This December, Houston Methodist is moving our Epic data and systems to the cloud. You’ve probably heard of “cloud hosting” before, but do you know what it means?
The cloud is a cluster of remote servers used to save your data — such as files, business data, videos or images — and it’s accessible anywhere and anytime using the internet.
Instead of HM storing our Epic data and systems on our physical servers and data centers, most of it will now be hosted on Epic Corp’s servers. Not only is this solution more cost effective than buying new hardware and maintaining it, Epic hosting offers greater benefits to our patients, clinicians and care teams:
- Faster access to data and information.
- More efficient electronic medical recordkeeping.
- More streamlined collaborative patient care.
- Superior data security.
- Improved reliability with fewer downtimes.
- Enhanced patient safety.
Cloud hosting is a powerful tool for storing and managing data, and it’s revolutionizing how HM delivers unparalleled patient care.
