Provides Health Care Enterprises With Powerful Image and Data Archival
Technology That Can Be Readily Implemented, Supported and Integrated
CHICAGO, RSNA, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The amount of
digitally-stored patient information in health care enterprises is increasing
at breakneck speed. This poses a daunting challenge to efficiently access and
maintain this complex information while complying with the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
StorageTek(R) (Storage Technology Corporation), the storage services and
solutions expert, along with its
best-in-class PACS partners, now offers a series of its Information Lifecycle
Management(TM) reference architectures and solutions that provide the health
care enterprise with powerful image and data archival technology. Reference
architectures are specific standard configurations of StorageTek's solutions
that operate in each Picture Archive Communication System (PACS) provider's
environment.
Each of the following Information Lifecycle Management solutions is
tailored to meet the needs of the health care community:
* Open Systems Archiving allows hospitals to automatically manage data
movement across a tiered storage hierarchy.
* Open Systems Data Protection provides hospitals with the ability to
protect their business-critical data at all times.
* Mainframe Archiving helps hospitals manage information cost
efficiently across a tiered storage hierarchy in a mainframe
environment.
"The StorageTek Information Lifecycle Management strategy is all about
enabling health care companies to store, retrieve and manage their tiered
information in a cost-effective and efficient manner," said Bob Koecheler,
StorageTek global vice president global partners and alliances. "Information
has changing value over time. It must, however, be safeguarded from disaster
and continually be available to appropriate users -- all this while health
care institutions comply with HIPAA requirements for data.
"As one of only a few companies to provide a full array of storage
solutions across tape, disk, storage networking, software and services,
StorageTek and its PACS partners are well equipped to enable health care
providers to take charge of their information so they can focus on their core
business," added Koecheler.
These architectures provide health care enterprises with the structure
they need to use data more efficiently; protect data appropriately; keep the
right data over time based on legal, compliance and business continuance
requirements; and maintain their service level agreements. Regardless of what
storage infrastructure the health organization has in place, StorageTek's
heterogeneous solutions can fit into their existing architecture -- saving
them time, money and effort.
StorageTek expects to introduce other reference architectures and
solutions throughout 2004. For more information on StorageTek's Information
Lifecycle Management strategy for healthcare, visit
http://www.storagetek.com/healthcare.
About StorageTek
StorageTek, a $2 billion worldwide company with headquarters in
Louisville, Colo., delivers a broad range of storage solutions that are easy
to manage, integrate well with existing infrastructures and allow universal
access to data across servers, media types and networks. StorageTek provides
practical and safe storage solutions in disk, networking, services, tape and
tape automation. For more information, see http://www.storagetek.com , or call
1.800.786.7835.
TRADEMARKS: StorageTek and the StorageTek logo are registered trademarks
and Information Lifecycle Management is a trademark of Storage Technology
Corporation. Other names mentioned may be trademarks of Storage Technology
Corporation or other vendors/manufacturers.
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CONTACT:
Tom Kaser, Public Relations Manager,
+1-303-661-4995, tom_kaser@storagetek.com , or Bob Wientzen, Sr.
Public Relations Manager, +1-303-661-4993,
bob_wientzen@storagetek.com , both of StorageTek
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