Learn about the role of virtual desktop solutions in health IT

Here is an upcoming complimentary webinar:

Delivering the Future of Healthcare: Maintain Compliance, Improve Efficiency and Continuity of Care...Virtually Anywhere

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2011 I Time: 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific I Duration: 1 Hour

The role of IT is becoming increasingly pivotal in how healthcare organizations deliver products and services. Healthcare providers must not only achieve HIPAA compliance and meaningful use while still providing world class care and services, they must also wrestle with how to reinvent themselves in order to deliver on accountable care in the near future.

Use VMware Virtualization Software to run your legacy applications

Are you running Windows Vista or Windows 7? Maybe you're run into the problem where you can't run your legacy applications. Or, maybe your old peripheral (e.g., printer, scanner, etc.) isn't working. Fortunately, VMware allows you to run a virtual Windows XP machine on your computer that's running Vista or 7. This way, you can still run those legacy applications and peripherals. That's what I'm doing. I have an old HP LaserJet printer that doesn't work on Windows 7. It's a good printer, so I don't want to throw it away. I'm now printing to that printer using a virtual Windows XP machine.

VMware gives you much more flexibility over the "Windows XP mode" feature that is built into Windows 7.

The Benefits of Client Virtualization in Healthcare

Here's some information about a complimentary podcast series titled, "The Benefits of Client Virtualization in Healthcare"

Clinicians need immediate access to desktops, applications, information and data. Desktop administrators need to be able to meet privacy and information regulations without inhibiting productivity.

Listen to this three-episode podcast series to learn how you can provide instant access to medical applications and patient information using a secure virtual desktop solution. You'll also learn how a virtual "follow-me" desktop is able to meet the requirements of both healthcare IT and the caregiver.

Listen to this podcast series and you will learn more about the following:

• How client virtualization enables HIPAA compliances and keeps sensitive data secure.
  
• How a virtual follow-me desktop is able to meet the requirements of both caregivers and IT.
  
• The benefits of centrally managing and updating applications and desktops.
  
• Why easy access to critical applications and data from any location or device leads to improved clinician workflows and caregiver satisfaction.

Click here for more information.

Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Have you heard of the term "virtualization software" used in the context of health IT? I'm sure you've heard of cloud computing. Some experts have said that virtualization unlocks cloud computing. Many people still have misconceptions about cloud computing and may even confuse this phrase with virtualization. Grid computing (a form of distributed computing and parallel computing, whereby a 'super and virtual computer' is composed of a cluster of networked, loosely coupled computers acting in concert to perform very large tasks) deals with virtual machines.