CASE STUDY
SAUDI GERMAN HEALTH AT A GLANCE of being a highly effective way of demonstrating our commitment to digital advancement to our patients ,” he explained .
Saudi German Health was founded by the Batterjee family and has grown to become the leading private healthcare provider across the Middle East and North Africa ( MENA ). Saudi German Health has a workforce of over 8,500 employees in its 11 hospitals across MENA and
serves over 2.5 million patients a year . Saudi German Hospital Cairo and Riyadh are proud members of the Mayo Clinic Care Network , which is a network of independent health systems that are carefully vetted and selected for their commitment to a high-quality patient experience .
Based on this success , Batterjee has clear intentions to deepen Saudi German Health ’ s engagement with Nutanix . “ We will scale our VDI deployment across all our hospitals and medical collages . For this , we are keen to implement Nutanix Xi Frame as we have been highly impressed with its performance , scalability and availability ,” he said .
As a medical institution that places the highest emphasis on the ‘ human ’ aspect of its business , it ’ s no surprise that Saudi German Health sees tremendous value in its relationship with Nutanix ’ s local team in Saudi Arabia . “ Whenever we have a requirement , the speed and quality of support from Nutanix has been exceptional . Their skills , talent , and professionalism set the bar for the industry ,” concluded Mr Batterjee . p
Benefits
• Effectively addressed the complexity , reliability and scalability issues that previously plagued the IT environment and provided a robust platform to continually and cost-effectively introduce innovative digital services such as remote diagnosis and enterprise mobility
• Reduced hardware spending by 40 %, enabling redirection of budget into IT initiatives that drive business outcomes and enhance patient care
• Reduced backup window by a factor of four times and significantly reduced IT management overheads by offering powerful centralised management of the entire environment through the pandemic as it enabled our doctors to remotely diagnose and treat patients . Similarly , Nutanix has enabled us to manage appointments , payments and other vital patient services remotely ,” he said .
Solution
• Nutanix Hyperconverged Infrastructure ( HCI )
• Nutanix Prism Pro management solution
Applications
In a pilot project , aimed at demonstrating the value and effectiveness of empowering clinical staff with on-the-go access to digital data and applications , the IT team has implemented VDI on Nutanix HCI at Saudi German Hospital Dammam . “ Since this makes our HIS system conveniently accessible via highly portable tablet devices , our staff have gained the ability to access , refer to and update patient records wherever , and whenever they need it . This has the added benefit
• Hospital Information System
• HYCU Backup and Recovery Software
• VDI on Nutanix HCI
• Oracle Database
• Microsoft Exchange
• Radiology Information System ( RIS )
• Picture Archiving Communication System ( PACS )
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