What is EHR Data Migration?
Healthcare Data Migration is the process of moving data from one system to another or migrating data from one system to another. It involves profiling healthcare data, cleansing and validating data, and ensuring that the transfer of the data to the new system is performed accurately. The EHR data migration process includes extraction, transformation, and loading of data (ETL) to the new EHR.
What Are Data Migration Services?
Healthcare data migration services involve shifting patient health information between systems or storage locations. This includes transferring data from an outdated Electronic Health Record (EHR) to a new one, merging data from various sources, or moving to a cloud platform, all while maintaining accuracy and adhering to healthcare security regulations.
What Is Data Migration in SQL?
SQL data migration is the process of moving data into or out of a SQL Server database. Though it may appear straightforward, it can grow complex with large enterprise datasets. Many organizations use specialized tools to streamline this process.
What Are the 4 Types of Data Migration?
The four healthcare data migration types are:
- On-premises to on-premises
- On-premises to cloud
- Cloud to cloud
- Cloud to on-premises
Data Migration Steps
- Data Analysis: Identify the data type, record volume, and detail level for migration.
- Data Conversion: Adapt data from the old system to fit the new one.
- Data Migration: Securely transfer data while ensuring accessibility.
Data Migration Reasons
Reasons include system upgrades, corporate restructuring, data backups, or adopting advanced analytics.
Data Migration Tools
- Self-Scripted Tools: Custom-coded solutions for data transfers.
- On-Premise Tools: Software designed for healthcare data migration.
- Cloud Tools: Advanced options ideal for healthcare migrations.
How Much Does a Healthcare Data Migration Project Cost?
Costs for healthcare data migration vary based on data size, complexity, system count, and migration approach. Prices typically range from $5,000 to over $150,000, with simpler projects at the lower end and complex ones at the higher end.
Is Data Migration the Same as ETL?
No, data migration and ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) differ. Data migration involves moving data between systems, while ETL is a specific process of extracting data from various sources, converting it into a uniform format, and loading it into a target system. ETL often supports data migration when significant transformation is needed.
How is Data Migration different from Data Conversion?
Data conversion is one of the steps required when migrating data. The data in the legacy systems might be in different formats, which the new system might find incompatible. Thus, data conversion would help transform the data from one format to another that is compatible with the new system. It would entail the extraction of data from the source system, transformation, and conversion. Migration, however, is the process of moving data from one system to the go-forward system.
Why Migrate Legacy data?
Organizations might migrate their data for several reasons.
This could include:
- Transition to a new EHR
- Improve scalability
- Upgrade the database and warehouse
- Merge new data from an acquisition or a third-party source
- Comply with new retention regulations
- Improve data accessibility
- Enhance release of information processing
- Others
Irrespective of the reason, it is important for the organization to understand the data management challenges and plan its data migration strategy effectively.
Our Solution
Triyam provides data conversion and EHR data migration services. Triyam follows a well-defined strategy and process, which has worked successfully at healthcare facilities nationwide. The migration process includes checks and balances such as system testing, user testing, etc. Implementation goes through project kick-off, project planning, scope identification, data extraction, data cleansing, data migration, quality testing, data access setup, and training. The scope is managed with continuous interaction and collaboration with the organization and other stakeholders, such as the new EHR vendor.
Triyam performs any necessary data transformation, data quality assessment, and data validation and provides secure storage and transport of Protected Health Information (PHI) during the entire migration process.
Triyam migrates data in two ways:
- Complete Data migration to the new EHR
- Data migration of some data to the new EHR and archival of historical data using Triyam’s solution, ‘Fovea EHR Archive’
Our team performs data conversion and migration, based on retention guidelines and organizational needs, by collaborating with the facility at every step of the project. We ensure that our customer’s data is managed in a way that would provide their organization with a higher return on investment, improve their workflow, and help them manage their data in the long run, with an optimal data migration strategy.
Interested in Triyam’s data conversion and migration solutions for your organization?
Reach out to our team at Info@triyam.com or give us a call at 855-663-2684.