaging speaks DICOM, your enterprise apps expect REST APIs, and legacy systems output custom JSON formats. Traditional integration approaches require custom middleware for each connection, creating a maintenance nightmare.

Security Complexity

Secure data exchange between organizations typically requires expensive VPN solutions, complex firewall configurations, and fragile authentication systems that break when requirements change.

Format Incompatibility

Data formats evolve, standards change, and systems expect different structures. Converting between HL7 FHIR, DICOM formats, JMIX APIs, and custom JSON schemas shouldn't require a team of specialists.

How Runbeam Works

Runbeam orchestrates distributed Harmony proxy instances across your data mesh, providing three core capabilities:

Orchestration & Monitoring

Centralised management of distributed Harmony proxy instances across your healthcare data mesh. Monitor connectivity, track data flows, and manage configurations from a unified dashboard that provides visibility into your entire interoperability ecosystem.

Governance & Compliance

Audit-ready data pipeline with consent-aware data exchange and comprehensive logging. Maintain compliance across healthcare, finance, and regulated industries with built-in support for HIPAA, GDPR, and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

Secure Interoperability Gateway

Connect legacy healthcare systems with modern APIs through the open-source Harmony proxy. Enable EMR-PACS integration, FHIR-HL7 bridging, and secure cross-organisation data exchange without complex VPN infrastructure.

Key Features That Set Runbeam Apart

🏥 Healthcare-Native Platform
Purpose-built for healthcare interoperability with native support for EMR-PACS integration, FHIR-HL7 gateway functionality, and connecting legacy healthcare systems with modern APIs.

📊 Centralised Orchestration
Unified dashboard for managing distributed Harmony proxy instances across your data mesh. Monitor connectivity, track data flows, and configure integrations from a single control plane.

🔒 Compliance-Ready
Audit-ready data pipeline with consent-aware data exchange, comprehensive logging, and built-in support for HIPAA, GDPR, and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).

⚡ Open Source Foundation
Built on the open-source Harmony proxy, providing transparency, community-driven development, and no vendor lock-in for your data connectivity infrastructure.

📡 Secure Data Mesh Architecture
Enable behind-the-firewall integration with WireGuard VPN connectivity, container-based API proxy deployment, and private network connectivity without complex infrastructure.

Real-World Applications

Runbeam excels in healthcare environments where traditional integration platforms fall short:

Multi-Site Healthcare Networks: Orchestrate secure data exchange between EMR systems across hospital networks while maintaining compliance
Medical Imaging Workflows: Connect PACS systems with AI analysis platforms and clinical decision support tools through seamless DICOM integration
Healthcare Interoperability: Enable real-time FHIR resource sharing between health information exchanges and clinical applications
Research Data Collaboration: Facilitate secure, consent-aware data sharing between healthcare institutions and research organisations
Telemedicine Integration: Bridge legacy healthcare systems with modern telehealth platforms using standardised protocols

The Harmony Advantage

Unlike monolithic integration platforms that lock you into proprietary ecosystems, Harmony provides:

Open Source Freedom: No vendor lock-in, full source code access, and community-driven development
Minimal Resource Footprint: Efficient resource usage that scales from small deployments to enterprise infrastructure
Plugin Ecosystem: Growing library of format adapters and middleware components for common integration scenarios
Standards Compliance: Built-in support for industry standards and protocols

Getting Started

Ready to experience seamless data connectivity? Harmony is designed to be operational in minutes, not months.

What's Next?

Harmony represents a fundamental shift in how we approach data connectivity. Instead of building point-to-point integrations that become technical debt, we're creating a flexible, secure, and maintainable foundation for data interoperability.

In upcoming blog posts, we'll dive deeper into:

Configuring complex data transformations
Setting up secure cross-network connectivity
Building custom adapters for specialized protocols
Performance optimization for high-throughput scenarios
Real-world case studies from our user community

Join the Community

Harmony is more than software—it's a community of developers, engineers, and organizations working together to solve data connectivity challenges. Whether you're contributing code, sharing use cases, or helping others with integration questions, your participation makes Harmony better for everyone.

The future of data interoperability is open, secure, and surprisingly simple. Welcome to Harmony.

Introducing Runbeam: Secure Data Integration Platform for Modern Healthcare