Using the links to the Health IT Outcomes article and the HIMSS Data Management/Data Storage pdf, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cloud-based data storage. Why are more and more healthcare systems moving in this direction for their organization’s data storage needs? And what do healthcare systems need to consider when moving to cloud-based data storage?
https://www.healthitoutcomes.com/doc/where-should-healthcare-data-be-stored-in-and-beyond-0001 (Links to an external site.)
https://www.himss.org/sites/hde/files/d7/HIMSSorg/Content/files/201304_DATA_Storage_FINAL.pdf (Links to an external site.)
What are the advantages and disadvantages of storing the enormous amount of data healthcare has accumulated?