Evolving beyond the simple Web based applications, Cloud technologies such as Microsoft’s Azure and Amazon’s AWS have made viable the concept of storing large amounts of data remotely or for moving much of an organization’s computing needs to off-site locations. 

Some key factors driving healthcare organizations to embrace Cloud services center around reliability, scalability, and cost containment.   With data replication across multiple sites that are located outside of the health systems geographic area, Cloud providers can ensure that their clients’ systems are always available anywhere they are needed. They can also leverage their excess capacity to ease the process for clients to increase or decrease services quickly and cost effectively.  Lastly, healthcare organizations can better manage their cash flow by eliminating the large capital expenditures necessary to acquire and regularly upgrade computer systems.

HIT Advisory Group can help organizations evaluate if the move to Cloud technologies is right for them by walking through a risk analysis of the current environment and determining what the cost benefit of a Cloud solution vs. an inhouse solution is.   We can then manage the contracting process to ensure all necessary components are included in the offering and that future needs are defined, as well as managing the migration process from initiation to go-live.