Liza Sisler, Director at Perficient, recently wrote a blog post about the incredible growth of cloud based services by healthcare organizations:
“Nearly all cloud adopters plan to expand their cloud services; areas for growth include archived data, disaster recovery and hosting operational applications and data”.
“The top three reasons for adopting cloud services include lower maintenance costs, speed of deployment and lack of internal staffing resources. The survey shows a positive growth outlook for cloud services as almost all healthcare organizations currently using cloud services plan to expand their use of these tools.”
With healthcare organizations traditionally being slower to adopt cloud based options due to security concerns, this study shows the changing landscape for payers and providers. You can read the full blog post and view an infographic on cloud adoption in healthcare here.