Press Releases
Tue Dec 8 2009
Technologent Sponsors Annual SoCal HIMSS CIO Forum
LAKE FOREST, CA, December 8, 2009 - Technologent, a leading national provider of technology infrastructure solution for Fortune 1000 companies and a certified Women-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE), recently participated in the annual HIMSS Southern California Chapter CIO Forum event in El Segundo, CA.
The event was co-sponsored with the CHIEF (California Health Information Executive Forum) group and was held on Friday, December 4th, 2009 The keynote speaker for the event was Richard Afable, MD, CEO of Hoag Hospital, on the CEO perspective of IT. Other CIO speakers were Ben Williams, CIO, Catholic Healthcare West and Warren Chandler, CIO, City of Hope Medical Center. The moderator for the event was program co-chair Scott Joslyn, CIO, MemorialCare and Founder/Leader of the CHIEF group.
“Healthcare is an important initiative for Technologent.” said Lezlie Gallaway, CEO of Technologent. “Technology partners who understand the complexities of the healthcare market and who can provide valuable solutions with a focus on ease of use and low maintenance have a considerable competitive advantage in driving new revenue from the medical sector.”
Technology offers a compelling cure for many of the tough challenges facing today's healthcare organizations, including expanding industry regulations, heightened patient safety concerns, staffing shortages and a constant need to contain costs. Broad use of Healthcare Information Technology has the potential to improve healthcare quality, prevent medical errors, increase the efficiency of care provision and reduce unnecessary healthcare costs, increase administrative efficiencies, decrease paperwork, expand access to affordable care and improve population health. The benefits of appropriate sharing of health information among patients, physicians and other authorized participants in the healthcare delivery value chain are nearly universally understood and desired.
Technologent co-sponsored the event with ThinIdentity and Sun Microsystems. The mission of ThinIdentity is to improve caregiver workflow, and in doing so improve patient care. The ThinIdentity solution is a revolutionary new virtual desktop infrastructure approach that was designed from the ground up to achieve this mission. ThinIdentity is leading the way with proprietary technology built to deliver industry leading and cost-effective market solutions targeted toward healthcare environments.
ABOUT TECHNOLOGENT
Technologent is a leading national provider of technology infrastructure solutions for Fortune 1000 companies, aiding in bridging the gap between technology infrastructure and business strategy. Technologent serves the complete technology life cycle, including assessment, design, integration, system management and financing. The company offers its customers unparalleled expertise, exceptional service and technology from best-of-breed partners. Technologent’s strong network of provider partners includes Sun Microsystems, Microsoft, VMware, HP, NetApp, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems and others.
ABOUT HIMSS
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Founded in 1961 with offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., Brussels, Singapore, and other locations across the United States, HIMSS represents more than 23,000 individual members and over 380 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.
ABOUT THINIDENTITY CORPORATION
ThinIdentity delivers a flexible, easy-to-implement solution that can substantially improve caregiver workflow in hospitals. In addition, ThinIdentity revolutionizes IT management within hospitals by centralizing, simplifying, and standardizing the application delivery and workstation management components to significantly improve workflow and lower costs. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, ThinIdentity distributes its solution through Authorized Resellers throughout the United States.
For additional information, please visit www.thinidentity.com.
Technologent is headquartered in Lake Forest, California. To find out more about Technologent, please visit www.technologent.com.
Contact: Monica Dozier
Title: Director of Marketing
Email: monica.dozier@technologent.com
Phone: 888.387.8001
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