Cloud Computing

Epic worked with the health system to deploy the electronic health record virtually, in response to enduring travel and social distancing restrictions around COVID-19.

The cloud IT company said it developed the athenaTelehealth technology in response to a 3,400% uptick in telehealth visits across its customer network from mid-February to April.

Central Logic CEO Angie Franks says with the Arizona Surge Line, health systems and state agencies are using her company's cloud-based technology to aggregate EHR and other data to assess the status of critical inventories and get resources to hospitals most in need.

Over the past decade, workloads and data have moved increasingly into the cloud.

Before joining the EHR giant, Labat served as chief technology officer and led the cloud-automation business for HPE Software. Prior to that, he spent two decades at Oracle. 

The collaboration aims to help health systems manage resource allocation and offer situational awareness for facilities as they open up and reschedule delayed surgeries and other procedures.

Billed by the software giant as its first industry-specific cloud product, the newly-launched platform is also aimed at enhancing patient engagement, improving provider communication and boosting analytics.

A HIMSS20 Digital speaker lays out the industry developments pushing more healthcare provider organizations to consider multi-cloud technology.

“The key to the success of the solution was the direct involvement of the hospitals’ clinical personnel who played an important role in the hospital’s agile approach to systems development,” said Alan Pritchard, Austin Health’s Director of EMR and ICT Services.

To avoid exposure to COVID-19, staff at rural Macon Community Hospital worked with Cerner associates to take the implementation process online.