Results for: Citrix Community Site for IT in Healthcare
Virtual Desktop Security
At Citrix, we always talk about how virtual desktops and apps can increase security of application delivery. This is due to the fact that the apps, desktops, and associated data live in a centrally controlled datacenter as opposed to being stored on thousands of distributed end-points.We are also encouraging BYO initiatives that can help reduce costs at the end point. IT departments let users bring their own Mac, ...
Multi-tenancy in Practice for Cloud Service Providers
Ashish Gujarathi just posted a blog that I think is pivotal for the hosting industry, "Designing a multi-tenant XenApp deployment." Why is it important? Not because the three models of deployment are so radical - but because most people we talk to have never thought of them as a continuum of non-mutually exclusive options before.It seems that a term like "multi-tenancy" is as confusing and ...
Transforming Desktop Delivery for Clinical Users
Citrix just introduced the Desktop Transformation Model. As many of you know, I spent a few years in healthcare software, specifically in the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) applications and the topic is still near and dear to my heart. So, let's run through the first steps of desktop transformation that Citrix Consulting Solutions details in this white paper and look at the exercise ...
Cloud Computing – 15 Years And Counting
The term "cloud computing" didn't really go mainstream until sometimes in 2008 or 2009, but I am proud to report that I was an avid user and provider of cloud computing services in 1995. Here's some background: I am reading many articles these days where the cloud buzzword props up. Most of the time, this goes along with adding "aaS" or "as a Service" to your ...
Citrix Community Site for IT in Healthcare
If you are in the Healthcare business and rely on IT to improve patient care you may want to check out the Citrix community site for Healthcare IT. The site includes video tips with examples of what IT Pros like Nick Volosin have come up with using the Citrix SDK to speed access for providers. There are forums to ask questions of others in ...
Virtualizing Electronic Medical Records Implementations
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) implementations have their own, unique challenges. Healthcare organizations are concerned with selecting a vendor, complying with a myriad of regulations, and basically transforming the way healthcare is delivered to their patients. Given the transformative nature of an EMR implementation, virtualization is often just a side thought for health CIOs. Therefore, I'd like to shed some light into the topic and share ...
Virtualization and Health IT
The following is a blog I posted on my "other" site - Virtualization Pulse, hosted by Tech Target. Most readers on these pages are already very knowledgeable, so please forgive the simplistic view. In the near future, I will publish additional blogs on virtualization and specifically focus on the the healthcare IT space. Consider this one a relatively simple level-set for the audience. Enjoy. ---------------------------------Given that ...
Mind the Gap
...No, I am not talking about the world-famous subway system in London, but rather like to pick up the topic by Dr. Philip Chase on the Physician's view of an EMR. Dr. Chase describes how a recent visit to his physician revealed that the esteemed healthcare provider spent a lot of time typing Dr. Chase's answers into an EMR application. The physician's attention was divided ...
Architecting for mobile Health
Earlier this week I attended "The New Wave of Healthcare IT Virtual Seminar" from SearchHealthIT.com. Unfortunately, I had to leave for the airport, but I did catch one of the first sessions on mobile health by Claudia Tessler and C. Peter Waegermann of the mHealth Initiative, Inc. mHealth is basically the area where electronic medical records (EMR), mobile computing, social media and direct patient / ...
“Real World” advice from the best…
Ask the ArchitectsHave you ever had a problem that the documentation or forums "came close, but did not hit the nail?" Many of us have. Implementing in a clean lab is a far cry from implementing in the "real world." Most of the time documents address half of the problem on one area, but not really THE problem. "Ask The Architects" ...