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Maximizing the Value of Healthcare Data with Cloud Storage

The digitalization of healthcare information has created tremendous opportunities for enhancing operational efficiencies, improving clinical decision-making, and more. But to make the most of these opportunities, health tech businesses, providers, ... Read more
| Author Josh Ray, tagged in cloud migration healthcare, cloud migration

Benefits Of Medical Technology: What's the Impact?

Technology affects multiple aspects of our everyday lives. It affects how we work, play, and do business. ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in

Cybersecurity in Healthcare Overview

Cybersecurity attacks continue to rise in the healthcare industry. Organizations face not only a growing number of threats but also an increasing variety. Hackers are constantly developing new ways to access and steal the highly valuable patient ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in Security

What Are the 3 Main Cloud Computing Service Models? SaaS, PaaS, IaaS

The three main cloud computing service models are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Each model has distinct characteristics that make it appropriate for addressing specific types of ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in cloud managed services

Why You Should Store Medical Records in the Cloud

Before 2009, fewer than 10 percent of non-federal acute-care hospitals were using electronic health records (EHRs). The HITECH Act of 2009 sparked a change by incentivizing adoption of new technologies in healthcare. It also mandated that providers ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in cloud managed services, cloud migration healthcare

FedRAMP vs FISMA Similarities & Differences | Cloudticity

Navigating the labyrinth of federal compliance standards is an uphill battle even for the most experienced and savviest of government contractors or federal agencies. Case in point? FedRAMP and FISMA. ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in

Epic to Cloud: Who Benefits? A Look at Each Department

First, do no harm – is the prime directive for doctors and other medical professionals. IT professionals follow a similar, if less elegant, cautionary principle: If it’s not broken, don’t fix it. ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in Epic

Disaster Recovery as a Service Defined+More |Cloudticity

Disaster recovery (DR) is a critical component of protecting information technology (IT) resources. In the absence of a reliable DR plan, companies risk outages that affect the business and even cause them to lose customers. The ability to quickly ... Read more
| Author Kate Wang, tagged in cloud managed services, cloud security

Running Epic on AWS: Is it right for your hospital?

Healthcare industry analysts disagree often, but on one issue, they speak with one voice: The future of healthcare is in the cloud. For years, healthcare has trailed other industries in cloud adoption – now, that gap is narrowing. According to a ... Read more
| Author Gerry Miller, tagged in aws, Epic

Reduce Epic Hosting Costs: Migrate Functions to AWS

Comparing the cost of running Epic on-premises versus in the cloud is difficult because migrating to the cloud changes the basic business model for your IT infrastructure. ... Read more
| Author Tom Burge, tagged in aws, Epic

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