Virtualized desktop is also known as client virtualization. With this process, the operating system and data are stored easily on a remote central server in place of local storage in computer terminals. As a result, the devices like notebooks, Smartphones and personal computers can be utilized to gain access to applications, centralized data, processes and programs easily.
In a clinical environment, virtualized desktops can help defeat the two most obstructive features faced by clinicians and physicians to gain access to EHR (Electronic Health Record) systems. These are:
- Reduction in the cost incurred to implement the Electronic Health Record system.
- Reduction in the amount of time spent to access information.
Although, the EHR system is an efficient and complete solution to the problems encountered by healthcare providers to deliver efficient and timely treatments to the patients, the system should be modified to make it better using other technological advances.
Virtualized desktops offer the following solutions in a clinical environment to simplify workflow and make transition smoother into EHR for healthcare treatments.
1. Fewer Login and Logout Processes
Only one login and logout activity in a day can reduce the amount of time consumed and make the process simpler for physicians and clinicians to gain access to the data of hundreds of patients who come in a day. After logging in, the physicians will be able to access data even on mobile devices and can easily log out at the end of the day.
2. Mobile Sessions
After logging in, the staff members such as nurses and others can use the same sessions to gain access to reports, charts and other data. In such cases, the desktops are accessed by the physicians wherever they go. This is a great feature for physicians, nurses and other staff members who access the systems.
3. Consistency of Performance
The server is developed to handle applications that cause problems using virtualized desktop application. It lowers the amount of data processing time and at the same time, stabilizes applications for better work performance.
4. Durability of Sessions
The durability of sessions in an extensive procedure might increase due to the high computing speed and effectiveness of backup systems available with a virtualized desktop facility. In case power goes off, the computer can be easily connected back to another device, and procedures from the same place can be followed.
5. Financial Improvement
These desktops reduce the need to have conventional desktops, which in turn reduces the amount of expenses incurred in maintaining desktop services like electricity bills.
