Green Clinic Health System Enhances Patient Care and Empowers Enterprise Mobility with End-to-End Solutions from Dell
15 Juli 2013 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Dell today announced the successful deployment of a full range
of end-to-end solutions and services at Green Clinic Health System
as part of the organization’s efforts to transform patient care
delivery by improving the access, sharing and protection of vital
electronic medical records. Dell played a major role in the
transformation, providing a combination of solutions that span
end-user computing, servers, systems management and security
software, storage, virtual desktop solutions, and professional
services to reduce costs and complexity while elevating
productivity and patient care.
Founded in 1948, Green Clinic has earned a reputation for its
commitment to delivering quality community healthcare services to
families throughout Louisiana. Today, approximately 450 employees,
including more than 50 physicians, deliver a full range of critical
and ancillary health services from a leading surgical hospital,
community clinic and six satellite locations. To assure the highest
level of patient care, Green Clinic increasingly has embraced
leading-edge technologies to give physicians, nurses and
administrators access to patient files and medical records from any
location, on any Internet-connected device.
“Dell is a leading provider of innovative, end-to-end IT
services and solutions, including BYOD,” said Tom Kendra, vice
president and general manager of systems management at Dell
Software. “Green Clinic is an excellent example of how we’re
enabling safe and transparent access to crucial information without
impacting security or compliance requirements. By bringing together
the required software, desktop virtualization, security, server,
storage, and systems management solutions, Dell delivers a holistic
approach that helps drive efficiencies and cost savings.”
Streamlining Clinical EMR with Fast, Efficient Technology
Refresh
Faced with persistent problems caused by aging PCs, Green Clinic
embarked on a full technology refresh to better support its
clinical EMR system. After procuring new desktop devices and
laptops for its clinic, hospital and satellite locations, the
organization deployed a Dell KACE deployment appliance, which
enabled Green Clinic to automate system provisioning, saving about
$20,000 in EMR deployment costs by provisioning 155 laptops in just
one day. The clinic also has reduced machine rebuild times from
hours to minutes by using the KACE solution to wipe and reimage any
corrupted or infected devices. Thanks to its Dell KACE deployment,
Green Clinic reports that applications now run faster with fewer
problems.
Anytime, Anywhere, Secure Access
Additional time and cost savings have been realized by moving to
a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) fueled by Dell DVS
Enterprise with Dell PowerEdge™ R610 and R710 servers with Dell
PowerVault™ MD3 Series storage arrays. With assistance from Dell
Deployment Services, Green Clinic was able to get its VDI
environment up and running in three weeks. Now, the medical staff
securely accesses centralized virtual desktops using a combination
of Dell Wyse C90 thin-clients, Dell Latitude E6420 laptops, and
their own tablet PCs or smartphones.
Green Clinic also can leverage its KACE systems management
appliance to push out updates on both physical and virtual desktops
with new software releases in as little as five minutes. The
ability to automate most of the routine systems management tasks
has enabled Green Clinic to save about 20 hours each week in
administration and travel. Additionally, the IT team relies on its
Dell KACE solutions to manage devices both on and off the network,
which meets HIPAA requirements for consistent levels of management
for both remote and onsite workstations.
IT Partners with Docs on BYOD
Another plus with Green Clinic’s Dell-enabled environment is the
opportunity to empower clinicians and physicians to use their
preferred tablets and smartphones without restrictions. As a
result, Green Clinic’s IT team partners with physicians by
recommending BYOD strategies while ensuring that any personal
laptops are managed with the help of the KACE appliances. In the
future, Green Clinic plans to add Dell’s KACE mobile device
management solution to streamline management of all mobile
devices.
Streamlined HIPAA Compliance and Improved Security
Dell’s end-to-end solutions have helped Green Clinic streamline
data security and HIPAA compliance to safeguard its doctors from
being exposed to the risk of financial penalties. To ensure that
protected health information is secure at all times, Green Clinic
installed Dell SonicWALL firewalls to lockdown its network
connecting the clinic and satellite sites while optimizing
bandwidth, which is especially important in rural areas with
low-bandwidth connections. Data also is automatically encrypted on
all hard drives, and in transmission, in keeping with compliance
requirements.
To further protect critical systems and patient data, Green
Clinic deployed Dell SecureWorks’ Managed Intrusion Prevention
Service (IPS), which alerts and blocks an organization’s network
from potential cyber-attacks. Dell’s managed security offering also
meets some of the key HIPAA compliance regulations, which is
crucial since a healthcare organization could face up to $1.5
million in regulatory fines if patient data were to become
compromised or stolen.
Additional Quotes:
Jason Thomas, CIO and IT director, Green Clinic
- “Dell’s end-to-end solutions help us
proactively support and centrally manage our crucial EMR systems
across Green Clinic’s physical and virtual environments while
ensuring that our physicians, nurses and clinical staff have
unrestricted yet secure access to all the information they need
from whatever device they choose to use in order to deliver the
highest levels of quality patient care.”
- “With Dell’s connected security
solutions encompassing Dell KACE, SecureWorks, SonicWALL, and Dell
Wyse, we’re able to meet existing system management requirements
while addressing the growing need for BYOD and
virtualization.”
- “With Dell KACE, we sped up the
deployment of our EMR system, which helps doctors diagnose patients
more accurately and enhances the overall quality of patient
care.”
- “With Dell’s desktop virtualization
solutions, clinical staff is no longer tied to fixed workstations.
They can now work productively anywhere and provide a better
service experience for our patients.”
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