A FedRAMP status is really two separate pieces of information, glued together. One tells you how far along a platform is in getting approved. The other tells you what kind of data it’s allowed to touch. Read them apart, and any status — no matter how it’s worded — becomes…

FedRAMP and FISMA are related, but not interchangeable. Both sit on the same NIST 800-53 High baseline — but FISMA is the umbrella law that says every federal system needs an Authority to Operate (ATO), while FedRAMP is the cloud-specific program built on top of it. A FedRAMP High ATO…

Short answer: Yes. If an EHR runs in the cloud and touches federal health data, it must be FedRAMP authorized — or have an agency ATO that meets the FedRAMP bar. No law spells out “EHR” by name, but federal law makes FedRAMP mandatory for the cloud services EHRs run…

Why Does Architecture Matter in a Telehealth Platform? When HHS ASPR needed a telehealth system that could run national disaster response — offline, in hurricane conditions, across disconnected field sites — “secure video and patient intake” was not nearly enough. That is an extreme case but the underlying pressure is…