Monday 1 February 2016

Epic shift: Demand for cloud EHR service is soaring

When Epic Systems announced that it was buying a Mayo Clinic data center for $46 million, it put the health IT vendor’s growing data hosting business into the spotlight.

The electronic health record giant offers both on-premise and hosted data solutions for its customers. That type of hybrid business model is an absolute necessity in today’s demanding health data management environment, says Epic President Carl Dvorak.

Epic’s strategy is to provide healthcare organizations with the most flexible and cost-effective options, regardless of whether Epic or customers themselves manage their IT infrastructure.

“There is not just one way to do healthcare, and there is not just one way to do an EHR,” contends Dvorak. “We provide options for our customers, be it on premise, hosted, backup hosted, or hosting data for an ACO or other consortium.” For the full article click here 



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