The healthcare industry continues to be faced with pressing information technology issues, including compliance with HIPAA regulations and changing legislative requirements relating to patient privacy, records management and security.  System and network stability is critical to virtually every aspect of healthcare operations.

Here is a sampling of projects we have completed for companies in this segment:

• Improved Remote Access to Clinics
      - Client: Director of Information Technology for hospital with over 1,200 staff members
      - Issue: Outside referring doctors wanted remote access to patient information
      - Our Solution: secure remote access for medical records designed and implemented
• Enterprise Connectivity
      - Client: Administrator for medical clinic with various remote satellite clinics
      - Issue: Physically transporting medical information rather than using technology solutions
      - Our Solution: Designed & implemented cost-effective, scalable, secure WAN
• Expertise Across Multiple Technologies
      - Client: Administrator of a midsize medical clinic with multiple remote satellite clinics
      - Issue: IT solutions needed weren't being implemented due to lack of skilled staff
      - Our Solution: Augment existing IT staff to keep department on budget with new projects
• Staff Productivity
      - Client: Information Systems Manager of medical clinic with 6 remote sites & 200 staff
      - Issue: Users spent too much time waiting to login to applications to perform their work
      - Our Solution: Implemented single sign-on reducing login from by more than 45 seconds
• Uncontrolled Growth
      - Client: Director of Information Technology for large hospital
      - Issue: Network downtime caused by un integrated systems affected patient relations
      - Our Solution: Implemented enterprise network solution significantly increasing uptime
• Islands of Information
      - Client: Information Systems Manager of medical clinic with multiple remote sites & 200 staff
      - Issue: Managing separate islands of information caused critical projects to be delayed
      - Our Solution: Integrated user data into centralized user account administration
• Increase IT Staff Productivity
      - Client: director of Information Technology for medical clinic with remote sites & 300 staff
      - Issue: User desktop management inefficiently done; IT staff always fighting fires
      - Our Solution: Implemented centralized desktop management solution including policies
• Controlled, Secure Internet Access
      - Client: Chief Financial Officer of a regional medical clinic with over 200 staff
      - Issue: Internet access delayed until CFO could be sure to minimize non-business use
      - Our Solution: Implemented solution allowing Internet connectivity to approved sites only
• Electronic Regulatory Compliance
      - Client: Director of Information Technology for a 1,200 staff member hospital
      - Issue: Third party billing company required new electronic medical records transmission
      - Our Solution: Implemented Virtual Private Network (VPN) between hospital and third party