Cloud adoption across the healthcare industry is growing, but not without worry for organizations handling sensitive electronic protected health information (ePHI). According to the June 2014 HIMSS Analytics Cloud Survey, 80 percent of healthcare organization respondents reported that they currently use cloud services. For those resistant to moving to the cloud, security concerns were cited as a barrier.

QTS launches Healthcare Community Cloud - a purpose-built Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution exclusively for healthcare organizations that require a highly secure and scalable cloud infrastructure to safely share sensitive data, and meet strict regulatory mandates including HIPAA and HITECH.

QTS is excited to offer healthcare organizations and affiliated service providers a purpose-built community cloud solution, designed to meet the unique needs of those in the healthcare industry.

Colocation supports the diverse needs of medical providers and health IT companies without compromising security and compliance

By colocating resources in two data centers, WellStar was able to match capacity to growth. The scale of QTS' operations helped to make space, cooling and power more affordable.

We all agree Data is a precious thing. Remember when privacy and security used to mean different things? Today I’m joined by Jeremy Hehl, a Cyber Security expert, as we talk about the risk and response around the most valuable commodity on earth.

Dave McCall and his returning guest, robotics, automation and Cybersecurity expert Ed Bursk, says most of us have a better offense than defense when it comes to "data security.” What does he mean by that? Join us for the conversation – on the this week's episode of the QTS Experience.

QTS has purchased a 360,000 square foot data center from DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. in Piscataway, New Jersey. The facility becomes QTS’ third New Jersey data center, and strengthens its ability to serve Fortune 1000 enterprises, and companies in financial services, healthcare and technology in the Northeast. QTS purchased the existing 18 megawatt facility for approximately $125 million and will plan to add an additional 8 megawatts over the next few years. This represents an upfront cost per megawatt of below $7 million, which is materially below average cost to build in the New York / New Jersey market.

Apart from the physical differences, there are several distinct features of electronic medical records that are beneficial.

HIPAA is going on two years old, and it seems there is still a fair amount of confusion as to what the guidelines all mean