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THIS TYPE OF CITRIX AND GOOGLE PLATFORM GIVES HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH – AND FOR THAT MATTER , ORGANISATIONS IN THE HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY IN GENERAL – A COMPETITIVE EDGE .
Game-changing technology
Citrix technology was first implemented in 2008 , just before Hackensack University Medical Center merged with Meridian Health . In the same year , the healthcare system began using Epic electronic health records ( EHR ). Since that time , Citrix has been the standard for application delivery and Epic has been the default app for EHRs .
To ensure security , consistency , and scalability across the system ’ s 17 hospitals , Hackensack Meridian Health has leveraged the partnership between Citrix and Google since March 2020 . Not only has the hybrid cloud , multi-cloud technology solution empowered clinicians and staff to effectively deliver patient care , but also , it has resulted in cost reductions and helped increase efficiency .
“ Citrix has been a game-changer from the moment COVID-19 hit in March 2020 ,”
Eimer said . He and his team quickly enabled 3,000 employees to remote work ; they were equipped with Chromebooks loaded with Citrix .
“ Today , we work in a hybrid cloud model ,” he said . “ We ’ re giving clinicians a platform that enables them to deliver superior patient care from any location .” The new platform is lighter , faster and more secure .
Centralised management
The Chrome OS platform gives the team a central management console . Every time a new Chrome OS device is enrolled , it is automatically managed and seamlessly consolidated on to one dashboard .
This simple management mode has made it very easy for Eimer and his team to deploy over 6,000 Chrome OS devices . To date , 31,000 Hackensack Meridian Health staff members have been migrated to digital workspace technology .
“ This type of Citrix and Google platform gives Hackensack Meridian Health – and for that matter , organisations in the healthcare industry in general – a competitive edge in efficiently and effectively delivering patient care ,” Eimer said .
“ We know that not all healthcare applications work well in the cloud , which is why we ’ re not out of the data centre business entirely ,” he continued , “ but there
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