WellSpan Health Saves $1 Million on Information Technology Costs with Server-centric Computing from Wyse Technology

WellSpan Employees Provide Better Customer Service Through Improved Communication and Information Access

San Jose, CA – 2004/02/23 - Wyse Technology, the domain experts in server-centric computing (SCC), today announced that Wellspan Health has saved more than a million dollars in IT and productivity costs by deploying Wyse's server-centric computing solutions throughout their hospitals and medical group offices in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Wyse Winterm thin clients and Wyse™ Rapport® thin-client management software help WellSpan Health maximize the effectiveness of their IT budget, reduce computer maintenance, deliver easy access to centrally managed information and protect the privacy of patient information and medical records in accordance with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Wellspan Health is the largest healthcare provider in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland, with 8,000 physicians, employees and volunteers. WellSpan serves more than 450,000 people through 24 primary care offices, 13 specialty care offices, 31 outpatient sites, two hospitals and six retail pharmacies. As WellSpan grew, the organization needed to deploy an IT system that fit within tight budgets and could be maintained by a limited staff. WellSpan also needed to ensure the highest levels of reliability to ensure unimpeded access to important patient information, while maintaining the highest levels of data security for confidential patient information.

"We considered personal computers, but in our evaluation, we realized that the cost of having to touch every desktop to load applications and constantly update them would be enormous," said William "Buddy" Gillespie, Chief Information Officer at Wellspan Health. "Now we simply load our applications onto Citrix servers and provide thin client access to the centralized applications through the Wyse devices."

John Coleman, manager of technology services, said, "We don't have to worry about viruses like MyDoom, or computers freezing up and not working. The cost and time savings have been almost immeasurable."

Wellspan Health has deployed approximately 600 Wyse Winterm 1200LE thin clients in medical group offices, at nursing stations and for employees who access training programs. Nurses access a secure, central database of patient information, eliminating the risk of someone stealing patient information if a computer is somehow stolen. Physicians can access information from stations throughout the healthcare enterprise, so vital patient information is only a few steps away.

"We plan to continuously deploy Wyse thin clients over the next three years, with a goal of 1,000 users empowered each year," said Mark Jacobs, Director of Technology Services. "As a result of the implementation, IT support costs have dropped and WellSpan is no longer locked into the ongoing PC replacement cycle. We've reduced our desktop cost per user by more than 50 percent by using the Wyse thin client option as opposed to PCs."

About WellSpan Health

WellSpan Health is an integrated health system that serves more than 650,000 people in south central Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. With more than 67 patient care sites, the organization includes two respected hospitals, a 120-physician primary and specialty care medical group, a regional home care provider, six retail pharmacy locations, and the second most highly utilized outpatient surgery center in Pennsylvania.

关于Wyse Technology

WYSE创建于美国硅谷，是全球最知名的智能网络计算解决方案供应商之一。连续8年蝉联全球智能网络应用终端市场占有率第一，占全球市场份额的38％。WYSE提供的硬件、软件和服务为用户提供了可中央控制的系统来协调运算资源、应用软件资源、储存资源以提高性能，在确保系统安全、可靠、灵活的同时，降低了总体拥有成本，并且将IT部门从不必要的支持和维护工作中解放出来，大大提高了生产力。多年来，WYSE深受全球众多知名商业及公共机构的信赖，主要应用智能网络应用终端的产业包括金融、电信、广播传媒、零售、运输、政府、医疗、国防、旅游、能源、教育等行业，WYSE的客户主要是行业领先的全球化公司，财富全球排名前100名中有超过四成已经成为WYSE的客户。

从2005年初起，WYSE开始大规模发展针对新一代网络计算终端的软件和系统开发。并在中国和印度大力投资技术研究与开发中心，加速新产品开发和推出结合本地客户要求的客户化解决方案。

WYSE的全球总部位于美国硅谷，分支机构遍布世界各地。亚太区总部设在中国北京海淀区融科资讯中心大厦，下辖六个分公司，分别位于中国台湾、日本东京、韩国首尔、印度班加罗尔、澳大利亚悉尼和新加坡。