Technology assets across data centers, IT closets, and networks within hospital systems ensure the seamless delivery of critical medical services, patient care, and administrative operations. These assets enable electronic health records, diagnostic tools, telemedicine, and more.
However, with the ever-increasing scope of healthcare technology and volume of sensitive patient data, hospital IT environments have become complex and difficult to manage.
As a leader in second-generation Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software, we have the privilege of engaging with many hospital system data center managers and listening to their unique challenges.
We hear that the most common challenges of managing hospital systems’ technology assets are:
- Sprawling IDF/MDF estates
- Mission-critical operations that require high uptime
- Owner-operated data centers with high security requirements
- Mergers, consolidation, and expansion
- Too much manual effort due to lack of automation via system integration
While these hurdles are substantial, we have seen many customers overcome them by leveraging the right tools, information, and processes.
In this eBook, we have compiled five tips for managing hospital technology assets.