IT Prescribes Citrix GoToMyPC Corporate to Leading Hospitals for Secure, Familiar Remote Desktop Access to Patient Data

Business Wire, Feb 13, 2006

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Momentum Grows for Cost-effective Service from Citrix that Enhances Critical Response and Quality of Life for Patients and Staff While Meeting HIPAA Compliance

Recommended by doctors, medical staff and IT, decision makers at the nation's leading hospitals are selecting remote desktop access service, Citrix(R) GoToMyPC(R) Corporate from Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions. Scottsdale Healthcare, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center of Seattle, Mayo Clinic, Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc. and Cottage Health System are among the rapidly growing list of top medical institutions to offer healthcare professionals a more secure, cost-effective and responsive way to instantly access patient data and medical records on demand from their home or office PCs.

Healthcare professionals are benefiting from Citrix GoToMyPC Corporate remote desktop access for its secure, fast and simple on-demand service. The service offers staff and doctors the familiar look and feel of their desktop in which they can easily and quickly navigate on the PCs that they routinely use.

Easy to install and administer, with no additional infrastructure, short implementation, hospital IT and business leaders are seeing an immediate return on investment in productivity and patient care, while physicians receive an improvement in work-life balance.

Hospital staff at Scottsdale Healthcare are seeing the benefits in real time. "With GoToMyPC Corporate, employees can work from anywhere and maintain productivity as if they were in front of their PCs," said Mike Gleason, director of information services at Scottsdale Healthcare. "With two hospitals and a third one on the way, we need to keep staff members tied into the system without requiring them to be at their PC. This also gives us an additional tool with which to encourage the use of flexible staffing and telecommuting. Each of these components results in enhanced efficiency and greater staff member satisfaction."

Remote desktop access has become critical as physicians depend more on electronic health records (EHRs) for a ready source of knowledge. Top hospitals and medical clinics are tapping IT solutions that will enable easy remote access, compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and better work/life balance for physicians.

As hospitals become more automated, healthcare professionals are relying on easy and secure access solutions to remain productive from anywhere. On-demand solutions with full end-to-end encryption can help hospital staff reach high levels of efficiency while meeting HIPAA compliance.

"As patient care moves outside the walls of the hospital, remote access services help ensure that patient information will be available to the affiliated physician via a simple, pervasive (web browser) that is easy to use and has a familiar interface," said Barry Runyon, research director at Gartner, Inc. "This supports important physician retention considerations for the hospital."

Leveraging EHRs With Secure Remote Access

Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc. turned to Citrix GoToMyPC Corporate when they needed a simple and secure remote access solution to enhance productivity and improve staff quality of life. "With Citrix GoToMyPC Corporate, physicians and clinical workers can easily access medical records from other office locations or while making rounds and better manage their work day," stated Michael Long, director of network services at Mississippi Baptist Health Systems, Inc. "The technology was easy to roll out, less expensive than a laptop/VPN solution and maintained HIPAA compliance with its advanced security features, such as one-time passwords."

"The increased momentum in the healthcare industry underscores our mission to provide the best access experience possible so hospitals can improve the quality of care offered to patients while enhancing work/life balance for physicians," stated Mike Mansbach, vice president of enterprise marketing and business development at Citrix Online Services division. "Citrix GoToMyPC is a proven solution that enables staff at some of the nation's best hospitals to gain critical, secure access to patient information wherever they may be."

Citrix GoToMyPC is the industry's market-defining remote access solution for individuals, small businesses and large organizations seeking fast, easy and secure access to their PCs from anywhere. Hospitals are benefiting from Citrix GoToMyPC for its on-demand model that requires minimal IT resources, is quick to deploy and provides clear, quantifiable results. Healthcare professionals can access desktop resources remotely as though they were sitting in front of their PC and meet security requirements detailed by HIPAA. Citrix's advanced security features, such as end-to-end 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) encryption and authentication, strong access control and one-time passwords, help hospitals maintain compliance with HIPAA.