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Digitization of medical records has brought the healthcare industry to a critical juncture with privacy risks, governmental constraints, and increased costs. Data storage is not the only issue that requires management. Data aggregation is becoming more complex, and with cloud computing on the rise, the need for secure access to remote data continues to climb.

Today’s IT departments are increasingly challenged by the complexity and management of disparate components within their data centers. Rapidly proliferating silos of server, storage, and networking resources, combined with numerous management tools and operational processes, have led to crippling inefficiencies and costs.IT departments need a solution that will release their technologies from the limitations of this disconnected environment and allow them to create a unified, shared infrastructure designed to maximize utilization and minimize operating and facilities costs.

The late adoption of cloud computing technologies within the healthcare industry can be attributed to concerns revolving around cost, usability, and security. However, proper implementation and execution of “the cloud” can provide considerable cost efficiencies and increase overall ease of use without compromising network, server or security risks. With the right infrastructure architecture, cloud-computing (also called “utility computing” or Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS]) technologies provide flexibility, scalability, redundancy and choice to healthcare IT departments looking to expand local networking abilities.