Cloud Computing

Here’s a look at how the cloud is changing the industry and top use cases for pharmaceutical companies.

Companies say aligning their platforms will help eliminate duplicate records, establish more accurate care histories and improve patient safety.

Despite the opportunities and the fact that many problems have already been solved, pharma and life sciences are lagging other industry in cloud adoption.

HIPAA is inextricably linked to patient privacy, but building a trusted, long-term patient relationship goes beyond HIPAA compliance and requires a deeper commitment to keep patient PHI safe and private.

Since implementing a suite of Nuance voice recognition tools, the health system has seen a 23 percent reduction in transcription costs and 71 percent of users reporting that the quality of their documentation has improved significantly.

IaaS and SaaS offerings are enabling payers to run analytics against claims and other data in new ways that enable them to operate more efficiently.

While payers have shown a preference for private cloud, new research suggests many will deploy connected health solutions in public clouds within two years. 

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Four experts in healthcare cloud computing offer CIOs and other health IT workers who are starting – or maintaining – cloud migrations some well-rounded advice.

From clinical trials to supply chain, the pharma industry is using cloud computing models in numerous ways.