Introduction

Organizations in both the public and private sectors are confronting the operational implications of healthcare reform fueled by mandates and continually rising health costs as executives across industries analyze their options. Many are realizing that their most significant opportunities for taking control of healthcare management challenges lie within their own business processes and IT environments and may require them to transform the way they do business.

The convergence of sweeping regulatory demands for increased transparency, connectivity and security have combined with the industry’s long-standing dependence on legacy applications, data silos and point solutions, to generate a “perfect storm” that can overwhelm many organizations. This storm has the potential to disrupt organizations that do not evolve from their fragmented information systems into environments that integrate business processes at all levels of health service delivery.

For many organizations, the answer to these challenges lies in moving to cloud-based computing environments. Cloud computing enables on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable technology resources (such as networks, servers, storage, applications and services).1 Because the cloud creates a computing environment in which resources can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction, it represents a way to address new regulatory and market trends. It can help organizations reduce the healthcare cost curve while improving outcomes.

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Building a High Performance Engine for Healthcare.pdf