Healthcare solutions from StorageTek® are designed
to meet the specific needs of the healthcare industry and
the demanding nature of healthcare information retrieval.
This includes data management needs associated with radiology,
pathology, cardiology, and various aspects of healthcare administration.
StorageTek's solutions integrate your healthcare enterprise
using the appropriate technology for your performance and
budget needs.
Archiving solutions for PACS (Picture Archive Communication
Systems) are sold in association with key PACS partners Siemens
Medical Solutions, Philips Medical Systems, Agfa Healthcare,
Kodak Health Imaging, and Rorke Data. Additional partners
may also apply.
The StorageTek healthcare solutions portfolio consists of
a 3-tier solution:
Storage Essentials
StorageTek offers various configurations of hardware and software
alternatives that can be readily implemented, supported and
managed. These solutions include the following (which address
HIPAA issues and other privacy and security needs to varying
degrees):
- Disaster Recovery
- Archiving Solutions for PACS - Picture Archive Communication
Systems
- Email Archive
- Video Surveillance
- Professional Services for Healthcare
Storage Enhancements
StorageTek provides healthcare solutions that help you effectively
address your data management needs on an ongoing basis, while
accounting for best practices and processes that will help
move your enterprise forward. Services include the following:
- Healthcare Risk Management Assessment - an enterprise-wide
validation and assurance assessment for continued HIPAA
compliance
- Systems Performance Archive Assurance - a review of archival
storage infrastructure configuration and performance
- Remote Managed Storage - remote storage management, monitoring,
and reporting
- Enterprise Support Services - third party hardware and
software maintenance and support
Strategic Storage
Our third group of storage solutions assists your company
with managing your data management needs from a strategic
perspective as well as on a long-term basis. Solutions include
the following:
- HIPAA Privacy/Security Analysis
- Archive Refresh Technology Strategy - for strategizing
and configuring effective archival upgrades
Cost savings
StorageTek’s integrated healthcare solutions leverage
the storage hierarchy to take advantage of cost savings as
information’s value declines.
Consolidation
Create a shared storage resource and integrate data management
across the healthcare enterprise.
Reduced administration time and costs
StorageTek’s Application Storage Manager™ (ASM)
software, a core component of the healthcare solution, automates
data management and retrieval across a storage hierarchy via
user-defined policies.
Compliance
StorageTek’s healthcare solution helps you meet compliance
requirements relating to records retention and HIPAA (Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act).
StorageTek teams with industry-leading partners to provide
its healthcare solutions.
Kodak Health Imaging
The Eastman Kodak Company has been involved in health imaging
for over a century. Today, the Kodak Health Imaging division
provides industry-leading products for capture, processing,
viewing, printing and storing medical images. Kodak Health
Imaging offers products for medical radiography, dental imaging
and scientific imaging, and is a leading participant in industry
trade groups and standards bodies. The group is focused on
helping customers meet the privacy and security challenges
posed by government regulations, such as HIPAA.
Agfa HealthCare
Agfa HealthCare is a U.S. subsidiary of the Agfa-Gevaert Group,
a multinational company and a world leader in imaging technologies.
Agfa HealthCare's success is based on over 100 years of radiology
experience and the accumulated knowledge that comes from deploying
more PACS (Picture Archive Communication System) installations
than any other vendor in the world.
Rorke Data
Rorke Data offers value-added, state-of-the-art storage and
management solutions to customers who manage large, data-intensive
digital file environments. Target industries include broadcast
and post production, medical imaging and healthcare, and digital
publishing.
Siemens Medical Solutions
Siemens Medical Solutions is one of the world's largest suppliers
of healthcare equipment, renowned for innovative products,
services and complete solutions. Its offerings include diagnostic
imaging systems, therapy equipment, electromedicine and hearing
instruments, and IT solutions that optimize workflow and increase
efficiency in hospitals, clinics and doctors' offices. StorageTek
is the preferred vendor for Siemens archiving solutions, supplying
disk subsystems, tape libraries and ASM software.
Philips Medical Systems
Philips Medical Systems is the world's second largest manufacturer
of medical diagnostic equipment, and the global market leader
in x-ray systems. A subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics,
Philips Medial Systems sells in over 100 countries, offering
best-in-class technologies as well as asset management, training,
consulting, financial services and e-care business services.
From creating the first x-ray tube in 1896, to embarking on
a joint venture to unroll the telemedicine concept in Europe,
Philips Medical Systems has been on the forefront. has also
attained the status of preferred vendor for Philips' Diamond
II archive solution which consists of BladeStore, D-Series™
disk, ASM software and tape libraries. |
