Presidio Networked Solutions Help Care Provider Organizations Prepare for Stimulus Funding Initiatives

Presidio Networked Solutions, a provider of business enablement solutions delivered through advanced IT infrastructure and managed outsourcing solutions, announced that it is helping care provider organizations scale their technology infrastructures to meet healthcare reporting requirements outlined in the Obama administration's stimulus spending programs.

 

Of the $787.0 billion stimulus package, $59 billion has been earmarked for the modernization of America's healthcare systems. A major focus of this American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the "Stimulus Bill") is a federal government mandate to move patient records to electronic files – a procedure that, proponents argue, will contain costs but improve the quality of healthcare.

 

To help CPOs achieve this, Presidio has crafted solutions that meet the requirements of the Stimulus Bill and various grant programs.

 

Joel Schleicher, chairman and CEO, Presidio Networked Solutions (News - Alert), said. “Scaling IT systems to meet reporting requirements is a delicate balance for many CPOs. Fortunately, we designed our healthcare solutions portfolio to help drive improved workflow, transparency and collaboration in communications, and enhanced patient care -- all key goals of the President's plan.”

 

Presidio's comprehensive portfolio of solutions offers managed services for the full lifecycle of advanced IT infrastructure solutions. They include Presidio's “Video Medical Interpreter” solution, which delivers collaborative video-based, multilingual patient/physician consultation for improved workflow, communication and patient care; and Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine solutions for platform-independent imaging access in a collaborative and transparent communications environment.

 

Presidio also offers unified visibility solutions for asset monitoring and management, which enable healthcare organizations to benefit from full visibility and real-time status of the organization's patients, staff and IT assets, regardless of location. Further, to improve communication among key personnel, the company offers unified communications application solutions including Event Alerting and Notification and Quality Assurance and Compliance.

 

One of Presidio’s customers, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital, Albany, Georgia, was being negatively impacted by an unstable network infrastructure as well as network-wide wireless-network voice communications outages.

 

Presidio offered them an advanced, fully redundant Cisco (News - Alert) Medical Grade Network to replace the outdated switching and routing infrastructure. PPMH also implemented enhanced wireless communication solutions and a redundant network with centralized functionality.

 

With these solutions, Presidio was able to provide the hospital with advanced features such as rapid network access to patient medical orders, and seamless data integration with support tools that reduce errors by eliminating the need for hand-written prescriptions.

 

Presidio Networked Solutions recently announced collaboration with the City of West Palm Beach to upgrade its IT systems and services for New City Center Project. The City looked to Presidio to expand and restructure its network infrastructure and telephony systems, utilizing virtualization for its New City Center project.