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Introducing the Intely Agent

A new approach to securely accessing on-premise healthcare data without VPNs, firewall changes, or infrastructure delays.

Secure Access to On-Premise Data — No VPN Required

Your data lives behind the firewall. Now Intely can reach it — without punching a hole through it.

Every healthcare data project eventually hits the same wall: the data you need is locked inside a private network, behind firewalls, on databases and systems that were never designed to talk to the outside world.

Until now, that meant one of two things. Either your IT team spends weeks configuring VPN tunnels, managing firewall rules, and maintaining infrastructure just to move data out — or the project stalls while everyone argues about network access.

Today, we’re eliminating that bottleneck entirely.

The Intely Agent is a lightweight software agent that installs inside your network and creates a secure, encrypted connection to the Intely platform — with no inbound firewall rules and no VPN required.

What It Does

The Intely Agent runs as a small service inside your environment. Once installed, it establishes a secure, encrypted connection to the Intely platform.

No inbound ports. No VPN tunnels. No exposed endpoints.

Intely communicates directly with the agent to dispatch jobs, and the agent streams results back — all through the same encrypted channel.

From there, the agent executes jobs defined in the Intely UI — queries, API calls, and file retrievals — and streams the results back to Intely with full encryption and data privacy intact.

Core Capabilities

Database connectivity
Connects directly to internal databases (MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server) using customer credentials. Executes queries and securely streams results back.

Local API access
Calls internal APIs including FHIR endpoints, REST services, and vendor-specific systems like Oracle CAMM.

Network file retrieval
Reads from file shares and retrieves documents, HL7 files, and reports for processing.

Why This Matters for Data Migration

The hardest part of migration isn’t mapping data — it’s accessing it.

Legacy systems like MEDITECH, Oracle Health, or CPSI sit behind restrictive networks. VPN setup alone can delay projects by weeks.

The Intely Agent eliminates that delay.

Install once — typically under an hour — and Intely has secure, auditable access.

No inbound rules
No VPN infrastructure
No CAB approvals

Why This Matters for Real-Time Integration

Many APIs and FHIR endpoints only exist inside hospital networks.

Previously, access required VPNs or reverse proxies.

With the agent installed:

  • Real-time internal data becomes accessible
  • Integration happens through existing Intely workflows
  • No added infrastructure is required

Result: faster onboarding, fewer blockers.

Security by Design

Built with a zero-trust architecture:

  • No inbound ports
  • Encrypted connections only
  • Approved jobs executed through UI
  • Full observability and logging

Supports HIPAA-regulated environments under BAA.

The Problems We Built This to Solve

  • Local APIs inaccessible externally
  • Dependency on customer IT for scripts
  • SFTP job maintenance burden
  • VPN and HL7 channel delays

The agent removes all of these.

Getting Started

Available for migration, archiving, and integration projects.

Installation:

  • Lightweight installer
  • Internet connection
  • ~1 hour of IT time