Editor's Note
Leslie Hein Sullivan, Marketing Communications
 The arrival of fall marks the beginning of hurricane and tropical storm season and the Northeast has already been visited by Irene and the Southeast by Katia. Wildfires are ravaging Texas and who knows where the next extreme weather event will emerge. We hope that you and your organization have weathered the storms and adverse events safely. The intensity of these weather incidents is startling, and if you haven’t already, it’s more important than ever to take an in-depth look at your disaster recovery readiness.
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Message from Management
Peter Stone, Vice President and General Manager, Dell, MEDITECH Solutions Group
 It has been a busy summer with many external events keeping us tuned into the news in both the political and corporate worlds. On the business front, we have seen numerous swings in the stock market, corporate acquisitions and mergers as well as major strategy shifts; such as HP’s pending decision to sell or spin-off its Personal Systems Group. Dell also completed its acquisition of Force10 Networks, a technology leader in high-performance datacenter networking, continuing a Dell trend to help customers reduce costs around expensive networking technologies.
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Best Practices for Disaster and Operational Recovery
Chris Mellyn, Senior Product Manager
MEDITECH 6.0 Data Protection
How do you know that your backups are working? It’s one thing to have error-free tape runs, but how do you know that the data is actually readable and recoverable? If something were to happen to your systems, do you know how to restore your MEDITECH applications and resume operations?
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A Look at the Real Challenges Behind Reaching Meaningful Use
Paul Rosenbluth, Healthcare & Life Sciences Consulting team
The healthcare industry is currently racing against the clock in an effort to meet the Meaningful Use standards now at the forefront of U.S. healthcare reform. Though incentives are in place and penalties are looming, healthcare providers are still scrambling to meet Stage 1 of Meaningful Use. Healthcare providers across the industry acknowledge the need to improve the quality and efficiency of the healthcare system, but while they recognize that implementing healthcare information technology (HIT) can make practicing medicine safer and more efficient, many healthcare organizations are cautious, particularly when it comes to clinical care delivery.
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Mobility and the Changing Landscape of Health Information Security
Dave Marchand, Chief Technology Officer, Dell Healthcare & Life Sciences Services
Healthcare organizations face not only public relations issues each time a medical record is lost, the financial impact can also be quite significant. If an employee loses a briefcase containing 10 patients’ medical records, the healthcare provider is held liable for costs associated with losing each of the 10 patients’ records. This cost might not seem like a big number in terms of a healthcare organization’s risk-benefit analysis. However, if you consider that a standard USB drive can hold more than 25,000 medical records and that losing these records could cost a healthcare organization $ 5.7 million in data breach costs. That’s a huge penalty for such a small device.
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The Inside Track: News and Newsworthy Events in the World of MEDITECH
Corrine Cutler, Marketing Communications
This issue of The Inside Track contains information on the following topics:
- Upcoming Events
- MUSE Regional Events
- MEDITECH Events
- News from Dell Services Corporate Office
- Dell Ranked No. 1 Global Healthcare Information Technology Services Provider by Leading Analyst Firm
- Modern Healthcare Largest Healthcare Management Consulting Firms
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Core Solutions
From high-level strategic planning to hands-on application and technology implementation, the MEDITECH Solutions Group within Dell Services can help you make the most of your MEDITECH investment. We customize solutions to meet your organizational needs, budgets, and resource availability. With a full range of products and services designed to optimize the value of your MEDITECH system throughout its lifetime, we can help you engage your workforce, transform your processes, and enable your technology to achieve your goals. Our core solutions include:
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