8 May - June, 2020By Charles E. Christian, CHCIO, LFCHIME, LFHIMSS, Vice President of Technology, Franciscan HealthDon't Let the Urge to Keep Up "Cloud" Your JudgementI've been working in Health Information Technology (HIT) for almost four decades. Over that time, I have participated in many decisions concerning the best approach for deploying technology to meet the data and analytical platform requirements of healthcare organizations.With technology moving at an extreme pace of change, it's almost impossible to keep up with what's new, what works well, etc. I'm reminded of an old story that I heard about technology in the past: Picture a horse pulling a cart and attached at the back of the cart is a bungee cord with a concrete block tied to it. As the horse moves along, the tension on the bungee cord increases and when the tension is high enough, the concrete block leaps forward. However, there's never enough kinetic energy built up in the bungee cord to get the concrete block into the back of the cart. This is how it feels in today's technology world. The technology and platforms move forward (the horse and the cart); there is tension between where you are and where you want to be (the bungee cord); and, you guessed it, IN MY OPINION
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