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The Transition
from
Traditional IT
systems
to Cloud-Based
IT Services
T
he traditional IT system
has been in the industry
ever since computers were
formulated. Storage has always
been the most crucial factor of
any organisation. But ever since
cloud came into the industry it has
been dominating in every sector.
Now many regions have started
implementing cloud-based IT
services and have replaced them
with the traditional IT systems. CQC
is a good example of this transition.
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CQC (Care Quality Commission) is
the health and social care regulator,
a non-department public body of
the United Kingdom. In 2009 it
was established mainly to regulate
and inspect health and social care
services in England. It had recently
withdrawn its joint plan to move
health bodies’ central IT system
to cloud-based technologies. The
Health Secretary Matt Hancock
was interested in doing something
about the IT systems and later
planned on replacing it. This move
was initiated in August, last year
at the Department of Health and
Social Care by NHS England, NHS
Improvement, the Health Research
Authority and the CQC. This new
IT project is will be known as the
march 2019
“Future Services Programme (FSP)”.
The previous or the current contract
is known as French-headquartered
Atos and is said to end in April 2020.
Google’s G-suite technology
and other cloud-based services will
be supported by NHS England’s FSP.
Hancock confirms it in a review.
Also, Google’s G-suite technology
and other cloud-based services will
be considered as subject to the pilot
phase. The NHS organizations have
always been using Microsoft-based
systems but now it is moving far
away from these systems to a place
where the cloud is the future.
What is the reason for the shift?
Well, it is obvious that the old
system needed an upgrade. Since
data is being processed on a regular
basis, more and more storage
devices are needed. Also, the fact
that new data is added every now
and then causes organizations to
invest in something more efficient.
A good example would be the
HeraMED LTD and the Brazilian
Healthcare Group’s Pregnancy
monitoring. HeraMED LTD had
received 60,000 USD order for a
cloud-based pregnancy monitoring
service from Brazilian healthcare
group. Both companies were
collaborated to connect HeraBEAT
heart rate monitors to Hapvida’s
electronic medical record systems. It
is a very innovative approach where
physicians and nurses are allowed
to monitor pregnant women in real
time. Here as you can see every
pregnant woman’s data will be
unique, in order to keep a track on
all of them these devices became
necessary. Many reports in the past
have shown the delay in treatment
that has caused problems
while women were pregnant.
But cloud-based IT service
has given a solution for this.
This is how the cloud is dominating
in every vertical. IT companies
were the first to implement cloud-
based IT services. Now, healthcare,
as shown above, has also seen the
transition. Soon we might see the
cloud in various fields as well.
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