Cloud Disrupting

The healthcare industry once was one of the

slowest fields to adopt new technologies. This has
to do with the fears around security and the
privacy of patient data. Healthcare companies
always preferred to keep data onsite hiding
behindfirewalls as opposed to maintaining it on
something as intangible as the cloud.

Managed
Services
Overview

Past Challenges
Healthcare IT had stayed away from the cloud due to the
followingchallenges.
1. Privacy and security challenges
Apart from the common issues relating to security and privacy
associated with cloud, the healthcare industry is governed by social
and government bodies such HIPAA, and therefore they are obligated
to comply with certain stipulated rules and regulations surrounding the
security of patient data.
2. Service reliability and viability
Cloud is essentially a third party service. The reality is that all cloud
ecosystems and enterprise infrastructures would be interrupted to
some degree at some point in time. Mission critical healthcare IT
applications must meet very high performance standards, availability
standards, and reliability standards. This challenge is critical to the
industry.

3. Transition and portability of data

Another barrier that impacted some healthcare organizations
willingness to adopt cloud computing was the concern regarding
the ability to transition to another cloud vendor or back to the
healthcare organization without disrupting operations or
introducing conflicting claims to the data.

Cloud Adoption in Healthcare Today

The need for information to follow the patients wherever they go

has been identified by multiple government agencies. Hence, the
healthcare sector today is actively adopting cloud computing to
record and store patient information. The platform of an
electronic health information exchange (HIE) has been created to
fulfill this requirement. The office of the department of health and
human services has led the process of establishing the essential
building blocks that will support HIEs. Key stakeholders of these
HIEs include doctors, nurses, hospitals, provider offices, clinics,
insurance companies, reporting agencies, pharmacies, and, most
importantly, the patients themselves.

Current and Future Use of Cloud

Current Usage Model for Cloud

2014 HIMSS Analytics Cloud Survey revealed that 83% of healthcare

organizations have already adopted cloud computing. 67% of those are
utilizing cloud through SaaS-based applications while 15.3% running on an
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS).

op three reasons why healthcare adopted cloud;

1.Less cost
2.Rapid deployment
3.Lack of internal expertise

Patient Portal Industrys New Trend

The patient portal takes a patient-centered approach in creating

a more comprehensive picture of health history and needs of the
patients. It is an online community for the patients to access
their information 24/7 outside of the hospital or the doctors
office. By encouraging participation in electronic health
exchanges, the office of the national coordinator expects to see
a re-design of the health system process resulting in highly
efficient and effective care delivery.This will decrease cost,
increase quality,and improve patient satisfaction. Patient care
will be driven by evidence-based decisions, made at the point of
care, and delivered through an integrated workflow process.

Benefits of Patient Portal

Become engaged and involved in ones own health at all levels in

both prevention
and treatment
Access health information anytime and from any place
Build medical history
Interact with physician, health care providers and even pharmacists
through
electronic messaging
Schedule and modify appointments within reasonable time frame
Review results of test and procedures
Share updated health care resources

Business Process
The following information can be stored and shared through the
patient portal maintained on the cloud;

History of illness
Surgery including events surrounding
the surgery
Injuries
Allergies to food or drugs

Other Areas of Cloud

Use

Cloud computing offers significant advantages to the

healthcare sector. Doctors, hospitals, and clinics gain quick
access to computing and large storage facilities which are not
provided in the traditional settings. From healthcare providers to
pharmacists, they all have something to gain from moving
towards the cloud. The implementations of cloud are infinite.

 Clinical research Improvement in research and drug

development.
Electronic medical record (EMR) EMR is a digital version of
patients comprehensive medical history used by providers for
diagnosis and treatment. EMR allows the patient to take their
medical history, even when they change doctors or relocate to
a different state.
Collaborated solution Patient portal and other cloud-based
solutions help accelerate collaborative decision-making on
appropriate treatments. For example, electronic documentation
from the patients primary care physician, consulting
physicians, hospitals, and ambulatory centers can be
automatically transmitted electronically to the patient portal.

 Telemedicine Telemedicinealso known as telehealth or

sometimes as e-healthis an old practice that allows health
professionals to diagnose and treat patients remotely via
telephone and telecommunications technology. The modern-day
telemedicine takes advantage of cloud storage. Cloud-based
solutions help healthcare professionals to meet patients in realtime using face-to-face video-conferencing and mobile apps.
Big data analytics Healthcare organizations are in an early
stage in leveraging big data technology to capture structured and
unstructured medical data to get a complete view of patient care.
One of the earliest uses of big data analytics in healthcare
industry is in an area of predictive analyticsinsights which help
in making the right decisions at the right time for the patients.

The majority of healthcare organizations today have already taken

major leap forward to adopt cloud computing. Due to the shift of
the industrys focus to become more patient-centric, healthcare
realized cloud is the answer to collaborative partnerships and fast
access to patient information. Software as a Service (SaaS) is the
most attractive cloud model for healthcare due to its low cost,
rapid deployment, high scalability, and minimum requirements of
special expertise of healthcare staff.
Get in touch with Kairos Techs Cloud Advisory Services team to
learn more how cloud technologies can transform your business.

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