One of the First Decisions Facing Healthcare Organizations Is Whether

question 4

True/False

One of the first decisions facing healthcare organizations is whether they will maintain their own data center facilities, lease one or more commercially owned colocation data center facilities, or outsource (remote host) both their data center facility and computing equipment to a third party.

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Definitions:

Leased Equipment

Assets obtained by a company through a leasing agreement, allowing the company to use the equipment without owning it.

Annuity Due

An annuity due is a type of annuity payment in which each installment is paid at the beginning of each period, rather than at the end, typically used in leases and loan repayments.

Capital Lease Obligation

A lease classified as a purchase agreement for accounting purposes, wherein the lessee records the leased asset as an owned asset on the balance sheet.

Capital Lease

A lease agreement that transfers substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to the lessee, effectively treated as a purchase of the asset.