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HIT - Healthcare Information Technology & HIM - Healthcare Information Management, ECM - Enterprise content management, DMS - Document management system
ECM forecast may call for a cloud
Healthcare organizations continue to evaluate the adoption of a cloud strategy as they look to improve patient outcomes, reduce costs, and remain flexible during times of uncertainty. Cloud-based environments leverage remote servers accessed via the internet to store, manage, and process data.
Organizations with on-site data centers often face challenges with managing capacity, administration, scalability, and expenditures. When considering how to streamline systems and manage costs, organizations look to cloud computing platforms for flexibility, agile development, enhanced security, and process automation.
Cloud storage solutions provide hospitals and health systems an opportunity to save money on software, resource management, and infrastructure. Instead of building their own technology stack, organizations can subscribe to a service provider who can provide physical infrastructure in the cloud.
Trust in cloud solutions to keep data secure continues to rise. However, cloud-first is not an all-or-nothing strategy; third-party service providers offer both public and hybrid implementations.
Public vs hybrid cloud models
Public clouds are the most common type of deployment. Resources like servers and storage are owned and operated by a third-party service provider and delivered over the internet. With a public cloud, all hardware, software, and supporting infrastructure are owned and managed by the service provider.
In a public cloud, hardware, storage, and network devices are shared with organizations or cloud “tenants” that manage accounts and access services using web browsers. Public cloud deployments are frequently used to provide email, office applications, storage, and testing and development environments.
A hybrid cloud combines an on-premise infrastructure—or private cloud—with a public cloud. Hybrid clouds allow data and apps to move between the two environments. Organizations may opt for a hybrid cloud approach to take full advantage of on-premise technology investments or to address low latency issues.
Advantages of a hybrid model include business continuity, application and data center modernization, and the flexibility to leverage multiple cloud providers.
Take your data to new heights
As your organization’s digital transformation strategy pivots to cloud platforms and services, look to the Quest Diagnostics technology portfolio. For more than 30 years, Quanum® Enterprise Content Solutions (ECS) by Quest Diagnostics has delivered robust content management technology expressly designed and developed for healthcare organizations. Quanum ECS continuously evolves to meet the rapidly changing requirements of managing content by leveraging innovative and emerging technologies to provide secure, agile, and sustainable access to current and historical data.
Data security and accessibility are foundational to Quanum ECS. This accessibility now extends to a trusted cloud platform to deliver a scalable, agile, and effective architecture solution to healthcare organizations.
Quanum ECS delivers an evergreen cloud model that allows minimally interruptive version upgrades and enhancements while maintaining robust cloud architecture options for high availability and disaster recovery. Our Professional Services team is ready to take care of it all for you via our Managed Services program. The Quest team configures and maintains your organization’s environment so your resources can remain focused on other priorities.
Take your data to new heights
Connect with our dedicated team to plan your move to the cloud today!
