The recent passage of funding to address ineffienciacies in patient record creation and information transfer has created a new opportunity for pre deployment application testing.
Current “paper based” systems are impracticle and expensive to maintain. Due to the enormous amount of digital data that will replace current files a systemic test methodology must be instituted to “right size” storage and network solutions supporting this endeavor.
An example of potential savings is an engagement with a company providing Oncology Radiological treatment and patient scanning. They package both the software and MRI hardware to regional clinics offering this service. Historical application performance has dictated a locally hosted server environment to house the images and patient information. There has been no WAN testing to determine whether a regional data center option is viable. The added cost of these local servers and HVAC and power add millions to the cost of the overall solution.
These are hard dollar savings that can be realized with no sacrifice to the speed or accuracy of the results. All that is required to architect a more efficient storage infrastructure is to institute network designs tested under WAN conditions representing the regional support network.
A simple solution to a complex challenge.
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