Business Continuity in health care - University of Texas Medical Branch

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Each health organization, large or small, knows how it is absolutely necessary, an effective business continuity plan in case of disaster have. this plan building, but much time and effort the right pieces are put into operation to ensure a short time my fellow Citrite Stacy Bruzek Banerjee's recent blog frame.As pointed out, Citrix wasn business continuity plan 't something which was formulated overnight. It took years of planning and cooperation with an IT team for 25 years in Florida hurricane filled summer weathering, all to ensure continued without problems, the company day-to-day operations.

While companies have continuity business plans offer their task workers the ability to prevent disruptions to work, health care requires an effective plan for some more prominent than those mentioned above; Patient lives and their information secure. Therefore, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), all health data with data security and business continuity standards correspond healthcare organizations mandates. When disaster strikes, healthcare facilities can not afford failure, even if it is for a few seconds. Therefore, if offered their disaster recovery plans are expanding, their priority to be in a short time frame back online to ensure continuous care.

hit When disaster for a large healthcare provider in Texas, Citrix proved to be an important part of their plan their staff to ensure was able uninterrupted supply.

In 08, a powerful Category 2 hurricane barrels down was the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) business continuity plan provided the test. Wide extensive surface flooding caused problems IT systems on campus. UTMB had their Citrix environment on campus and perform operations through its mirrored site to close, with headquarters in Arlington, Texas for a month. Back then UTMB was quite early in their Citrix deployment, simply displaces users the ability to have access to email and Epic Hyperspace. However, due to widespread flooding PC user's computer were from flooded facilities and bring them to their Arlington terrain while valuable space and power.

They needed another solution for their users prefer, the full required Windows desktop experience. As a result, they purchased XenDesktop licenses Citrix to bring these users online within a week. Consider the benefits that virtual desktops were able to provide, Citrix was an essential piece of their desktop infrastructure and overall IT strategy for the coming years. would UTMB roll finally desktops at a low cost thin clients, allowing them to save money on electricity consumption and the replacement of expensive PCs.

This is an application of highlighting the presence and value of Citrix delivered within the healthcare industry has more than 20 years. Citrix has been integral to the fulfillment provider of IT and strategic objectives; Patient outcomes, improve compliance with regulatory standards, clinicians instant access provision and streamline the operation.

For more information about how Citrix allows visiting clinician mobility, citrix.com/healthcare and follow us on Twitter @CitrixHealth.

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