 "We have seen a return on investment of over six million dollars. We've enjoyed direct hard savings from the replacement of both client and server equipment, as well as the reduced cost of rollout. We have an incredible relationship with HP, and we've seen the benefits not only from a savings standpoint, but also in terms of relationship stability, customer service and the equipment reliability. It's a true partnership and one that is enabling Beverly Enterprises to reach its business goals."-- David Valcik, Vice President of Technical Services Beverly Enterprises, Inc.
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Founded in 1963, Beverly Enterprises, Inc. has developed an impressive portfolio of skilled nursing facilities. Today, it has operations in 23 states and the District of Columbia: running 342 nursing locations, 18 assisted living centers, and 66 hospice and home care centers. In addition, Beverly Enterprises also offers rehabilitative services - via Aegis Therapies - on a contract basis to facilities operated by other care providers. Its success is due in part to a focus on continual process improvement - always looking at ways of optimizing operations and making administrative functions more efficient.
Challenges
- Continue to reduce total cost of ownership of the entire IT infrastructure.
- Increase healthcare providers' available time to spend with patients.
- Comply with all regulatory requirements, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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Partnered with HP to leverage virtualization solutions and standardized on:
- HP Compaq t5720 Thin Clients
- HP BladeSystem with ProLiant BL45 and BL25p Server Blades
- HP ProLiant 380, 580 and 760 Servers
- HP StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 disk arrays
- HP StorageWorks MSL5000 Series Tape Libraries
- HP OpenView Network Node Manager
- HP Compaq nc6110 Notebook PCs
- HP Financial Services
Results
Simplicity
- Enabled continuous workflow that provides ultimate security and the flexibility to document patient information closest to the point of care.
- Skilled nursing staff can do their job quicker on the clinical software and get back caring for patients.
- Centralization of operational functions has removed the burden of daily backups, maintenance, and software installation from the field.
Agility
- Dramatically improved overall IT infrastructure availability and flexibility to support dynamic business environment.
- Architecture facilitates compliance with requirements such as the HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley mandates.
- Hot swap capabilities provide high levels of continuity protection without the typical need for cumbersome procedures and massive equipment redundancy.
Value
- Return from investment of over six million dollars.
- Total cost of ownership is reduced.
- Thin client hardware has increased available space in nursing stations, lowering pressures for costly work environment changes.
- Blade server architecture and performance able to serve many more facilities with a lot fewer devices, reducing overall purchase costs and data center footprint.
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