Clarian Increases Efficiency, Decreases Cost With Virtualized Synapse Portfolio
Clarian Health,
Indianapolis, Ind.
, has replaced its legacy PACS with a fully virtualized Synapse system and a complete
disaster recovery
/
business continuance system. Since completing the rollout of this
comprehensive initiative, Clarian has reduced its overall costs while
also documenting increased efficiencies across the health system that
are enabling improved patient care.
The initial Clarian Heath Partners PACS project included five hospitals and nine outpatient imaging centers in the Indianapolis
metropolitan area. Fujifilm replaced more than 80 legacy servers with
just six virtualized servers to run Synapse PACS for all of these
facilities. Currently about 700,000 yearly exams are being hosted with
capacity for up to one million exams that will require no additional
investment or modification since it is a fully scalable solution. By
significantly reducing the amount of physical servers that need to be
procured and maintained, Clarian is benefiting from notable cost
savings as well as "green" advantages like reduced power and cooling
requirements that are critical to Clarian's long-term goals. All of
Clarian's hospitals have also noted the proven ability of the
virtualized Synapse system to significantly reduce report turnaround
times anywhere from one to five hours.
"Fujifilm's
strategic partnership with Clarian Health, coupled with their
technological foresight in the PACS arena, has provided a tremendous
asset that has enabled us to achieve maximum value from this
initiative," said Dave Hennon,
Radiology IS Director for Clarian. "In the few short months since our
initial implementation, the advantages have already been adding up.
From the cost savings and environmental benefits to the increased
efficiency of our doctors, the combined endeavor of the virtualization
and business continuance plan has been a great success."
In
addition to rolling out the Synapse system in a virtualized
environment, Fujifilm also implemented a complete disaster
recovery/business continuance plan for Clarian, something the facility
did not previously have. The entire Synapse system can be failed over
to another datacenter in less than an hour, enabling the health system
to provide uninterrupted care.
"To
enable healthcare facilities to derive the most benefit from their
Synapse solutions, Fujifilm delivers more than just software; we
provide a solution that delivers a lower TCO and enables the delivery
of better patient care than legacy systems," said Jim Morgan,
Fujifilm's executive director, marketing, medical informatics. "The
success of Clarian's implementation is a great model for other
facilities to follow."