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OSE_1303_part3_Layout 1 2/7/13 4:34 PM Page 138 THINKING OF BUYING ... Mary Pat Whaley, CPC, FACMPE Cloud-Based Management Services Options for taking your operations online, and off-site. F rom pre-admission patient registration websites to survey services and from pur- chasing portals to benchmarking reporters, cloud-based management tools seem like the way of the future. The phrase "cloud-based" is a cool catchphrase, but the concept is not radically different from "webbased." It basically describes an online space that is uniquely yours for storing and using digital content such as records or applications. The key here is, it's not housed in your facility, as opposed to the practice management or EMR systems you might be running on site with a server in the closet. Why go to the cloud? Managing through the cloud offers several advantages over the closet. • Hands-off technology. When you're tapping into cloud-based applications, there's no hardware infrastructure to maintain on the premises (other than the devices you use to access the Internet) and the software is automatically updated to the latest version. 1 3 8 O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | F E B R U A R Y 2013

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