INTRODUCTION

Todays healthcare organizations are faced with numerous challengesincluding rising demand for IT resources, increasing complexity, difficult transitions from paper to computer, regulatory pressure, and federal funding . A private cloud approach to data center management can alleviate all these concerns and create an organizational infrastructure that is dynamic, efficient, and future-ready.

CHALLENGES FOR HEALTHCARE I.T.

The computing infrastructure and endpoint devices are aging and when servers and PCs are four or even five years old, theyre illequipped to handle the increasingly complex demands of contemporary healthcare. Different departments in healthcare have different needs, and the technology supporting each silo has grown independent of the others . Another problem thats driving IT evolution in healthcare is the transition from paper charting to computer-based record-keeping.

VIRTUALISATION IN HEALTHCARE I.T.

Virtualization involves hosting software-based server, storage, and connectivity resources on powerful hardware. Instead of one-serverone-application, companies are finding that todays hardware units can easily handle multiple server workloads at once. IT systems that are redeployed on virtualized resources deliver increased efficiency and performance at lower costs which can make healthcare more efficient.

PRIVATE CLOUD:NEXT STEP IN VIRTUALISATION

Private cloud is a virtual IT infrastructure that is securely controlled and operated by a particular organization . In this, servers, storage, and network connections are all abstracted from underlying hardware.

Rapidly changing environments like healthcare organizations benefit most from private clouds, because deploying new configurations and systems is a dynamic and fluid process.
Private healthcare clouds deliver the ability to custom-tailor infrastructure stacks for specific workloads or departments while maintaining uniformity in the data center.

MANAGING THE WHOLE DATACENTER

Once a private cloud infrastructure is in place, management processes can be overhauled to help support the organizations evolution into a 21stcentury healthcare provider.

Once standard configurations for each department or task have been established, and standard operating parameters are set for each stack, routine IT management tasks can be automated and even exposed to user groups in a self-service portal. With self-service, department heads could roll out new resources to support research projects, for example, without involving IT personal.

ADDRESING HEALHCARE IT CONCERNS

A virtualized data centermanaged as a private cloud addresses the concerns that are driving healthcare organizations to evolve their IT systems: Powerful new servers deliver improved computing speed and responsiveness, reducing the delays and frustration caused by older equipment . Each departments unique needs can be addressed via resource profiles, instead of separately acquired and provisioned equipment.

 The standards-based cloud scales effortlessly and interoperates with a wide range of vendor systems. This helps support mergers, expansion, and changes to the organizations structure or mission . Self-service catalogs take the deployment burden off IT personnel and empower individuals and departments to manage their own IT needs, service levels, and budgets . With information-sharing comes meaningful use for EHR initiatives, thus enabling the organization to collect incentive money and to cut down on paper and time waste. This, in turn, improves patient satisfaction and speeds the delivery of quality healthcare.

PARTNER WITH DELL HEALTHCARE

Healthcare organizations that want to streamline their operations, reduce costs, push EHR initiatives forward, and prepare for the future would do well to consider a partnership with Dell Healthcare.
Dells private cloud management platform is delivered via the companys Virtual Integrated System (VIS) suite.

 The Dell VIS Self-Service Creator provides authorized users with a portal, where they can select and deploy resources automatically and then manage the resources throughout their lifecycle. Dell VIS Self-Service Creator improves access, control, and flexibility, which can deliver significant capital and operational savings and improved service delivery. Dell VIS Director provides the monitoring and reporting functions needed to fully leverage the benefits of a private cloud. It delivers a full-featured virtualization management solution that includes performance monitoring, capacity planning, and charge-back features .

CONCLUSION

At last it can be said that a private cloud approach ,is one which could improve healthcare efficiency upto a large extent.