Cloud computing seems to have taken the IT world by storm within a number of industries and the medical field and all it entails is no exception.

The medical industry in all its forms has embraced the cloud in a number of manners as varied as the industry itself, from simply keeping patient information and histories in the cloud to using it for new drug discoveries, innovative medical treatments, and efficient storing, distribution, and analyzing of medical imaging and real-time data. 

Throw in the everyday operations management of medical facilities and employees within and the use of cloud computing in the medical industry grows even further.

Basic record keeping

Hospitals and medical practices in general are well-known for the sheer amounts of data created on each individual patient, from histories to procedures to medications to x-rays and charts to billing.

Up until the advent and facilitation of cloud computing this …