Value of Processing Data in the Cloud

In the past 10 years, companies have been shifting their data and data processing to the Cloud at increasing rates – the global market for services in the Cloud is worth about $132 billion today, according to Forrester Research. Cloud computing is the delivery of on-demand computing services — from applications to storage and processing…

Top IDNs and the Challenges of Roster Membership

Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) and Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) were created with the specific purpose of reducing operating costs for healthcare facilities by enabling them to negotiating purchasing prices more effectively. But consolidation of GPOs and IDNs across the healthcare industry is leading to changes in how suppliers work with these organizations. The volume of…