Dell and Perot Systems Announce Strategic Alliance to Provide Fully-Integrated Virtualized Healthcare Technology Solutions to Reduce Cost and Improve Patient Care
Posted on: Monday, 6 April 2009, 08:34 CDT
New Solutions will Promote Electronic Health Records (EHR) Implementation
The News:
- Mobile Clinical Computing
- Puts virtual technology in the hands of healthcare professionals at the point of care for improved clinical decision-making and efficiency
- Improves healthcare delivery with EHR implementation and usability
- Improves staff productivity by eliminating repeated, time consuming log-ins and improving application response time for remote users
- Can reduce up-front capital expense and improve TCO
- Virtual Server Platform
- Simplifies the provisioning and scaling of health information systems, including servers and storage, by using standardized and virtualized public and private virtual computing environments
- Features structured technology assessment and consulting to optimize applications that will benefit most from virtualization
- Addresses technology obsolescence issues by enabling dynamic compute workloads
- Can reduce up-front capital expense and improve TCO
- Makes compute power a variable expense by aligning technology to business needs
- Virtual EHR Solutions
- Dell and Perot Systems will create hosted and secure, private cloud-based EHR alternatives to dedicated, on-premise EHR solutions
- Makes EHR adoption easier by eliminating the need to purchase, deploy and maintain hardware and software onsite
- Reduces up-front capital requirements and accelerates time to positive ROI
- Reduces burden of systems management for IT staff
- Simplifies the challenge of achieving "meaningful use" as defined in the ARRA
- Virtual Medical Archiving Solution
- Simplifies data management by storing patient records, images and other information in a virtual or secure private cloud environment
- Reduces capital outlay and total cost of ownership with world-class advisory and consulting services
- Addresses myriad of healthcare archiving needs and budgets
- Scales as archiving requirements change
- Aligns cost and data availability to the regulatory requirements of various types of data produced in healthcare
What this means for customers:
Healthcare today is more sophisticated, with more cost pressures and operational complexity than ever before. Healthcare providers need secure access to reliable, real-time and easy-to-use information technology that enables them to obtain and manage treatment information, patient histories and other clinical resources to improve productivity and patient care while reducing costs.
These new Dell and Perot Systems virtualized solutions will address these needs while simplifying and reducing the cost of EHR adoption so that healthcare providers can more easily achieve "meaningful use" for EHR Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).
Quotes:
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"The role technology plays in shaping the future of healthcare around the globe has never been as important as it is today with medical professionals and government leaders looking for ways to improve the quality of healthcare and reduce its cost to citizens, employers and government. Our partnership with Perot Systems is focused on developing new solutions and delivering them in new ways to improve delivery of healthcare and patient outcomes."
"In the current environment, clients are seeking solutions which improve services while reducing expenses. With the combined capabilities of Dell and Perot systems, these virtual solutions will increase user satisfaction and ease administration effort while reducing cost and preserving capital."
About Dell
Dell Inc. (Nasdaq: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services they trust and value. Dell serves those who serve with next generation infrastructure for healthcare.
About Perot Systems
Perot Systems (NYSE: PER) is a worldwide provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value. Headquartered in
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EDITOR'S NOTE:
Press Briefing with Dell and Perot Systems Executives
- HIMSS Conference,
Chicago April 6, 2009 at1:30-2:30 pm CT - McCormick Complex, Lakeside Room, E255
Webcast
April 6, 2009 1:30-2:30 pm CT - Webcast access HERE
- Dial-in: 1-877-863-8175
- Technical issues: (972) 577-3998
SOURCE Perot Systems
Source: PR Newswire
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