3 Incredible Benefits of Cloud Computing in Healthcare Industry

By CIOReview | Tuesday, March 10, 2020

FREMONT, CA: Cloud computing is no longer a trend and has become the word of the day. It has impacted almost all industries, including the healthcare sector. Still, some questions haunt the hospital managers who deal with an enormous amount of clinical data, for example, is cloud better than internal servers to store medical data? Are the security and deployment costs pocket-friendly?

The answer to the above questions lies in understanding the advantages and possibilities of using cloud solutions. The cloud solutions vary from storing and optimizing the use of gathered information to the integration of technology into the hospital routine. Here in this article, we discuss some benefits of cloud computing that hospital managers can relate to and use it for various purposes.

Fast and Remote Access to Data

Cloud computing enables hospital managers to share information among themselves and other clinical staff. It is perhaps one of the most significant advantages of cloud computing. The information sharing is done in a more structured way, thus reducing the risk of loss of medical and administrative documents. The information can also be accessed remotely. The information stored in the cloud can be accessed anytime, from anywhere, and by anyone (of course, by someone who has the permission). This rich database, which is easily accessible, makes the process of crossing and analyzing data more agile and easier to establish possible standards for an institution.

Increased Security

The medical data and information are highly sensitive. The protection of these data is a priority to add privacy and ethics to the relationship between doctors and patients and also for the institution's repute. Cloud computing provides the best security in the market, like secure authentication, end-to-end encryption, monitoring, and anonymization. These security tools offer a structured and multilayered armor to private environments. Moreover, the cloud itself recommends the level of security needed for any particular level of information of data that will be stored in it. Hence, the user can customize the level of security, depending upon the sensitivity of the information.

Reduce Costs and Treat Patients Better

There is a hype that the cloud is very costly and hits the pocket very hard. For the reader's information, it is only hype. With providing more access to information, the cloud also reduces the cost of accessing them. Smaller hospitals can access the information they need to provide the best care to the patients without spending much on it. With the information present in the cloud, otherwise known as Big Data, healthcare professionals get to know their patients better and thus significantly reduce the number of treatment errors.