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8. A major medical provider will embrace the public cloud The medical field has started to dabble in the cloud, initiating pilot programs and incor- porating one-off implementations for uses such as billing engines and back-end sys- tems for insurance. But overall, this industry has been slower than others to embrace the cloud. That will change – incrementally – in 2019. We predict one large medical provider will set the pace with an announcement calling for a rollout of cloud technology across its enterprise. This will start discussions in boardrooms across the U.S. about exploring the feasibility of following suit. 10 | THE DOPPLER | WINTER 2019