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Every three to four years, healthcare practices go through a refresh and upgrade cycle that causes stress on human and financial resources. As an alternative to the traditional refresh cycle, many practices are evaluating their cloud options and how it affects those same human and financial resources.

In Part I of our IT costs series, we explored how to know if your practice is ready for a hardware or software refresh. Part II discussed three considerations when planning your refresh. In this final part of our series, we analyze the total cost of IT ownership and how it compares to a private cloud model.

With more technology in the practice than ever before and increasing regulation, healthcare organizations nationwide are trying to find ways to stabilize their IT costs.

Technology has helped healthcare practices increase efficiencies, improve quality of care, and even achieve cost savings. But it also can be unpredictable and lead to unexpected expenses.