Michigan Medicine CTO Dr Tim Calahan on how the organisation is implementing a cloud transformation , moving its Epic systems off-prem for key benefits
MICHIGAN MEDICINE
Michigan Medicine CTO Dr Tim Calahan on how the organisation is implementing a cloud transformation , moving its Epic systems off-prem for key benefits
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ased in Ann Arbor , Michigan , and part of one of the world ’ s leading universities , Michigan Medicine is a premier , highly ranked academic medical centre and award-winning health care system with state-of-the-art facilities .
As its CTO Tim Calahan explains , as a toptier academic institution Michigan Medicine has the ability to significantly move the needle , not just for people within the State of Michigan , but throughout the world .
“ We have a vision here at Michigan Medicine to deliver great care and train exceptional physicians , but also deliver that care throughout the State of Michigan in order to deliver that care and make those improvements globally ,” Calahan describes .
With extensive experience in developing innovative solutions , specifically helping and assisting healthcare organisations moving to the cloud , Tim Calahan is CTO at Michigan Medicine , responsible for managing much of the technology that the organisation is putting in place .
One key area Michigan Medicine will be focusing on in this transformation is the moving of its Epic infrastructure to the cloud . One of the more complicated applications within a healthcare system ’ s ecosystem is Epic , which was not originally designed to run in the cloud . As Calahan describes , the decision to host healthcare records software
50 May 2024