In
the healthcare industry, the most innovative organizations are adopting
the cloud in order to provide fast growth, flexibility, and better
performance. Health Choice Network (HCN),
a Florida-based non-profit Health Center Controlled Network (HCCN), and
one of the largest safety-net provider networks in the U.S. adopted
Citrix Cloud. As a result, over 1,400 clinicians can now deliver faster
and more secure access to electronic health records and other
mission-critical applications from any location on any device at their
convenience.
HCN provides secure digital workspaces to clinical care teams via Citrix Cloud.
By providing a single platform to securely deploy and manage all apps
and data, Citrix has made it possible for HCN to build an infrastructure
that will allow IT staff more time to focus on the needs of HCN's
member centers and less time on routine maintenance. By giving all
member centers access to a virtual workspace in the cloud, member
centers will have instant access to patient information as they move
across facilities, devices and networks. In fact, initial test results
during HCN's pilot phase proved that end-user logon times were reduced
on average by 30 seconds when using Citrix Cloud, allowing physicians to
spend more time in front of their patients instead of a computer
screen. For member centers that depend on controlling costs and
typically employ smaller IT staffs, access to a virtual workspace in the
cloud can be an important tool in providing quality, on-demand patient
care while overcoming IT resource constraints such as budget, staffing
and skills limitations.
Citrix
believes in HCN's mission to deliver technology solutions to improve
health outcomes. As a result, Citrix has become a Patron of HCN by
committing to make an annual contribution that will help provide support
needed to keep HCN's member centers focused on their mission of making
quality health care more accessible.
"Health
Choice Network is leveraging Citrix Cloud to increase physician and
clinician productivity and improve patient care, particularly for the
underserved. We are excited to be partnering with HCN to digitize and
reimagine how healthcare works." -- Tim Minahan, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Citrix
"Access
to technology is required to treat our patients and must be accessible
from anywhere at any time. This is why the Board of Directors, composed
of Federally Qualified Health Center leaders, has decided to invest in
cloud-based technology - a technology we could only afford through HCN,
but one we believe is necessary to ensure we compete at the highest
levels of quality for our communities." -- Seferino M. Montano, Chairman of Health Choice Network's Board of Directors and CEO of La Casa Family Health Center, New Mexico