What Most Healthcare Cloud Migrations Get Wrong (And How To Get It Right)
In a recent Forbes article by Forbes Council Member Sandipan Biswas, it highlights a critical issue in healthcare IT: many cloud migrations fail not because of technical gaps, but due to a flawed mindset. Organizations often treat migration as a basic infrastructure upgrade, overlooking its broader strategic implications for compliance, security, and patient care. Biswas outlines five common missteps and how to avoid them.
Five Common Cloud Migration Mistakes:
- Lift-and-Shift Thinking. Rehosting legacy systems without redesign leads to inefficiencies and high costs.
Fix: Use migration as a chance to modernize with modular, serverless architectures. - Delayed Governance. Postponing data governance risks compliance and slows innovation.
Fix: Define roles, access, and lifecycle policies before moving data. - Assuming Built-In Security Is Enough. Misconfigurations—not platform flaws—often cause breaches.
Fix: Enforce encryption, least-privilege access, and continuous monitoring. - Lack of Observability. Without visibility, small issues can trigger major disruptions.
Fix: Build in logging, tracing, and performance dashboards from the start. - Thinking Migration Ends at Go-Live. Many teams disband post-migration, neglecting future needs.
Fix: Treat it as an ongoing process with regular updates and long-term ownership.
Cloud migration in healthcare must be approached as a long-term transformation, not a one-time project. By avoiding these common traps, organizations can build secure, compliant, and scalable systems that support both innovation and patient trust.
