| Of the developments in IT solutions for various | | | | than likely, the benefits of a web-based intranet |
| healthcare systems, hosted intranets offer one of | | | | will be hard to replace even should your facility |
| the most exciting options. Especially for small size | | | | expand. |
| hospitals or healthcare practices, hosted intranets | | | | If you hadn't noticed, IT consultants or IT |
| allow many options at low cost to enable these | | | | employees don't come cheap. Their expertise and |
| entities access to the twenty-first century. Some | | | | technical experience increases your operations |
| of the major benefits include variable degrees of | | | | expense if you have on-site health IT solutions in |
| integration with an existing system, easy start up | | | | many cases. Another benefit of hosted intranets |
| abilities with low costs, no need for in-house IT | | | | is that on-site IT expertise is not needed. Secured |
| expertise, and inherent privacy protection abilities | | | | private connections to the host is the only |
| in compliance with Australian privacy guidelines. By | | | | requirement for you and your staff to access |
| utilizing these web-based hosted solutions, all the | | | | your operations application and data. If something |
| benefits of using medical informatics can be | | | | goes awry, experts at the intranet host site |
| realized with ease. | | | | handle the problem without additional cost to you. |
| Suppose you have already acquired certain | | | | This is one less headache that your facility has to |
| components of your office or hospital that are | | | | deal with on a constant basis. |
| electronically operating well. You may not wish to | | | | Lastly, web-based hosted intranets guarantee |
| repurchase these systems, retrain staff or | | | | patient privacy of their information. Because |
| transfer data at this time. What are you options? | | | | intranets must comply in order to provide these |
| Hosted intranets offer great solutions by allowing | | | | applications for healthcare entities, they must |
| you to tap into other web-based health | | | | adhere to governmental policies that ensure |
| informatics areas while integrating with your | | | | patient privacy. This allows your healthcare facility |
| existing operations or systems. Options of | | | | to relax under this guarantee knowing that there |
| integration exist as well that tailor to your | | | | is nothing to worry about. If you are large enough |
| individual needs. By using the services of hosted | | | | to have a privacy officer, this can eliminate this |
| intranets, you can expand your informatics abilities | | | | position thus saving you in expense. Intranets will |
| without sacrificing the expense and effort already | | | | usually provide privacy compliance statements for |
| employed in your current system. | | | | you to have on file should any regulatory issues |
| Similarly, if you are considering health information | | | | ever arise. This gives everyone greater peace of |
| technology solutions, web-based hosted intranets | | | | mind. |
| allow great potential at low cost. If you are a | | | | As you can see, hosted intranets provide a great |
| small healthcare system or office, large | | | | many advantages over on-site health informatics |
| investment capital is likely not available to | | | | solutions. This may or may not benefit your |
| purchase on-site hardware and/or software to | | | | particular facility, but certainly it is worth |
| make the leap into a paperless operation. In | | | | considering because of the cost savings and |
| contrast, hosted intranets do not require | | | | many other benefits in outsourcing IT solutions |
| specialized hardware and simply let you connect | | | | that it can provide. No matter what your IT |
| to their application over a secure network. | | | | situation may be, web-based hosted intranets |
| Comparatively the cost is minimal, and monthly | | | | have a solution for you. If your healthcare facility |
| service agreements allow you to start and stop | | | | is at a crossroads in choosing your next IT "step," |
| easily. This may be an advantage later if you | | | | intranets may just be your best option. |
| choose to convert to an on-site system. More | | | | |