Green Clinic Health System Leverages Solutions From Dell

Dell, Inc. announced the deployment
of 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 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 range of critical and
ancillary health services from a surgical hospital, community
clinic and six satellite locations. To assure high level of patient
care, it increasingly has embraced 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, VP and GM of systems management, 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."

Faced with persistent problems caused by aging PCs, Green Clinic embarked on atechnology 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 to automate system provisioning, saving about $20,000 in
EMR deployment costs by provisioning 155 laptops in 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 KACE deployment, Green Clinic reports that applications now run faster
with fewer problems.

Additional time and cost savings have been realized by moving to a 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 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.

Another plus with Green Clinic’s
Dell-enabled environment is the opportunity to enables clinicians and
physicians to use their 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 KACE
mobile device management solution to streamline management of all mobile
devices.

Dell’s 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 HDDs, 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.