Dell Unveils Virtual Desktop Solution for Healthcare

Dell announced a Mobile Clinical Computing (MCC) solution that is designed to eliminate the traditional trade-offs hospitals face between making patient information available to medical staff at the point of care and securing it in the data center to promote compliance with HIPAA regulations.

The company explained that data security is a legitimate concern for hospitals and patients. With an estimated average data breach cost of $202 per record1, or $4 million to $20 million2 for recent hospital breaches -- hospitals must protect critical information from unauthorized access and use while at the same time sharing it at the point of care for diagnosis and coordination of patient care.

Dell said its Mobile Clinical Computing (MCC) simplifies management for it and info access for medical professionals and helps improve information security, staff productivity and care quality.

Dell said the new offering has the following features:

- Data Security: Patient info and applications are protected and managed centrally in the data center.

- Convenient Access: MCC enables access to role-based applications and data from any device anywhere in the hospital. Single sign-on, session roaming and location awareness simplify interaction for clinicians.

- Simplified Management: Applications are updated in minutes instead of hours.

- Shift from Managing Devices to Managing Identities. MCC simplifies info security and management for IT and information access for medical professionals by locking applications and patient info in the data center and shifting IT focus from managing a growing number of end-user devices to managing user "digital identities."

- Right Infrastructure for the Job. Dell creates a practical blueprint for the design, implementation and management of a virtual client network that works for the medical professional and for the hospital with the right combination of thin client, virtual desktop, laptop or handheld.

- A Complete Information-Sharing Solution for Hospitals. Dell is providing what it called a complete solution from design, validation and implementation of the MCC infrastructure, to integration of clients, servers and software with training and 24/7 service and support.

"It's not enough to digitize patient information. We must make it available to medical professionals at the point of care, whether that's in a hospital or in an affiliated physician practice," said Dr. Jamie Coffin, vice president, Dell Healthcare and Life Sciences. "Dell is focused on transforming HIT to harness the power of information across our healthcare system to better coordinate and improve patient care and reduce its cost."

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