Epic Hosting Options Infrastructure Comparison Guide

This guide presents an objective comparison of infrastructure options for Epic hosting, focusing on cost, security, performance, and scalability. It outlines the importance of assessing the current Epic hosting environment to reduce IT expenditures and streamline operations while enabling advanced technologies. The document details various hosting options, including on-premises investments, vendor-provided hosting, secure public cloud solutions, and hybrid configurations. It describes the approach taken by Impact Advisors, which involves a value-based, vendor-agnostic evaluation process. This includes gathering and validating infrastructure requirements, identifying strategic trade-offs, and calculating costs using proprietary modeling tools. The guide emphasizes the creation of an implementation roadmap to facilitate informed decision-making for organizations considering a migration to a new Epic platform. It also highlights the extensive experience of Impact Advisors in assisting healthcare organizations with infrastructure modernization and expansion, ensuring optimal performance and compliance with cybersecurity standards.