Thanks to Matt Grob for the following Suess-style poem about the power of VDI in Healthcare environments. Read all of the comments and find out more at http://infocus.emc.com/matt_grob/virtual-desktops-in-hospitals-a-tribute-to-dr-seuss/
A long time ago
In a land by the sea
Was a hospital where
The computers were free.
Not for the nurses and not for the lab techs,
Nor for the staff, even those who filled out reqs.
It was for the doctors and the doctors alone
For the hospital knew they had to throw them a bone.
You see doctors can send patients wherever they wish
And the hospital wanted to reel them in like a fish.
So with Stark Laws relaxed and EHRs now in place,
The hospital gave out laptops at a ridiculous pace.
They had to use these laptops since they were locked down;
See, you can’t have patient data just running around.
All these computers
They cost lots of dough
But the doctors didn’t like being
Forced to go with the flow.
Doctors like options,
To do what they choose.
They wanted to pick
The devices they use.
The CIO said No!
You can’t have your way.
I need to keep safe
All the data in play.
If I let you use something
Other than ours,
I cannot protect it
From nefarious powers.
So the doctors, they grumbled
They cursed and complained.
But IT stood their ground
Just as they’d been trained.
Then one day came along
A new software tool.
With the promise of choices
For devices deemed cool.
Virtual desktops
Could safely secure
Any type of device,
Thus keeping it pure.
The CIO announced it
And the docs, they all cheered.
Then they all went shopping
As the live date neared.
They bought iPads and iPhones
They bought ‘Droid-powered tablets.
They bought netbooks and laptops
All loaded with applets.
Now the CIO’s budget
No longer had
To pay for laptops,
And that ain’t so bad.
And the docs they are happy
Using devices they choose.
They don’t even mind paying
Since they like what they use.
IT looked like heroes,
They saved the day.
Until the next time
The docs don’t get their way.
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