Guide

Moving health data integrations to the cloud

A how-to guide for migrating integrations to the cloud without disrupting business as usual

Ensure a successful cloud migration with expert services and support

Rhapsody’s proven methodology supports a fast, cost-effective, and smooth migration to the cloud for the healthcare industry. 

  • Methodology created from work with customers across the globe
  • Once deployed in the cloud, our experts manage the infrastructure
  • Customers benefit from best-in-KLAS® integration engines deployed on AWS

Why is healthcare moving interoperability infrastructure to the cloud?

Healthcare delivery organizations want to integrate data across many technology platforms, including on-premises and newer, cloud-based applications. Moving healthcare infrastructure to the cloud simplifies maintenance and security, while positioning organizations for a technology future that’s cloud-based. Cloud-based applications are subscription-based and convenient for healthcare organizations, with faster installations and smoother upgrades.

Larger trends in healthcare, technology, and consumer behavior are leading healthcare organizations to move to cloud-based data integration.

Fast technology adoption

Healthcare organizations continue to expand beyond traditional care delivery systems, investing in new cloud-based applications to support telehealth, patient engagement platforms, and remote patient monitoring.  

Digital consumers

Consumers expect to interact digitally with their healthcare providers, with their information staying consistent across the healthcare organization. The result? More data to integrate across a healthcare organization’s many IT systems, including connecting new apps and wearables. 

Competitive edge

A technology labor shortage means that healthcare providers and tech companies must compete and innovate with smaller teams. Efficient, cloud-based technology relieves pressure on IT teams.

Options for cloud-based deployment

Once healthcare integrations have been migrated to the cloud, they require maintenance and management. New integrations may need to be built. Rhapsody health solutions customers choose how much integration management they prefer to shoulder, and the deployment option that best fits their business goals, staffing, and budget. 

IPaaS

With Envoy iPaaS, we deploy Rhapsody on AWS instance, then we manage interface development and infrastructure. 

Read more about Envoy

SaaS

Deployed on the Rhapsody Cloud. Easily accessible so you can do the development work while Rhapsody manages the infrastructure.

Read more about Corepoint as a Service and Rhapsody as a Service

A proven migration strategy from Rhapsody will make your move to the cloud smoother, every step of the way

  1. Discover

    Rhapsody develops a comprehensive migration plan based on your existing solution workflows, technical requirements, and business goals. We work together to prioritize which interfaces transition to the cloud and to plan all timing and logistics.

  2. Build

    We build a cloud environment in AWS, upgrade your environment, and prepare your data for production.

  3. Map

    We plan and test every data mapping, test them to your configuration in a non-production environment, and evaluate mappings completely for connectivity.

  4. Cutover

    We manage a smooth transition from your legacy engine to your cloud-based engine, with attention to detail that avoids any interruption to business operations.

Customer-proven results

Ensuring customers are successful is our highest priority.

“We wanted a cloud-based option and a partner who knew health integration, so our engineers could focus on one pipe and one protocol to get data to the integration engine, and then trust that service to securely share the data downstream with our clients.”

Mike Hawn

SVP Data Services & Product Solutions for BioIntelliSense

“I don’t want to say it was easy, because migrating 200 interfaces is never easy. But we were able to bring them seamlessly into the Rhapsody SaaS offering and we were off and running.”

Darren Powell

AVP of Applications, UofL Health

“The fact that I don’t have to spend thought cycles on the areas that Rhapsody manages is a huge benefit. I can shift my team from figuring out integrations to getting new contracts established with partners, vendors, and customers. Having Rhapsody has definitely been a huge boost for us.”

Eric Peebles

Chief Technology Officer, founder Clinify Health

Start building your solutions today

Connect with one of our interoperability specialists to learn how Rhapsody health solutions can help you deliver better healthcare.