Putting the Cloud to Work for You:
What does it all mean for healthcare?
February 23, 2010 | 1:00 - 2:15 p.m. CST
Putting the Cloud to Work for You:
What does it all mean for Healthcare?
On-demand technology services are a cost-effective way to manage the healthcare operation by creating access to best-in-breed solutions for a low, monthly fee. Now more than ever, capital and operating budget constraints are driving the need for innovative ways to implement technology in healthcare. The affordable “Cloud” is taking its place as a viable technology platform. Likewise, on-demand service providers are emerging as trusted partners in health IT initiatives such as EMR, HIS, RIS, PACS and teleradiology.
This webinar applied to anyone looking to expand their knowledge base around healthcare technology:
- Healthcare providers seeking to adopt a new system or migrating to a second generation system
- Vendors looking to offer services using an on-demand platform
- Trusted advisors, consultants, and integrators seeking to add these solutions to their tool kit
During this session, attendees learned about:
- Cloud computing delivery models:
- Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
- Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
- Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
- How on-demand solutions offer faster ROI compared to traditional, capital-intensive approaches
- How on-demand service providers are driving faster adoption of EMR, HIS, RIS, PACS and teleradiology
- Safety, security, and reliability in the cloud
- Ways to evaluate a “cloud” vendor or service provider
“Many factors are driving adoption of SaaS, including the benefits of rapid deployment and rapid ROI, less upfront capital investment, and a decreased reliance on limited implementation resources.”
—Sharon Mertz, research director at Gartner
“What is needed, experts agree, are new models of delivery and easier-to-use technology to reduce the expense and technical headaches. The proposed offerings are typically bets on the new Internet-based service model, known as cloud computing, in which much of the computing firepower and data reside in remote data centers, which doctors, nurses and staff would use via the Web browsers on their personal computers.”
—Steve Lohr, The New York Times
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