● Partner with a systems integration that has significant domain expertise: The complexity of healthcare today demands partners that are well-versed in, and experienced at, addressing the myriad nuances that can dramatically impact the effectiveness of any large-scale IT initiative. More specifically, payers should partner with providers that are hyperscaler “agnostic” and have completed similar projects with payers.

The active and expanding partnerships between payers and hyperscale cloud providers today promise to forever change payers’ businesses for the better while radically improving their ability to effectively act on data shared not just throughout the organization, but also with the providers they work with and the members they serve. By looking to the past, realistically appraising the present, and actively planning for the future, payers can proceed on the right cloud journey for them, with confidence.

About the author: Shyam Manoj Karunakaranj is senior vice president and market head of health plans at CitiusTech, a company that helps healthcare organizations address their most complex and demanding technology and business challenges through its highly experienced team and key partnership with leading technology vendors. CitiusTech is a Healthcare Competency Partner with Amazon Web Services, a Microsoft Certified Gold Partner with Microsoft Azure, and a Google Platform with Google Cloud Platform.

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