Radiology Business November 15, 2023
Changing perceptions of cloud use in healthcare
There has been a noticeable transformation in the last five years toward accepting cloud data storage across healthcare and radiology. Before the pandemic, there were concerns about sending sensitive and HIPAA-compliant data off-site for storage. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing providers to use telehealth and open up access for remote employees, the attitude has shifted post-pandemic. There is now a growing acceptance of the idea. Rasband attributed this to increased familiarity with cloud services, drawing parallels with consumerism trends seen in platforms like Amazon.
“It’s more familiar. With security concerns and staffing shortages causing a lot of problems, we are seeing providers say, ‘now we’re ready to look at it because we...