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19 or supporting patients to manage their care plan , timely and accurate information is key .
“ We ’ re seeing a lot of our partners build cloud-based solutions that are addressing these challenges and are easily adopted ” he adds . One of these partners is Oculys , who have been able to show significant savings for hospitals by using data analytics to predict emergency room wait times and monitor patient flow and bad management . “ If you can track it you can manage it more effectively ” Jones says .
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Some of the most exciting models of care leverage cloud computing . This is currently the primary focus for Microsoft . Once viewed with scepticism by the health industry due to perceived security or control limitations , the cloud is now undeniably being embraced by health organizations around the world . Gartner predicts that within this decade organizations will be going to the cloud precisely because it is more secure than the on premises counterpart . Part of this momentum is driven by cost efficiencies and outsourcing , but there is another motivator that is becoming increasingly apparent – some capabilities are only possible in the cloud .
“ The cloud is essentially a global supercomputer , that you can access on demand and pay only for what you use . You get all the benefits , yet the cost is spread across all the users . Kind of like timeshare .”
The virtually unlimited storage pool makes medical imaging storage cost effective , or any other big data scenario for that matter . The incredible processing power makes genomic sequencing
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