Success stories: 'Healthcare' category

Red Hat Enterprise Linux powers Argentinian transplant database

Industry: Healthcare and Government
Geography: Argentina
Goal: To create a centralized database for organ transplant coordination. To allow multiple groups access to that information.
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Distributor: LatinSource Technology
Benefits: Cost-effective solution. Reliable, timely communication throughout theorgan donation process.
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Filed under Government, Healthcare, Latin America, Red Hat Enterprise Linux on October 16th, 2007 | No comments »

McKesson adopts Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform

Red Hat solutions lower costs and ensure quality patient care

Industry: Healthcare
Geography: San Francisco, CA
Opportunity: Integrate disparate software applications on one unified platform to provide a comprehensive solution to improve patient care
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network, JBoss Enterprise Middleware Suite, and Hibernate
Applications: McKesson healthcare solutions, Oracle RAC
Hardware: Intel dual and quad-core Xeon server platforms
Benefits: Gained huge efficiencies, saved customers up to one million dollars in total cost of ownership, and provided a reliable, enterprise-ready solution that helps provide high-quality patient care
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Filed under Healthcare, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, North America, Red Hat Network, JBoss Enterprise Application Platform, JBoss Hibernate Framework, Red Hat Enterprise Healthcare Platform on October 16th, 2007 | No comments »

Health First

Healthcare provider migrates cardiology application to Red Hat with zero downtime.

Industry: Healthcare
Geography: Brevard County, Florida
Opportunity: Create a storage network system to provide consistently high performance and availability.
Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Cluster Suite, Red Hat Global File System, Fibre Channel SCSI
Applications: Cardiology PACS
Hardware: IBM SAN, DVD jukeboxes, SATA hard drives
Benefits: Dramatically increased network performance and availability, resulting in substantially increased uptime, high speed for high-definition video streaming, and improved clinical application access for those performing patient care.
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Filed under Healthcare, IBM, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, North America, Global File System on October 15th, 2007 | No comments »

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Industry: Healthcare
Geography: Boston, Massachusetts
The healthcare industry faces serious challenges associated with the demand for reliable and secure IT infrastructures that must fit within budget constraints. Dr. John Halamka, MD, MS understands these demands as he serves as Chief Information Officer of Harvard Medical School, Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chairman of the New England Health Electronic Data Interchange Network (NEHEN) , Chief Information Officer of the Harvard Clinical Research Institute (HCRI), and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School.
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Filed under Healthcare, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, North America on October 15th, 2007 | No comments »