Accelerate Your
Innovations in Healthcare

With CDW and Epic on Azure

Maximize Potential and Efficiency with Epic

The CDW Healthcare team, comprising former healthcare executives with firsthand Epic® experience, brings an intimate understanding of the challenges and pain points related to all phases of Epic deployment. They can help maximize your Epic investment and optimize your total cost of ownership while creating organizational efficiencies and improving care outcomes and the satisfaction of clinicians and patients.

CDW provides solutions across the entire EPIC ecosystem

No matter which phase your organization is in, CDW has the experience and expertise to support the full gamut of the Epic ecosystem.

Since Epic contains highly sensitive information, the need for a strong infrastructure is vital. Whether your critical infrastructure resides in an on-premises data center or a colocation facility, CDW can provide Epic data center solutions for storage, compute, network, load balancers, and backup and recovery—in addition to analyzing, planning and deploying Epic workloads in the public cloud.

Benefits of Running Epic on Azure

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Scalability

Azure’s scalable infrastructure adapts to fluctuating healthcare workloads, automatically adjusting resources during peak clinic hours.

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High Availability

With Azure’s robust and reliable global data centers, Epic’s continuous operation is ensured with minimal downtime.

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Security & Compliance

Azure ensures HIPAA and GDPR compliance with data encryption, access controls, threat detection, and certifications, securing sensitive healthcare data.

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Integration

For Epic EHR integration, Azure provides diverse tools like Logic Apps and API Management, facilitating secure data exchange between systems.

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Cost Optimization

With Azure’s pay-as-you-go model healthcare costs are optimized, upfront hardware expenses are eliminated and financial risks are reduced.

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Data Analytics & AI

Azure’s cloud platform incorporates powerful data analytics and AI capabilities that can be leveraged to gain valuable insights and improve overall care delivery.

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Interoperability

Azure’s support for open standards aids healthcare interoperability, improving patient care and outcomes through seamless data exchange.

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Global Reach

Azure’s extensive network of data centers enables them to deploy Epic instances closer to their end-users, reducing latency and enhancing user experience.

Explore a tailored journey from EHR analysis to Azure integration. Our team maximizes your Epic investment, ensures scalability, and safeguards sensitive healthcare data. Join us in transforming healthcare IT.

CDW Healthcare by the numbers

You have options when selecting electronic health record (EHR) systems, and even more when choosing a partner for implementation and optimization.

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Moving Through the 
Azure Cloud Adoption Journey

CDW provides you with the foundation, roadmap, and the expert guidance to best leverage the benefits of modern cloud-native infrastructure methodologies that leads to a proven, scalable, secure, performant platform to move massive platforms like Epic to the cloud.

What your engagement looks like

Digital Velocity’s prescriptive approach to Epic on Azure
PHASE 1

Assessment And Discovery of your Current Data Architecture

During the Assessment and Discovery phase, we engage with you to fully understand your data challenges, examining your data sources and conducting interviews with your business and technical stakeholders. This thorough exploration sets the groundwork for devising a tailored data modernization strategy that aligns with your unique requirements.

What's included:

  • In-depth Analysis
  • Workload Suitability
  • Risk Assessment
  • TCO Analysis
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PHASE 2

Planning & Design Workshop

The Planning & Design Workshops phase involves collaborative sessions with your team to design a enterprise scalable Azure architecture tailored to your current Epic needs and future growth. We develop strategies for high availability, disaster recovery, and network & data integration, ensuring a secure and efficient transition to Azure. By creating a detailed deployment and data migration plan, we ensure the seamless transfer of sensitive healthcare data to the cloud.

What's included:

  • Architecture Design
  • High Availability & Disaster Recovery
  • Network Integration
  • Data Migration
PHASE 3

Deploy Azure Landing Zone for Epic

In the Deploy Azure Landing Zone specific for Epic phase, we put the designed architecture into action. This involves implementing a customized Azure Landing Zone optimized for Epic, incorporating identity and access management controls, security measures, and scalability features. By ensuring the Azure environment is tailored for Epic's unique requirements, we guarantee a reliable and secure foundation for your EHR system.

What's included:

  • Landing Zone Setup
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Security & Compliance
  • Scalability & Performance
  • Coordinated Integration
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PHASE 2

EPIC Life Cycle and Extended Services

The Lifecycle Services phase marks a customized journey from start to finish for your Epic on Azure ecosystem. With strategic planning and program management, we guide you through the decision-making process and manage hardware procurement, application rationalization, and decommissioning of old systems. ur team ensures a smooth Epic implementation with personalized workflows, extensive user training, and ongoing post-implementation support, adapting to your evolving business needs, and offering vital go-live assistance.

What's included:

  • Program Management
  • Implementation & Customization
  • Training Curriculum
  • Post-implementation Support
  • Environment Evolution

Ready to Optimize Your Healthcare?

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