Healthcare
Technology and medicine go hand in hand. So even as healthcare delivery becomes an ever-more complex issue, healthcare organizations can look to S1 IT Solutions for technology to help them streamline processes while providing best-in-class medical services and personalized care.
Clinicians, nurses and other staff need the ability to acquire and deliver information, which requires a healthcare system that is highly “connected.” S1 offers a single source for technology that connects enterprise to staff to patient (and back again). With our experience in the industry, we are knowledgeable in helping to improve the quality of care through efficient and secure access to important information, any time, anywhere.
Providing a single point of contact for IT solutions, S1 combines responsive service with smart use of powerful brands — enabling healthcare organizations to leverage existing technology to support their current and future needs, including:
- Collaborative care
- Asset management
- Content management
- Enterprise mobility
- Archiving solutions
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance
- Service management
- Internet security
- Web portal solutions
- Business process services and outsourcing
- And much more
Healthcare organizations are also challenged to accomplish more with fewer resources and at less cost. S1 solutions offer fully integrated access to business and clinical information systems, helping healthcare organizations improve workflow, productivity and communication speed and accuracy — which in turn can help increase efficiency, reduce costs, improve safety and enhance patient satisfaction.
Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS)
The Grid Medical Archive Solution [GMAS] provides a unified storage platform that delivers access to medical images and other patient data virtually regardless of application, location or storage tier to facilitate sharing and storage of critical medical images and research data across departments and geographies.
Today, healthcare organizations are experiencing an explosion in the volume of medical images and research data. Serving an aging population that requires more and more exams and procedures, these organizations are coping with an annual storage growth rate that is nearly 52%. In fact, their storage needs are almost doubling every 18 months. At the same time, healthcare providers and researchers are becoming more distributed. To provide quality care, doctors need easy access to medical images and data across departments and facilities, even across states and continents.
GMAS addresses the massive fixed-content data storage requirements of healthcare and life sciences companies by providing a unified storage platform that scales on demand, delivers seamless business continuity and eliminates the need for data migration resulting from hardware obsolescence. It provides long-term storage and easier access, facilitating compliance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act [HIPPA] requirements.
The Grid Medical Archive Solution:
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Enables enterprise-wide access to medical images and other patient data virtually regardless of application, location or storage tier.
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Creates a virtual, shared storage pool across locations and hardware brands to optimize existing infrastructure investments.
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Leverages advanced Information Lifecycle management [ILM] features to optimize data placement and reduce storage costs.
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Automatically replicates data across local or remote sites, almost entirely eliminating the need for data backup.
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Seamlessly failsover to replicated data in case of planned or unplanned downtime.