Seventy-one percent of healthcare providers are deploying or planning to deploy cloud technology, according to a KLAS news release.
A KLAS report, "Path to Cloud Computing Foggy: Perception Study 2011," found that organizations' motivations for using the cloud and their cloud applications varied by organization size. Standalone facilities, primarily physician practices, tended to connect with larger organizations to use their private cloud-based electronic medical record for anticipated cost and security benefits.
Hospitals, in contrast, were more cautious in adopting the cloud. Providers' main concerns with public cloud options were patient data security, data privacy and data control, causing many to opt instead for private clouds.
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A KLAS report, "Path to Cloud Computing Foggy: Perception Study 2011," found that organizations' motivations for using the cloud and their cloud applications varied by organization size. Standalone facilities, primarily physician practices, tended to connect with larger organizations to use their private cloud-based electronic medical record for anticipated cost and security benefits.
Hospitals, in contrast, were more cautious in adopting the cloud. Providers' main concerns with public cloud options were patient data security, data privacy and data control, causing many to opt instead for private clouds.
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