What Should You Think About When Migrating Existing Healthcare Systems and Applications to the Cloud?

Moving is a very daunting task. The longer you live somewhere the more stuff you have to pack up into boxes and then unpack in your new place. And you’ve kept this stuff for so long that you’re attached to it and don’t want to get rid of anything. Moving your organization to a new system is just the same. All of your data and information is stored away in other systems and applications. And while those systems and applications may not be perfect, your staff have used them for so long that they’re used to them and might be resistant to change. Tragically, for both moving in our own lives and moving our organization’s practices, we can’t always keep everything and sometimes we have to migrate to something newer to gain new benefits. Since moving off old hardware inevitable, we have to ask ourselves how can we best migrate to the cloud and are there times we shouldn’t? To answer that question, we reached out to our brilliant Healthcare IT Today Community. Here is their recommendations on what you need to consider when migrating existing healthcare systems and applications to the cloud. Patty Hayward, General Manager, Health and Life Sciences at Talkdesk Consumers expect convenient and connected service from healthcare, increasingly at the level they are getting from other industries. Organizations are not going to be able to deliver that service and keep up with expectations if they’re using legacy systems. Most leaders understand the ...
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