How to Start Your Healthcare Organization’s Infrastructure Modernization Journey

1. Assess Your Current Environment

This may seem straightforward, but how well do you really know everything that’s part of your infrastructure? How much technical debt do you have? Who are all of the partners that use your network? Are you monitoring service level agreements, which guarantee your organization’s vendors and cloud providers meet or exceed contract terms to deliver agreed upon responses and remediation? Check the status of any current modernization projects. These may be simple questions, but many organizations struggle to answer them.

2. Make Security a Priority

Security can fall to the wayside, as preventive measures often do. If your organization isn’t already conducting regular security vulnerability testing of all devices and applications, that should go to the top of the list. Identify issues such as hardware and application incompatibilities that may delay or derail security modernization initiatives. Working with a partner with healthcare experience can help organizations identify and eliminate security gaps.

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3. Construct a Governance and Remediation Plan

A quick response is crucial to identify, isolate and thwart any security incidents and restore data and network access. Designate a hierarchy of who is in charge in the event of a data breach or security incident. Assign specific tasks for to groups and individuals. This includes contact information for all internal and external stakeholders, such as third-party service providers.

4. Identify Your Core Competencies

When you come up with your team’s plans for the next two to five years, align them with your organization’s goals and annual and projected operational and capital expenditure budgets.