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eGUIDE 10 (855) ONE-NECK | www.OneNeck.com understanding of the benefits as well as the limita ons of the cloud as it relates to their organiza on. Hospitals, academic ins tu ons and manufacturers are working to solve industry problems, such as a decrease in clinical miscommunica ons, and to improve pa ent care across departments, hospitals and freestanding clinics. CIOs are working through the security and compliance barriers that hinder healthcare provider cloud adop on, as well as performance and interoperability concerns. Gartner has predicted that by 2019, public cloud service providers will handle 20% of healthcare provider IT workloads. (Source: Gartner, G00281681) Budget constraints are one driver pushing hybrid cloud adop on forward, but without a solid strategy, governance, policies and controls, unnecessary risk and expense can result. Gartner has put forth several recommenda ons for CIOs including: Gain experience in selec ng, monitoring and managing cloud service providers by first subscribing for services that do not involve protected health informa on (PHI). Pay close a en on to cloud subscrip on licensing agreements. IT procurement professionals will be challenged to nego ate be er deals, as they have in the past, using perpetual licensing rights and en tlements. Use the same criteria for establishing a trusted rela onship with a cloud service provider that you would for a remote hos ng arrangement. Don't do business with any cloud service provider that will not sign a HIPAA Business Associate Agreement (BAA) or adhere to a regional regulatory counterpart, such as the European Data Protec on Direc ve 95/46/EC. The hybrid cloud has a great poten al to simplify healthcare opera ons, and the right partner can ensure your success. At OneNeck, we have exper se in guiding healthcare organiza ons down the cloud path, ensuring that they improve opera ons and save costs while mee ng all of their compliance and security regula ons. Whether they choose to colocate their critical data in one of our top-tier data center facilities or utilize our secure, hosted private cloud, ReliaCloud, or even utilize some form of public cloud, we guide you each step of the way to ensure your data remains secure and on the right cloud, or clouds, for your healthcare organization.