According to a recent HIMSS survey 80% of healthcare organizations have already adopted cloud based services. In addition according to HIMSS
“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.”
To learn more about the findings for the survey, which had responses from 150 healthcare organizations – including medical practices, hospitals, and healthcare systems – visit the HIMSS Analytics website
I found the HIMSS survey interesting as Healthcare organizations have traditionally been slower to adopt cloud based options often due to data privacy concerns. To combat this, Microsoft has invested heavily in its cloud offerings and has Business Associate Agreement (BAA) availability for its cloud based services including Office 365, Microsoft Azure and Dynamics CRM. This is leading to increased interest and adoption from Healthcare organizations look to drive meaningful collaboration organization wide, in addition to taking advantage of the latest software upgrades and Disaster Recovery capabilities.
With recent healthcare industry acquisition trends, Office 365 offers a compelling option for quickly rolling out a single collaboration platform while adding powerful add-ons such as Yammer, Lync Online and Power BI that can quickly demonstrate business value. To learn how University of Colorado Health, a new healthcare system formed by Poudre Valley Health System, University of Colorado Hospital and Memorial Health System, and one of the largest healthcare providers in Colorado, is using Office 365, including Yammer and Lync Online to enable collaboration check out this news release.
Meantime the infographic below will give you some more insight into the HIMSS study.
