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S O F T W A R E
S O L U T I O N
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loud-based servers aren't pie-in-the-sky methods for storing
patient information, floating in the ether and accessible to anyone with an Internet connection. No, the cloud — offsite data
storage provided by a software vendor — is a reliable information management solution grounded in cost-savings and worry-free recordkeeping. Our multi-specialty facility transitioned to cloud computing last year
and hasn't looked back. Here's why.
Good software vendors will assess your
case load, the type of data you need to
store and equipment requirements to tailor
customized solutions. Our cloud provider
showed us the significant savings we'd realize by switching to electronic records and
cloud-based storage in terms of hard costs,
paper products that we'd no longer use and
employee time savings.
When does cloud computing make good
financial sense? During our research and consultations with software vendors we learned,
based on the data being stored per surgical
case, that cloud based electronic recordkeeping is ideal for surgery centers performing
fewer than 600 cases per month (or about
7,000 annually). Once that threshold is
exceeded, it may make more financial sense
to host your servers in-house. However,
busier surgical centers might still benefit from
cloud data computing after factoring in the
J U N E 2013 | O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
Bruce Nadro, DO
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Economy
HIGH-SPEED LINE The cloud
must be accessible from every
corner of your facility.
ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS
Cloud Computing
Requirements
• High-capacity bandwidth Internet provider
• Redundant Internet
connection
• Desktops, laptops
and/or tablet computers
• Facility-wide, reliable
wireless Internet service
— Bruce Nadro, DO
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