NSW Health Bolsters Telemedicine Capabilities with Citrix
March 21 2017 - 11:00AM
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State Health Services Reinvents Way Cancer is
Treated with Secure Remote Access to Patient Data
Citrix today announced NSW Health, a leading Australian public
health provider, has rolled-out a range of Citrix technologies
empowering the state’s doctors to better diagnose and treat
patients with cancer due to secure mobile access to electronic
medical records.
Within NSW Health’s regional network of hospitals, the Illawarra
Shoalhaven Cancer and Haematology Network (ISCaHN), they can now
use Citrix solutions to equip all employees – doctors, nurses and
emergency departments – with remote and secure access to sensitive
patient information, analysis of hi-res medical images across
devices, and aiding the success of its BYOD initiative.
“Through NSW Health’s Citrix XenApp platforms we have innovated
and changed the way we treat cancer. By providing medical staff
with greater flexibility through optimised and high-quality data
access, we improved our services to patients – empowering them to
deliver round-the-clock healthcare from a variety of locations
without compromising security of confidential medical details,”
said Kenneth Masters, ISCaHN’s Oncology Information System
Manager.
Having introduced a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiative in
2015, NSW Health required a solution that extended beyond basic
flexible work arrangements, allowing staff to securely share,
access and analyze MRI and X-ray images from anywhere on any
device.
Using Citrix XenApp, NSW Health is able to publish text-based
and visual applications, such as X-ray medical imaging, securely
across encrypted links to any device, while Citrix NetScaler is
used to manage and optimize applications used across the network in
real time. This ensures no patient data is left on staff devices at
the end of the session, which is critical in the context of
protecting sensitive personal medical histories, and all
application performance and security issues can be rapidly
addressed to ensure the seamless delivery of patient services.
“A barrier to doctors working remotely was the inability to send
or receive high resolution medical imagery over a slow speed link.
By leveraging the Citrix XenApp platforms high powered graphics
cards, we can deliver a robust and secure platform capable of
supporting our wider BYOD program for all our employees –
particularly doctors,” said Masters.
“Business continuity is critical, particularly in healthcare,
and Citrix technology is vital to delivering uninterrupted services
across NSW Health. For example, in 2016 we implemented a
Workspace-as-a-Service program with Citrix, providing nursing staff
with single log-ins to securely and immediately access all our apps
and data from up to 600 terminal PCs.
“We’re now assessing the impact of rolling out Citrix across
mobile device platforms, as well as publishing Citrix applications
and desktops virtually on Microsoft HoloLens. Because of the
capabilities enabled by Citrix, NSW Health is able to increase the
level of patient services we provide, and our relationship will go
on for some time as we transform the way we deliver care in the
digital age,” concluded Masters.
Safi Obeidullah, Director, Sales Engineering, Citrix ANZ said,
“Citrix is proud to support NSW Health in its mission to improve
and deliver services on par with some of the best health systems in
the world. The future of healthcare – like many industries – is
increasingly dependent on the innovative use of modern technology,
which is why it’s important for us to help bridge the gap between
the technical and clinical expertise.
“Cancer is a leading cause of death in Australia – with more
than 130,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed each year. Having seen
the tangible cancer patient benefits delivered through Citrix, we
look forward to working with NSW Health to further improve health
outcomes for cancer patients and fundamentally change the
healthcare landscape."
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