Why some healthcare companies are moving to G Suite

In healthcare, the time of cloud concerns has passed. As recently as a few years ago, many IT decision makers in hospitals, health clinics, and doctors' offices preferred on-site systems—these administrators preferred a server they could see to a cloud solution out of their control. But this "anti-cloud orientation" among healthcare leaders has changed in recent years, says Tony Safoian, CEO of SADA Systems, a leading cloud consulting services company. His company has helped many hospitals and healthcare organizations make the move from on-premise systems to cloud solutions. Three factors—security, cost, and culture—have motivated IT healthcare leaders to move systems to the cloud, says Safoian. "Now, people recognize that Google can do a better job of data protection and security than most healthcare organizations." The expertise and scale of Google's security teams easily exceed that of healthcare IT security staff at any given hospital system, for example.