Healthcare professionals are struggling to meet
the requirements for funding earmarked for Electronic Health
Records (EHR) in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(ARRA), and Logicalis is providing a solution.
Bloomfield Hills, MI – August 4, 2009 –
Logicalis, a leading high-performance IT solutions provider, is
offering a best-of-breed roadmap to an efficient and effective IT
infrastructure. Logicalis’ solution positions healthcare
organizations to meet the emerging EHR criteria for ARRA stimulus
funds, allowing them to take advantage of government-funded
programs rewarding institutions that move to electronic
recordkeeping.
In today’s healthcare environment, improving patient care and
safety, efficiently engaging specialists and reducing enterprise
costs are not choices, but imperatives. Logicalis delivers custom
technology
solutions that enable healthcare providers to achieve the
highest standards of compliance, patient care, quality and
efficiency. This understanding of healthcare, and the ability to
deliver a full range of technology solutions and services, set
Logicalis apart in a crowded field of IT solution providers.
“The adoption of EHR using the
strategy developed by Logicalis allows healthcare IT departments to
execute strategic cost improvements in one segment of their
infrastructure, which will drive capital improvements in all of the
others,” said Logicalis VP Solution Services, Chris
Rafter in describing the new strategy being offered to
Logicalis’ healthcare customers. “It’s what primes the pump to fund
multiple other improvement opportunities.”
In the Logicalis EHR approach, Logicalis assists healthcare IT
departments in developing a customized roadmap which:
- Identify infrastructure and applications needed to meet the
ARRA meaningful use definition as it has been defined thus far by
the U.S. government
- Calculates potential funding available through ARRA for their
organization
- Formulates a plan for what needs to change in the current IT
environment to qualify for ARRA funding
- Provides an estimate of the costs associated with taking the
first steps
- Calculates the expected return from deploying ARRA-qualifying
solutions
Logicalis leverages enterprise IT solutions and its Data Center
RevITalization Project to offer an immediate ROI impact and stretch
IT budgets further. Logicalis’ strategy helps healthcare
organizations bridge the gap between their annual IT budgets and
desired service levels, allowing them to meet strategic goals while
keeping IT spending under control.
“The ultimate goal with any IT infrastructure is to be able to find
the information you need in the first place you look,” Rafter
continued. “This is highly relevant to healthcare IT organizations.
We helped a major Midwest hospital transform its data center from a
fragmented infrastructure that primarily served billing and
administration silos to a centralized system that accommodates the
hospital’s full scope of needs, featuring one of the most advanced
EHR capabilities in the industry.”
Logicalis provides the infrastructure and services expertise
healthcare providers need to provide the technical support that
healthcare professionals and administrative staff expect. Serving
more than 6,500 customers, including many of the world's leading
healthcare organizations, Logicalis specializes in the design,
deployment, management and support of high-performance IT
environments.
“Healthcare organizations have driven so many innovations in
patient care over the years. Logicalis is privileged to play a part
in extending that ingenuity to their IT departments. Our first step
is helping IT gain access to the ARRA stimulus funds to jumpstart
their initiatives. Reducing consumer healthcare costs, protecting
patient privacy and providing the highest levels of patient
convenience and care, many good things will come from this,” Rafter
said.
For more information, visit http://www.us.logicalis.com/EHR-Best-Practices.
About Logicalis
Logicalis is an international provider of high-performance
technology solutions. With more than 1,500 people worldwide,
Logicalis delivers smart solutions based on specific needs, not the
latest IT trend. Logicalis provides options, direction and support
to more than 6,500 corporate and public sector customers. The
company attributes its success to the everyday positive experiences
with its customers and strategic partners such as IBM, HP, and
Cisco.
Logicalis has annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from
operations in the UK, US, Germany and Latin America. Logicalis is a
division of Datatec Limited (LSE/JSE:DTC), a $4 billion
multi-national organization listed on the AIM market of the LSE and
the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. With more than 30 offices in the
United States, the company’s U.S. headquarters are in Bloomfield
Hills, MI. For more information about the Logicalis experience,
visit http://www.us.logicalis.com/.