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Checklist: Start Building the Right Healthcare IT Infrastructure

Every provider organization has their own needs for a modern infrastructure.

Before healthcare organizations can leverage automation and other strategies to improve clinical workflows, they need a modern, secure and scalable infrastructure. Start with these steps to ensure that IT investments properly support the strategic mission and achieve desired outcomes:

Click the banner below to discover the building blocks for a secure and efficient infrastructure.

 

  • STRATEGIZE FIRST. Infrastructure needs may vary widely depending on an organization’s size, complexity and business goals. A clear outline for what leaders want to accomplish should be the start of any modernization initiative.
  • RATIONALIZE APPLICATIONS. Find out which applications can be consolidated and which are redundant. Each application needs a roadmap for future disposition that accounts for upgraded schedules and lifecycles.
  • REDUCE TECHNICAL DEBT. Legacy systems are unavoidable in healthcare, but strategically moving workloads to the cloud, consolidating applications and deploying modern platforms can significantly reduce the impact of older technology.
  • IMPROVE INTEGRATION. Effective integration also enables data modernization and processes that consolidate data into a central warehouse.
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