TLDR: Michigan Medicine Innovating With Cloud Transformation
- Michigan Medicine, a top academic medical center, is undergoing a cloud transformation.
- CTO Dr. Tim Calahan is leading the move to move Epic systems off-prem for key benefits.
Michigan Medicine, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a highly ranked academic medical center and healthcare system. CTO Dr. Tim Calahan is spearheading a cloud transformation at the organization, aiming to move its Epic systems off-premises for significant benefits. While working at EMC, Calahan made the controversial decision to host Epic in the cloud, contrary to the company’s directive for customers to stay on-premises. Michigan Medicine’s desire to modernize its infrastructure and business processes has led to the current cloud transformation initiative. Calahan describes mapping out the journey of moving workloads to the cloud and leveraging cloud technologies more heavily. This transformation is seen as a way for Michigan Medicine to not only impact the local community but also make a global difference in the field of healthcare.
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