Cloud Computing in Healthcare

Cloud Computing at Memorial Medical Center |
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Managerial Applications of Information Technology ---IS535 January 2012 Session                 Keller Graduate School of Management                                                                                                                   |
1/22/2012
1/22/2012

Cloud Computing in Healthcare
Proposal
Topic
Cloud Computing has the means to possibly revolutionize the healthcare IT structure as it is known today.   Healthcare is constantly looking for ways to reduce costs but keep patient care in the forefront.   At the same time introducing Cloud computing will have to be compliant with HIPPA guidelines set by the government.   With Cloud Computing in healthcare, costs such as software cost will be reduced significantly.     Many options are available for Cloud Computing along with options with limited budgets.   This proposal will show how Cloud Computing can reduce costs in healthcare IT structures and still have the excellent patient care that all healthcare providers want.
Problem
Healthcare IT infrastructure is complex to say the least.   Extra security is a must in order to safeguard patient information.   Enforcing safeguard measures needs to be a must when using Cloud Computing.   More administrative control over who is using the systems and more stringent monitoring will have to be in place.
Benefits
A few benefits for Cloud Computing in healthcare are:
Supply Chain benefits: With multiple vendors operating on cloud, inventory management will become much simpler. (Raut, 2011)
Scalable Infrastructure:   Data can be stored and managed well in servers and not on private servers.   IT personnel will no longer have to keeping software up-to-date.   This will be handled by vendors.
Easy and Fast Access:   What if a physician is at another hospital seeing in-patients, but needs to have access to look at another patient’s medical records?   The physician will be able to obtain those records... [continues]

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