Why Now Is the Time for Healthcare to Move to the Cloud

The healthcare industry notoriously lags behind other industries when it comes to adopting new technologies. Moving to the cloud is no exception. Though there has been some uptick in cloud adoption among healthcare organizations in general, we’re still a pretty cautious bunch when it comes to the cloud. As we creep into 2020, though, momentum is building around the cloud. Healthcare IT leaders are starting to overcome two of the big arguments they’ve had against moving to the cloud — security and ROI from their current IT infrastructure. They’re also recognizing several benefits to the cloud that aren’t achievable with on-premise solutions. Data security is indeed a significant fear for healthcare providers because of the increasing sophistication and volume of cyberattacks by malicious actors. And the consequences for a security breach are quite steep — to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. Yet the argument can be made that data is more secure in the cloud. How? When health IT leaders consider the resources that public cloud infrastructure providers must dedicate to securing their environments, it far outpaces anything individual hospitals or health systems would be able to allocate.