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Azure, Amazon Web Services, and Google Cloud can all host a web application, a database, object storage, and functions. The product names differ. The first decision is the same: which workload is worth moving, and what has to stay the same for users.
Match the service to the job
Managed application hosting, a managed relational database, and object storage cover many internal healthcare IT tools. Data integration may call for a pipeline service such as Azure Data Factory, an AWS data service, or a Google Cloud data service. Analytics workloads may land in a warehouse such as BigQuery or a relational store such as Azure SQL, Amazon RDS, or Cloud SQL. Choose the smallest set that operations can run.
Operate it on purpose
Identity, logging, backup, and a non-production environment belong in the first release. Cost controls start with tags, storage lifecycles, and turning off idle non-production capacity. None of this requires claiming a special partnership with the cloud provider. It requires using the platform as designed and reviewing the bill.