Optimize Virtual Desktop Infrastructure in Healthcare—Lunch and Learn at RKON Lab

Date of Event: Thursday, August 4, 2011

Register today for an interactive lunch and learn at our on-site lab on Thursday, August 4, as we explore the use cases, benefits, and ROI of deploying Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) in healthcare.

Register to attend.

You will learn:

  • How to enable High Productivity & Mobile Access for Physicians.
  • Why HITECH Means More for Healthcare IT (i.e., HIPAA, Privacy & data control, ARRA Act).
  • What is Next Generation End User Computing.
  • What are the Benefits of Virtual desktops for users and IT.
  • What is the the Right Desktop for Healthcare—Explore Use Cases.
  • How to Jumpstart Your EHR Implementation.
  • What is Citrix FlexCast for Apps and Desktops Technology.
  • Next Step—RKON Environment Assessment to see if VDI is a good fit for your environment.

Lab Location:
RKON Lab
820 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 550
Chicago, IL 60607

To register or for more information, contact Lindsay Ambrose (lambrose@rkon.com or 312-654-0300).

Executive Briefing: Enable Doctors to Treat More Patients with Virtual Desktops

Date of Event: Thursday, May 19, 2011

Join us for an exclusive event for healthcare IT professionals on Thursday, May 19, 2011 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at RKON Labs. Register now for Executive Briefing.

Overview:
Learn how to make Virtual Desktops work in Healthcare at this briefing. Challenges such as delivering EMR, compliance, and managing the proliferation of PDAs and iPads have sparked a great deal of interest in Virtual Desktop. RKON is hosting a session to share common healthcare experiences and our own best practices from VDI implementations.

Topics:
1. EMR Deployment Strategy.
2. Use Cases for PDA, iPad, tablet, and other mobile devices.
3. Clinician Workflows that Integrate: Tap-n-go solutions, Smartcards, Kiosk stations, and Location/ context awareness.
4. Business Cases that have Proven ROI.
5. High level Whiteboard Design Review.

Win an iPod nano by attending the seminar! We will raffle off the nano at the end of the briefing.

Thursday, May 19, 2011
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. (breakfast included)

Lab Location:
RKON Lab

820 W. Jackson, Ste. 550 | Chicago, IL 60607 | 312.654.0300

VDI in Healthcare Workshop: RKON Labs

Date of Event: Thursday, April 14, 2011

Join us for an exclusive VDI Workshop for healthcare IT professionals. Healthcare challenges such as EMR, compliance, and the proliferation of mobile devices have sparked a great deal of interest in VDI as a catch-all solution.  RKON is hosting a one-day event to share common healthcare experiences as well as our own best practices from VDI integrations with a group of healthcare-only IT professionals.  The day will begin with whiteboard design session targeted at Architects, and end with a hands-on lab targeted for administrators.

Sign Up for Workshop

Sessions

Track 1: VDI in Healthcare: Whiteboard Design Workshop
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Breakfast included
Target:
Architect-level, Strategic design professionals
Topic:
Implementation and design experts will build VDI architectures and share best practices for server, storage, network, integration, remote access, and security. Design sessions will focus on common use cases in healthcare environments. Limit to 8 attendees, healthcare only.  Facilitated by RKON Lead Architects.

Track 2: VDI in Healthcare: Technical, Hands-on Demo
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch included.
Target:
Technical-level, Healthcare IT professionals
Topic:
You will see how desktops and applications can be delivered as a service to any healthcare user, on any device. Preview features of Citrix XenDesktop 5 and the new concurrent licensing model. Limit to 12 attendees, healthcare only.  Facilitated by RKON Lead Architects.

Lab Location

RKON Lab
820 W. Jackson, Ste. 550
Chicago, IL 60607
312.654.0300

VDI in Healthcare Workshop: Presented by RKON Labs

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Sign Up for an exclusive VDI Workshop for healthcare IT professionals.

Healthcare challenges such as delivering EMR, compliance, and managing the proliferation of mobile devices have sparked a great deal of interest in VDI.  RKON is hosting a one-day event to share common healthcare experiences as well as our own best practices from VDI integrations with a group of healthcare-only IT professionals.  The day will begin with whiteboard design session targeted at Architects, and end with a hands-on lab targeted for administrators.

Schedule

Thursday, May 19—Sign Up
Thursday, June 16—Sign Up

Sessions

Session 1: VDI in Healthcare: Whiteboard Design Workshop
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Breakfast included
Target: Architect-level, Strategic design professionals
Topic: Implementation and design experts will build VDI architectures and share best practices for server, storage, network, integration, remote access, and security. We will cover clinician workflows that integrate tap-n-go solutions, smartcards, kiosk stations, and location/context awareness.
Limit to 12 attendees, healthcare only. Facilitated by RKON Lead Architects.

Session 2: VDI in Healthcare: Technical, Hands-on Demo
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch included
Target: Technical-level, Healthcare IT professionals
Topic: See how desktops and applications can be delivered as a service to any healthcare user, on any device. Preview features of Citrix XenDesktop 5 and the new concurrent licensing model. We will demo clinician workflows and other common use cases in healthcare.
Limit to 12 attendees, healthcare only. Facilitated by RKON Lead Architects.

Lab Location

RKON Lab
820 W. Jackson, Ste. 550
Chicago, IL 60607
312.654.0300
solutions@rkon.com

Learn more about RKON Virtual Desktop Solutions.

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RKON Attends Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Annual Conference

Date of Event: Sunday, February 20, 2011

RKON Attends the HIMSS Annual Conference: Transforming Healthcare Through IT at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida at the end of February. Read More.