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Transforming the NHS<\/h2>\n

As John Newton writes<\/a> in the foreword to the National Information Board\u2019s Annual Report: \u201cAs recently as 2014, the NHS was declared the highest-ranking healthcare system in the world on quality, access and efficiency.\u00a0 Nevertheless, the size and scope of its services, [\u2026] seems to have hindered its ability to select and adopt some of the best digital technology [\u2026] A new, more holistic view of health and a recognition that services need to put the patient centre stage, also generate new requirements and opportunities for digital approaches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft are proud to work with the NHS and is committed to supporting the NHS\u2019s digital aspirations of using data and technology to deliver the Sustainability Transformation Plans.<\/p>\n

In the last few weeks we hosted a series of webinars<\/a> to help your healthcare organisation start their sustainable transformations journeys to the Cloud in a simple way. They are hosted by Rob Orwin<\/a>, our Technology Strategist, who designed the webinars to help you get from “Zero to Analytics”<\/em> with the Microsoft Cloud.<\/p>\n

Store Medical Imaging Files on the Cloud<\/strong><\/p>\n

We saw that many healthcare organisations are finding their current storage infrastructure is under increased pressure and nearing (or in some cases, exceeding) its on-premise capacity. Often, these are expensive Enterprise SAN storage solutions and the cost of expanding them can be in the tens or hundreds of thousands. Which is very daunting to both Finance and IT Departments!<\/p>\n

Our first webinar was about storing medical imaging files on the Cloud, a very easy step to take that allows you to experience some of the benefits of the cloud relatively quickly:<\/p>\n