At Metro Health, doctors use an electronic medical record (EMR) application to look at a patient’s medical history, enter examination notes and diagnoses, write prescriptions and view test results. Learn how Metro Health improved availability and lowered energy bills with a server approach. 

The majority of user authentication schemes today still use userid and password. The burden to users of managing large numbers of userids and passwords has led to proposals for Federated Identity systems, where a single set of credentials can be used to authenticate with several organisations, which have agreed to work together as a federation. 

In this week's issue of Computer Weekly, we look at the key technologies that retailers are turning to for IT-enabling customers' Christmas shopping. We examine research revealing the huge cost of application software that fails to meet requirements; and we talk to one of the pioneers of agile software development. Download the new issue now. 

Design teams across the world collaborate to create and develop prod­ucts. Unfortunately, IT organizations face serious challenges when collaborative teams share large files. This white paper will assess the strengths and weaknesses of the four technologies most commonly used to enhance file sharing for distributed teams. 

By serving patients with an HP Converged Infrastructure portfolio, the University of Colorado Hospital was able to successfully consolidate various electronic medical records (EMRs) into an integrated system which was supported by heightened levels of computing performance and availability; the end result - improved patient care. 

Incentives created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are expected to increase EHR adoption and point-of-care computing -- meaning demands on availability and performance are high, while the budgets to manage devices are small. Find out how desktop virtualization can assist with these healthcare challenges. 

Medical practices have been contemplating the prospect of moving from paper-based records to EHR systems for decades. But relatively few have made the transition – until now. This white paper examines the factors that have kept many medical practices from moving forward with EHR over the years and the factors that are prompting action today. 

Check out this case study to learn how beyond ease of use, a smaller physical footprint, and lower total cost of ownership – this health enterprise was able to reduce their backup window by 2 hours and achieve deduplication ratios of 24:1 on their data-dense, 13-terabyte Oracle database. 

As medical imaging evolves in the digital era, images must be delivered through a single information network and be easily accessible. Current methods of managing images are proving increasingly inefficient and costly.  Read about a platform that addresses these concerns and provides simplified and accelerated access to medical files and images. 

Scottsdale Medical Imaging has standardized on HP products wherever possible—from business desktop PCs to the servers that support administrative operations and redundant storage arrays that store the vast library of medical images.  Download this case study for additional details on their objective, approach, IT improvements and business benefits. 

Interact with leading healthcare compliance and IT experts from across the U.S. in this free, one-day virtual seminar. Learn best practices for cloud computing and disaster preparedness, as well as how to achieve federal EHR reimbursements. 

Learn how your company can change from a lead generation business model to a dynamic lead development process in this joint Webcast from SiriusDecisions and KnowledgeStorm.