As the majority of healthcare organisations are increasing IT modernisation investment, hybrid multi-cloud adoption is surging among the sector, according to the Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report by Nutanix.
The report also revealed that the use of hybrid multi-cloud models in healthcare is forecasted to double over the next one to three years. AI technology, security, and sustainability drive healthcare organisations to modernise IT infrastructures.
Hybrid multi-cloud solutions
Healthcare organisations can simplify operations, deliver better patient outcomes, and improve clinician productivity with hybrid multi-cloud solutions.
“Healthcare organisations have traditionally lagged behind in technology adoption, yet we’ve seen an impressive increase in modernisation in the last year alone – driven by AI and the need for data portability,” said Scott Ragsdale, senior director of sales, U.S. Healthcare at Nutanix.
“Across industries, 80% of Healthcare ECI respondents are planning to invest in IT modernisation, with 85% planning to increase their investments specifically to support AI. Healthcare organisations are no different, focusing on future-proofing IT infrastructure today to prepare for the needs of tomorrow – including AI and sustainability,” added Ragsdale.
Healthcare IT departments
The main challenges in healthcare IT departments are complying with data storage/usage guidelines (20%), linking data across disparate environments (20%), combating ransomware, (17%) and ensuring data privacy (17%).
