Also Improved Data Integrity, Strengthened Regulatory Compliance
Geisinger Health Systems upgraded its IT environment with a Sun StorageTek tape solution that strengthened the organization’s regulatory compliance while improving performance and data integrity at its primary and remote datacenter sites. The new back up and recovery solution stores and encrypts healthcare records from its mainframe system for more than two million patients.
The Sun white paper “Identity and Access Management: Enabling HIPAA/HITECH Compliance” explores the requirements that healthcare organizations and vendors face as they become more reliant on digital information technology and the need to comply with increasing regulatory requirements, which presents a range of challenges. Author Mark Dixon includes best practices for implementing identity management systems that help ensure compliance, and shows how Sun’s pragmatic approach to identity management simplifies the technology environment.
SOA Solution Architecture to Connect Systems, Patient Data to Central Datacenter
Medical device company TechniScan, Inc. is developing an automated breast ultrasound imaging system called SVARA to improve diagnosing and treating breast cancer. To bring its SVARA ultrasound technology to market faster, TechniScan has selected a Sun Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) solution architecture based on Sun’s Java Composite Application Platform Suite (CAPS) and is engaged with Sun to provide expert implementation services.
Microsoft Hyper-V, Remote Desktop Services, Sun Desktop Access Client, Adobe Flash Enhancements, USB Redirection to Windows
Sun Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Software 3.1 is available both as a perpetual license and as a subscription. The Key New Features for this release are:
Microsoft Hyper-V is now supported as an additional virtualization platform.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Services (formerly Microsoft Terminal Services)
Sun Desktop Access Client
Adobe Flash Enhancements
USB Redirection to Windows
Support for additional virtual desktop operating systems
Newly Integrated IT Architecture Gives Provider the Agility Needed to Handle Claim Load
The Canadian health insurer Mediavie Blue Cross solved the problem it was experiencing with disparate legacy architecture by implementing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) comprising several Sun solutions. A first step in the migration involved deploying an enterprise-service bus (ESB) that integrates legacy applications to manage claims processing. In restructuring the company’s enterprise architecture, Mediavie IT personnel relied on Sun product managers, the open-source community, and Sun Educational Services for advice and training.
Sun Can Power the Economic Recovery, Especially in the Public Sector
“Sun Solution for the Public Sector: Maximizing the Value of Stimulus Fund Investments” is a white paper that surveys the Sun solutions eligible for the the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which has allocated funds to state and local governments, particularly in the areas of municipal, educational, and healthcare projects.
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NHIN-CONNECT Gateway Solution Links Federal, Local and Private Sectors
The Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN) is an open technology platform using Sun’s open source software to connect federal government agencies and health information exchanges via NHIN-CONNECT - a software enabling interoperability across the healthcare sector. “Our progress with the NHIN shows that President Obama’s commitment to healthcare reform can become a reality quickly,” said Joe Hartley, vice president of Global Government, Education and Healthcare for Sun. “Here we have the public and private sectors working together as a community to help realize this key vision.”
A Partnership with the Healthcare Community Is Defined
With Sun’s Healthcare Industry practice anniversary being around the corner in July, updates on this focus group are detailed. Sun uses its resources to build architectures and solutions by partnering with the community to contribute value and to reduce overall cost and complexity with open-source-based technology.
