Avoiding the Top 3 Clinical Data Migration Mistakes

Healthcare organizations are faced with the challenge of clinical data migration, which is a rigorous and often underestimated undertaking, especially when it comes to the cloud. The consequences of migrating clinical data incorrectly are vast and often crippling. Entities could be left without access to their data after an incorrect migration, but many organizations will not be able to afford the time and cost of correcting the migration. Organizations can also suffer a damaged reputation if data is not migrated correctly. “The place where organizations find out their data was migrated wrong is when they’re doing acceptance testing of a new application and putting the data in the app,” Informatica Chief Healthcare Strategist Richard Cramer told HITInfrastructure.com in a previous interview. “Competence can be questioned when the data is discovered to be wrong during acceptance testing.”