Cloud Computing

Informaticist Nephi Walton says that the cloud can be used to aggregate and harmonize data and argues that in certain ways it is more secure than what hospitals can handle on their own.

The University of California San Francisco School of Medicine takes an app by app approach to its use of cloud computing, employing technology from Salesforce to build custom applications for clinical care and research.  

Beaufort Memorial Hospital has already launched into the cloud with a variety of back-end systems and says it will move its enterprise and clinical systems to the cloud in the next 18 to 24 months.

An executive cautions that the biggest challenge with cloud computing in healthcare is the contract organizations sign with vendors of cloud services.

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Its enterprise content management technology spans the enterprise helping address multiple workflows, from clinical care to revenue cycle management.

The electronic health record maker has built out its suite to enable integration with third-party apps and competing EHR systems, its chief executive said. 

athenahealth’s CEO said that hospital executives should stop tolerating software that users hate and, instead, demand a new set of core competencies from their technology vendors. And he pointed to Waze, Google and Kayak as examples to emulate. 

The startup said it will use the funding to strengthen its OncologyCloud. 

The new extension to its HRM platform enables hospital executives to better serve patient populations, and identify market opportunities, CEO Brad Bostic said.