Desktop Virtualization for Healthcare

WHITE PAPER: This brief resource explores how desktop virtualization delivered over cloud or zero clients is providing key benefits to healthcare organizations, including better security and simplified management. Read on now to uncover other benefits of this strategy, as well as the healthcare pain points it solves.

Posted: 11 Jun 2013 | Published: 11 Jun 2013

WHITE PAPER: This informative paper examines how one leading healthcare provider was able to use desktop virtualization to dramatically increase the efficiency of work processes, boosting worker productivity and reclaiming 62,500 hours a year of staff time.

Posted: 08 Apr 2013 | Published: 31 Oct 2012

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide discusses the benefits of a virtual desktop infrastructure in health care. Read now to learn how making the switch to VDI can save your organization money and time.

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 | Published: 28 Jan 2013

WEBCAST: This webcast how Waterbury Hospital was able to streamline workflow, improve overall clinician productivity, accelerate clinician access to applications, and eliminate timely login scripts with desktop virtualization.

Posted: 17 Jan 2013 | Premiered: Jan 17, 2013

CASE STUDY: This brief case study explains why, as hospitals become busier places, the ease and speed at which they can deliver solutions that enable a network's users to work quickly and efficiently is paramount to ensuring proper patient care.

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 | Published: 15 Jan 2013

CASE STUDY: This brief case study demonstrates how Chester County Hospital adopted a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) that helped them better manage their clinical staff's user experience as well as configuration across multiple devices.

Posted: 15 Jan 2013 | Published: 15 Jan 2013

CASE STUDY: This case study details the solution Waterbury Hospital put in place to overcome their technical and interoperability issues and help provide fast, efficient access to clinical applications and data, which not only improved staff productivity but also boosted patient care.

Posted: 11 Jan 2013 | Published: 12 Jun 2012

EBRIEF: This expert resource examines how the iPad sparked a virtual desktop revolution at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Discover how a virtual desktop infrastructure enabled the hospital to increase staff mobility, improve device agility and much more.

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This IDC Health Insights white paper identifies the key benefits from desktop virtualization in the clinical environment and presents case studies from three hospitals with detailed interviews.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Aug 2010

EGUIDE: This white paper goes over what organizations have to gain - and lose - from virtual desktop technology.

Posted: 27 Dec 2012 | Published: 27 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to learn why and how virtualization is a logical investment for hospitals and health care providers. Learn the benefits specific to desktop virtualization in a health facility and access a case study regarding a medical center that adopted virtualization technology.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper showcases a virtual desktop infrastructure solution that can provide caregivers with quick and secure access to regulated patient information. Within, learn how your IT team can reduce the complexity of maintaining multiple applications across numerous workstations.

Posted: 25 Jun 2012 | Published: 25 Jun 2012

EGUIDE: Access this expert resource to learn how desktop virtualization can help health care organizations to bolster Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and implement electronic health record (EHR) systems.

Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the benefits of adopting a virtual desktop infrastructure for healthcare delivery, and goes beyond the usual IT-centric discussion about CapEx and OpEx reductions to explore the ways in which VDI improves clinical workflow at the actual point of care, where it matters most.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 01 Jul 2011

CASE STUDY: This case study examines how MidMichigan Health reduces costs and makes it fast and easy for clinicians to access medical records and healthcare applications so they can spend more time with patients.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Learn how to maximize electronic medical records (EMR) user adoption by providing fast, convenient, secure access to EMR data across multiple clients, where and when the clinician requests it.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines three key steps that your organization can take to accelerate EHR and CPOE adoption. Read on to discover out how to make it faster and easier to deploy new clinical applications while optimizing the clinician experience, protecting patient data, and reducing cost and complexity.

Posted: 11 Jan 2012 | Published: 11 Jan 2012

CASE STUDY: Access this case study to learn how the Prairie North Health Region consolidated its server environment, reducing its hardware and power costs, and is leveraging a desktop virtualization solution to lower costs while improving the performance and availability of its desktop computing services — as well as those of neighboring regions.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 09 Jan 2012

EGUIDE: While virtualization may be approaching maturity in many IT shops, it's just coming of age in hospital data centers. It may prove to be a golden age, however, as the push to virtualize gains momentum on all fronts: servers, storage, backup and desktop. Access this exclusive e-guide to read virtualization success stories from four health IT leaders.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 20 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: The Centene Corporation is a nationwide provider of healthcare services to governmental healthcare plans, healthcare consumers, providers, and other organizations. In this white paper, learn about Centene Corporation's desktop transformation journey using Citrix technologies. Read more about the three core steps to desktop transformation.

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 | Published: 01 Feb 2011

EGUIDE: Many healthcare facilities in the midst of EHR deployment are facing the same question: What is the most effective solution to upgrading all existing desktops in an environment? This e-guide presents desktop virtualization as the answer to this question and discusses benefits including flexibility and data security for HIPAA compliance.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Find out what happened when Forrester Consulting interviewed a healthcare facility that implemented virtual desktops. Gain insight on both quantitative and qualitative benefits, including reduced support costs, increased worker productivity and more. Learn how your organization can take advantage of desktop virtualization.

Posted: 30 Aug 2011 | Published: 30 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: As the healthcare industry seeks to implement and drive widespread adoption of clinical computing, performance and accessibility of applications for clinicians are critical. Learn how solutions such as client virtualization are increasingly playing a role in bridging the gap between available resources and end-user satisfaction.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Holyoke Medical Center needed to transition from handwritten records to a digital workflow. With a mix of aging desktops and newer endpoints, Holyoke wanted to deliver faster system access to medical staff while increasing security and mobility. Learn how Holyoke transitioned to virtual workstations for improved workflow.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: Forrester Consulting studied the total economic impact and potential return on investment (ROI) that healthcare facilities may realize by deploying VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure. Learn more about the financial impact of moving from a traditional one-PC-per-user model to a centralized, hosted virtual-desktop delivery model.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011