University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to Improve Patient Care With IBM Storage Solutions

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center to Improve Patient Care With IBM Storage Solutions

IBM today announced that the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has completed the first stage of a massive technology infrastructure overhaul that includes the installation of IBM’s breakthrough enterprise and midrange storage systems.

The latest information on demand storage infrastructure builds on UPMC’s current electronic health record strategy and is designed to play a significant role in improving the quality of patient care, increasing IT resource capacity, improving data reliability and further reducing administration costs.

UPMC, a five billion-dollar organization, is the premier health system in western Pennsylvania and one of the most renowned academic medical centers in the United States, employing 40,000 people, comprising 19 hospitals and a network of other care sites. UPMC previously relied on an HP-based storage network, but needed a comprehensive storage solution that would consolidate its technology infrastructure.

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