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Enter Cloud Computing
By Dr. David Edward Marcinko; MBA, CMP™
After a long time in development, Google publicly launched its free, Web 2.0 collaborative, online personal health records platform on Monday. It joins the likes of RevolutionHealth and Dossia. The operation first made headlines when Google announced it at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society [HIMSS] meeting a few months ago. Much like the “non-PHR” HealthVault initiative of the Microsoft Corporation, Google allows consumers to download records from its eight initial partners and store them for free.
A Minority of “in-vivo” EMRs
But, as readers of the Executive-Post know, only a few medical practices keep records electronically. The good news, on the other hand, is that Google has been thinking not just about EMRs, but also about the rest of data that’s most useful (Rx and lab results) and has some big players, such as Medco, Walgreens and Quest on its list of initial partners.
The bad news is that Google will also have to spend more time dealing with privacy zealots and storage space hogs.
Enter the Cloud
But, few health IT gurus talk about data storage in the web 2.0 cloud. And so, here is a list of technology leaders in the external disk storage, and data-recovery space.
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EMC
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IBM
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HP
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Dell
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Hitachi
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NetApp
Assessment
Most of these firms take “data-snapshots” every fifteen minutes, so that if there is a blackout or other systems problem, no more than 14 minutes of data would be lost. And, there is no doubt that the need for more storage space will increase, going forward.
Conclusion
What do you think of these new HIT initiatives for personal EMRs; or the concept of cloud computing with data storage and recovery, in general?
Related Information Sources:
Practice Management: http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=23759
Physician Financial Planning: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/0763745790
Medical Risk Management: http://www.jbpub.com/catalog/9780763733421
Healthcare Organizations: www.HealthcareFinancials.com
Health Administration Terms: www.HealthDictionarySeries.com
Physician Advisors: www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com
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