HIPAA security rule mandates that all implemented procedures and documentations with regard to covered computer systems and ePHI must be stored with the ability to retrieve records for up to 6 years. Healthcare stakeholders are already under immense pressure to cut down costs, and this sure comes as additional overhead. Experts agree that virtualization and cloud-based services can be a saviour for the healthcare industry.
Silicus excels in developing SaaS-based delivery models and cloud-based solutions. The solution is best suited for IT applications in Healthcare industry as it aptly provides for the all the inherent requirements, some of which are listed below:
Data server maintenance for storing huge records of ePHI and data-intensive applications like PACS and BI/DW can be moved to cloud. This provides significant cost savings and frees up bandwidth of the IT resources.
Signal detection and Patient Data Analysis tools deployed in the Healthcare space require huge computing power to provide the ability to ramp up for spikes (statistical analysis, number crunching). Cloud computing can easily provide for these on-demand requirements.
HIPAA Security Rule identifies Contingency Plan as a standard under Administrative Safeguards. Data Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity are some of the major requirements under this plan. It is however difficult for small and mid-size healthcare providers to afford upfront costs to setup a DR BCP site. Cloud (IaaS) comes in handy to them. They can have DR in place with their operational expenditure and also realize significant cost savings over the years.
Cloud provides an excellent platform to connect the fragmented IT applications in the healthcare industry along with options of scalability and security.
Having delivered successful projects in cloud and SaaS, Silicus is confident to bring across valuable technical expertise for any product development in this space.