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Transforming Healthcare: Strategic Advantage of AWS for EHR Migration

Electronic health records (EHRs) are the backbone of clinical decision support. They can streamline the process of recording patient information, reduce errors, and allow for real-time updates. However, on-premises EHR systems have limitations. This is where the cloud comes in.

EHRs on the cloud bring additional benefits compared to traditional on-premises EHR systems, like enhanced accessibility, cost savings, and increased scalability. They can help Healthcare organizations improve the quality and efficiency of care delivery, while also enhancing collaboration between providers, and can automate security and compliance procedures.

While there are choices in cloud providers, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has risen above its competitors. AWS provides reliable, purpose-built services for Healthcare organizations looking to revitalize and innovate their IT infrastructure.

Built for Healthcare: AWS leads in Healthcare Cloud

On February 5, 2025, KLAS Research awarded AWS Best in KLAS for Public Cloud. Best in KLAS is a designation given to healthcare technology and services companies that have been ranked highest by healthcare providers in the annual KLAS Research report. In 2025, KLAS introduced a brand-new category of Best in KLAS for Public Cloud. Based on ratings by healthcare providers, AWS is the top performer with a score of 92.5 in this inaugural category.

Best in KLAS ratings for public cloud had AWS earning A’s in all areas and an overall score of 92.5.Additionally, the KLAS Epic in the Public Cloud 2024 report reveals compelling benefits of hosting Epic electronic health records on AWS, including improvements in performance, reliability, and scalability. AWS earned an overall performance score of 94.2. AWS is top rated on scales of: Relationship & Product, End User Response Time, Reliability, and Flexibility/Scalability.

Optimizing EHR Systems: A Strategic Imperative

Migrating EHRs to AWS represents a strategic move for Healthcare organizations that goes beyond mere IT optimization; it creates a foundation for future innovation and operational excellence. AWS works closely with EHRs to accelerate innovation around clinical, financial, and patient applications to speed time to diagnosis, create efficiencies, and streamline billing and coding—all while providing security, privacy, and compliance.

The value of AWS extends far beyond electronic health records, often including hundreds of downstream applications. AWS can help Healthcare organizations get the most out of their data and applications by delivering the highest network availability of any cloud provider, offering an expansive AWS Partner Network (APN). AWS also provides an extensive suite of services purpose-built for the healthcare industry.

The success story of Tufts Medicine exemplifies the transformative power of running EHRs and associated applications on AWS. As the first health system to migrate all EHRs to the cloud on AWS, Tufts Medicine achieved remarkable results: updating 3,900 assets, reducing costs by 60 percent, and significantly enhancing the quality of care delivered.

The AWS Advantage in Healthcare

AWS helps Healthcare organizations connect and act on all their data with services that help manage, integrate, and report on structured and unstructured data from various sources (like EHRs, medical imaging systems, financial systems, and research systems) to optimize clinical and business workflows. From speeding diagnoses to customizing patient experiences, AWS delivers what Healthcare organizations need to embrace innovation. This includes the quickest way to build generative AI-powered applications, encompassing agents to automate manual tasks and find the right data from millions of scientific papers. Additionally, AWS has the most performant and cost-effective infrastructure for training and running models at scale, all with enterprise-grade security and privacy built-in.

AWS has six services built specifically for Healthcare and Life Sciences use cases—more than any other cloud provider. Also, AWS Professional Services can help customers accelerate adoption of AWS Healthcare solutions by leveraging the deep industry experience of AWS, proven frameworks, methodologies, and architectural designs.

AWS is also at the forefront of the AI revolution in healthcare with a comprehensive suite of Health AI services, including AWS HealthScribe, Amazon Q, Amazon Transcribe Medical, and Amazon Comprehend Medical. These offerings are designed to automate documentation, enhance clinical problem-solving, and extract valuable insights from both structured and unstructured medical data.

As healthcare delivery models evolve, maintaining compliance and security becomes increasingly complex. The robust infrastructure of AWS, with at least three Availability Zones in every Region, verifying unparalleled resilience for critical healthcare systems like EHRs. AWS is the most secure, compliant, and resilient cloud for healthcare, and offers more than 146 HIPAA-eligible services and certifications for global compliance standards, like HITRUST CSF.

Healthcare transformation with AWS

The healthcare landscape is rapidly evolving, and C-suite leaders need a technology partner that can both keep pace with and drive innovation. AWS offerings extend beyond cloud infrastructure to include a pathway to reimagining healthcare delivery. By leveraging AWS, Healthcare organizations can focus on what matters most—improving patient outcomes and experiences. From optimizing EHR systems to enabling cutting-edge AI applications and supporting population health initiatives, AWS empowers Healthcare leaders to transform their organizations. Together, we can unlock the full potential of health data, increase the pace of innovation, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

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Jennifer Rouse

Jennifer Rouse

Jennifer Rouse is the Worldwide Head of Healthcare Marketing for AWS. She has held leadership roles in large companies such as IBM and Cisco, as well as two cloud-based startups, and most recently was a global analyst and advisor for Forrester Research/Sirius Decisions. Jennifer has spent much of her career in companies making a difference in traditionally under-served industries, such as public sector.