Health Care Industry White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines the leading practices employed by healthcare systems worldwide and proposes a patient-centered care approach for IT investment that combines a series of capabilities to improve quality care, reduce operating costs and optimize revenue.

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 | Published: 18 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the benefits of implementing a virtual desktop infrastructure for healthcare delivery. Gain insights beyond the traditional 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: 09 Nov 2011 | Published: 09 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: Choosing the right PoC technology can improve your hospital’s ability to deliver quality patient care. This means you need to adopt PoC solutions that are readily compatible with existing systems, accommodate your budget and can comply with government criteria. Learn about services available to ensure a smooth transition to PoC.

Posted: 17 Oct 2011 | Published: 17 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: Today’s hospitals are increasingly using new applications to lower operational costs while boosting patient safety, care and service levels. So how can healthcare leaders ensure optimal performance of medical applications? Inside, learn about converged network strategies for simplified management of multiple medical systems.

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 | Published: 26 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Healthcare facilities are rapidly adopting electronic health records (EHR) in order to meet regulatory compliance requirements. Central to this effort is document conversion — the scanning of new and existing records to digital format. Inside this white paper, uncover best practices for a HIPAA-compliant approach to EHR transition.

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 14 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: 70% of hospitals expect to meet EHR meaningful use guidelines this year. Yet, 78% expect to continue to treat patients using paper records for up to 5 more years despite the financial incentive for meeting these requirements. Inside this white paper, learn how your peers are transitioning to an EHR system.

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 | Published: 14 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Aging IT systems, shrinking budgets, and inefficient, paper-based processes are creating an unsustainable and error-prone work environment. This white paper reveals the major obstacles to EHR adoption and explores the cost benefits of virtualization with Hyper-V.

Posted: 13 Sep 2011 | Published: 13 Sep 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: Caritas Christi Health Care used an information system to manage patient information, but its legacy hardware put the organization at risk of downtime, and the high-maintenance systems could no longer support growth. Find out how the healthcare facility selected an IT infrastructure that allowed for greater availability and EHR implementation.

Posted: 22 Aug 2011 | Published: 22 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: The paper includes calculations showing the cost of downtime expected for a given level of EHR solution uptime in practices of various sizes, as well as products associated with specific uptime levels. The report also includes a “cost per hour” tool that estimates the financial impact of downtime in practices they administer, oversee or assist.

Posted: 11 Aug 2011 | Published: 11 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: In today’s market, healthcare insurance providers face unprecedented challenges. Customer demands have never been greater and regulatory pressures have never been more pervasive. Access this white paper to learn about a server for data warehousing and analytics that supports complex queries and reporting.

Posted: 09 Aug 2011 | Published: 09 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

WHITE PAPER: Incentives created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are expected to increase EHR adoption and point-of-care computing -- meaning demands on availability and performance are high, while the budgets to manage devices are small. Find out how desktop virtualization can assist with these healthcare challenges.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: With the provisions provided in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), healthcare providers are now encouraged to adopt this technology. However, expenses needed to implement an EHR platform may create significant barriers for adoption. Learn about an EHR support tool that reduces the costs and risks associated with implementation.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: With the enactment of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA), healthcare facilities can receive reimbursement for early adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). However, late EHR adopters will be penalized through decreased Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. Learn how ARRA could impact your healthcare facility.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: An array of threats — from internal and external breaches to lost or stolen equipment, viruses, hackers and more — put hospital networks and patient data at risk. Learn about a comprehensive data security approach that offers improved methods for discovering, monitoring and protecting sensitive information.

Posted: 26 Jul 2011 | Published: 26 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Mobile devices give workers the ability to access critical information anytime, anywhere. Despite the obvious benefits for productivity, network accessibility has also become a serious security concern – especially in the healthcare community. Learn about a cloud-enabled network security approach that helps safeguard confidential patient data.

Posted: 18 Jul 2011 | Published: 18 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: Studies show that 85% of healthcare facilities experienced data breaches in the past two years, at an average cost of up to $2 million each. In order to prevent such losses, many hospitals are deploying advanced security systems. In this whitepaper, find a security checklist that provides strategies every healthcare facility should be aware of.

Posted: 21 Jun 2011 | Published: 21 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: Health care organizations across the country are migrating toward automated systems in an effort to operate more efficiently and improve quality. The push to adopt electronic health records (EHRs) has grabbed significant attention from health care leaders as well as the media and government. Read this white paper now to learn more!

Posted: 10 Mar 2011 | Published: 10 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: The list of features in medical devices is rapidly rising: Even the simplest of medical devices house more and more system components, which add greater functionality to the device at a low cost. But by adding components, device software becomes complex and burdens compliance testing and premarket certification activities.

Posted: 13 Dec 2010 | Published: 13 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at how healthcare providers are using wireless LANs creatively to improve patient care and to realize much-needed cost efficiencies. It also discusses the primary challenges health organizations face in their deployments and offers up solutions for successfully addressing them.

Posted: 29 Oct 2010 | Published: 28 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: The latest edition of the Application Usage and Risk Report (Spring 2010) covers a sample size that has grown more than 15 fold to 347 and is truly global. Since the Spring 2008 Report, the number of applications Palo Alto Networks identifies has grown to nearly 1,000 with nearly 750 of them found during the six month period.

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: The move from paper-based medical records systems to EMR is rightly viewed as a step toward improved patient care, increased clinician productivity, and lower costs. But striking a balance between access for clinicians and privacy for patients can be a difficult task. This paper presents a one-touch desktop roaming solution that benefits both.

Posted: 24 Jun 2010 | Published: 24 May 2010

WHITE PAPER: Find out how the role technologies such as Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) and Optimization software will play in helping Healthcare organizations of all types and sizes build smarter processes that allow you to adapt to change faster, overcome process silos and improve patient care and safety.

Posted: 03 Dec 2009 | Published: 14 Sep 2009