Think of electronic health records in terms of the evolution of electricity providers, says Luis Ahumada, executive director of advanced technologies and data science at Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Before electricity became a centralized utility, various companies built and maintained their own power plants. Similarly, prior to cloud-based EHRs, organizations had to make large capital investments to own and maintain on-premises EHRs.
Just as centralized electricity resulted in less costly and more dependable power for users, cloud-based EHRs reduce capital expenses while improving reliability and…
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