SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC) and Flo Healthcare, the leading provider of integrated mobile clinical workstations for healthcare, announced today they have formed a partnership to offer an advanced thin-client based mobile workstation to healthcare organizations. The two companies’ joint solution will enable nurses, doctors and clinical informatics professionals to wirelessly access real-time patient data in a convenient, secure, and cost-effective mobile cart utilizing Wyse thin client technology.
Flo(TM) mobile carts powered by Wyse(R) Winterm(TM) thin clients empower healthcare professionals to access electronic medical records (EMR) from any wireless-enabled location within the healthcare facility. The integrated solution offers improved security, lower cost to own and operate, improved reliability, and simpler maintenance and upgrades. Other key benefits are a reduction in power consumption through an increased battery run time, and enhanced availability for improved connections at the point of care.
“We have partnered with Flo Healthcare to offer an ideal mobile data system for the healthcare industry -- one that improves the physician/patient experience without sacrificing data security or patient privacy,” said Brad Rowland, Director of Integrated Solutions at Wyse Technology. “We are building upon Flo Healthcare’s expertise in effectively connecting doctors and nurses to real-time information at the point of care by adding the inherent security, manageability, and affordability advantages of Wyse thin clients.”
“Our partnership with Wyse Technology is truly a win-win not only for our companies, but more importantly for healthcare providers,” added Tom Denmark, President & CEO of Flo Healthcare. “With our integrated solution, medical facilities will improve the delivery and quality of patient care while realizing tremendous gains in cost savings, productivity and patient satisfaction.”
The Flo mobile workstation with integrated Wyse thin clients can add value in nearly all locations within healthcare facilities and hospitals, from patient rooms to the emergency room. Evanston Northwestern Healthcare (ENH), a leading healthcare organization based in Evanston, Illinois, has implemented mobile workstations to facilitate information access at its three hospitals. ENH ranks as one of the most wired hospital systems in the nation, with 100 percent of its physicians entering orders electronically. “We have found the thin-client based mobile carts to be more secure, cost effective, and manageable than PC-based options we have explored,” said Tom Smith, CIO at ENH. “The bottom line is better patient information and decision making capabilities at the bedside.”
The inherent risks that locally stored data creates in a typical PC environment reinforce the need for secure, server-centric thin client technology. In addition, hundreds of unreliable, un-secure PCs typically located throughout healthcare centers create a management nightmare for the often limited IT staffs that healthcare organizations employ. The Flo mobile workstation with an integrated Wyse Winterm thin client delivers the value of server-centric computing in the healthcare environment to eliminate the security and management shortcomings of a mobile PC environment.
In addition, the integrated mobile workstation offers one of the most streamlined and ergonomically appealing designs in the industry, making it easy for clinicians to use and maintain. Since the Flo mobile workstation was designed for use in hospitals, it has features and options that clinical users need to stay connected today and in the future.
The Flo mobile workstation with integrated Wyse technology is available immediately through Wyse Technology and its distributors.
About Wyse Technology
Wyse Technology is the leader in server-centric solutions that make users more productive and reduce IT cost and complexity. As the world’s leading provider of thin-client solutions, Wyse provides end-user systems that can be centrally managed and controlled to conserve resources and increase performance. Wyse provides services, software and hardware that liberate IT departments from unnecessary support and maintenance functions, empower users to be more productive in their jobs, and protect and improve access to critical information and business applications. Its industry-leading software solutions improve the ROI of existing servers and PCs and enhance management of a broad spectrum of information access devices and improve the performance of servers and networks. Wyse thin client systems have been proven to be nine times more reliable than PCs and require replacement far less often. Headquartered in San Jose, California with offices worldwide, Wyse has been #1 in thin-client market share for the last seven years, and has been named Microsoft “Embedded Partner of the Year” for three years.
For more information, visit the Wyse Website at http://www.wyse.com/ or call 800-GET-WYSE.
About Flo Healthcare
Flo Healthcare designs and builds mobile clinical workstations that let clinicians more effectively connect with real-time information at the point-of-care. With Flo, doctors and nurses spend more time with patients, and hospitals improve care, enhance safety, and increase patient satisfaction. Clinicians prefer Flo’s ergonomics, aesthetics, and ease-of-use, but mostly the ability to connect to real-time information that helps them do their jobs better. Hospitals and IT professionals appreciate that the Flo mobile workstation brings together the industry’s smartest combination of reliability, value, mobility, and wireless capabilities. Based in Norcross, Georgia, Flo Healthcare is the established leader within the fully-integrated mobile clinical workstation market. The company has installed more than 35,000 total units within nearly 700 hospitals across the United States and Canada. For more information, call 877-FLO-4040 or visit http://www.flohealthcare.com/.
NOTE: Wyse is a registered trademark and Wyse, Winterm, and the Wyse logo are trademarks of Wyse Technology Inc. Other product names mentioned herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Wyse Media Contact: Derek Kober Neale-May & Partners 650-328-5555 ext. 126 dkober@nealemay.com Flo Healthcare Media Contact: Michele Cacdac Flo Healthcare 678-990-6375 michele.cacdac@flohealthcare.com
Wyse Technology
CONTACT: Derek Kober of Neale-May & Partners, +1-650-328-5555, ext. 126,or dkober@nealemay.com, for Wyse Technology; or Michele Cacdac of FloHealthcare, +1-678-990-6375, or michele.cacdac@flohealthcare.com
Web site: http://www.wyse.com/
Web site: http://www.flohealthcare.com/