--- title: Netgain Healthcare IT Blog | Private Cloud Hosting description: Private Cloud Hosting | The Netgain Healthcare IT blog reaches readers interested in the importance of healthcare IT, cloud computing, and business technology solutions. --- Netgain Healthcare IT Blog | Private Cloud Hosting - [About Us](http://netgainhosting.com/about-us) - [Why Netgain](http://netgainhosting.com/why-netgain/) - [Who We Serve](http://netgainhosting.com/who-we-serve/) - [Blog](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/) - [![](http://netgainhosting.com/wp-content/themes/chat.png)Support](http://netgainhosting.com/support/) - [![](http://netgainhosting.com/wp-content/themes/phone.png)Contact Us](http://netgainhosting.com/contact/) # Netgain [![Secure and specialized IT](https://netgainhosting.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/netgain-logo-for-CW.png)](http://netgainhosting.com/) Navigation - [Cloud Services](http://netgainhosting.com/cloud-services/) - [On-Site services](http://netgainhosting.com/on-site-services/) - [Professional Services](http://netgainhosting.com/professional-services/) - [Products](http://netgainhosting.com/products/) ## [Which Cloud is Right for Your Organization: Private vs. Public Cloud](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/which-cloud-is-right-for-your-organization-private-vs-public-cloud) Posted by [Matt Riley - Netgain's VP of Strategy](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/author/matt-riley-netgains-vp-of-strategy) on Jul 14, 2016 9:58:35 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/cloudhosting.jpg)](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/which-cloud-is-right-for-your-organization-private-vs-public-cloud) Healthcare adoption of the cloud is growing at a healthy rate of about 20 percent each year, expected to grow from $3.7 billion in 2015 to $9.5 billion in 2020. It is estimated that [private cloud](http://netgainhosting.com/cloud-services/private-cloud-hosting/) accounts for the major share of healthcare cloud computing, based on a report by [MarketsAndMarkets.](http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/PressReleases/cloud-computing-healthcare.asp) [Read More](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/which-cloud-is-right-for-your-organization-private-vs-public-cloud) 0 Comments [Click here to read/write comments](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/which-cloud-is-right-for-your-organization-private-vs-public-cloud#comments-listing) Topics: [Private Cloud Hosting](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/topic/private-cloud-hosting), [ePHI](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/topic/ephi), [Hybrid Cloud](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/topic/hybrid-cloud) ## [Top 4 Reasons Healthcare Organizations are Switching Hosting Providers](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/top-4-reasons-healthcare-organizations-are-switching-hosting-providers) Posted by [Matt Riley - Netgain's VP of Strategy](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/author/matt-riley-netgains-vp-of-strategy) on Jul 5, 2016 8:53:09 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/switchingproviders.jpg)](https://blog.netgainhosting.com/top-4-reasons-healthcare-organizations-are-switching-hosting-providers) Healthcare organizations have been naturally migrating to the cloud, and for good reason. However, recent statistics show that choosing the right provider to effectively meet their unique needs can be challenging. In the past year, the healthcare industry has seen a spike in the number of healthcare organizations switching their hosting providers. When evaluating why organizations are making the switch, we’ve found there are four primary reasons. 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