Red Hat Helps Intermountain Healthcare Digitally Transform with Modernized Infrastructure and IT Automation
Healthcare system replaces proprietary legacy solutions with modern,
open source infrastructure
RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Intermountain Healthcare is using Red
Hat solutions to help the company transform its existing infrastructure
by migrating services from a proprietary platform to an open source Red
Hat stack. By implementing Red Hat platforms, Intermountain Healthcare
is moving towards a more streamlined and modern IT environment offering
enterprise-wide IT automation and on-demand services, enabling them to
do more while decreasing complexity.
A not-for-profit health system, Intermountain Healthcare provides a
broad range of services throughout Utah and southeastern Idaho. Based in
Salt Lake City, the organization is comprised of 22 hospitals and nearly
1,500 primary and secondary care physicians at more than 180 clinics
within the Intermountain Medical Group. Connecting this extensive
network of physicians, facilities and patient data is no easy feat, and
Intermountain was faced with managing an increasingly complex IT
environment, delaying service delivery and raising operational costs.
Rather than continue on with expensive, complex legacy tools,
Intermountain’s IT team sought to transition to an open source
infrastructure, which provides capabilities that not only support its
existing needs, but can give them the flexibility to address future
requirements without vendor lock-in.
As part of the Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure suite of integrated
solutions, Intermountain implemented Red Hat Virtualization to increase
scalability of their infrastructure, increase cross-platform
capabilities, help increase performance, and help provide return on
investment faster than equivalent proprietary solutions. A Red Hat
implementation helped address Intermountain’s needs from both a cost and
operational perspective, including its management of both Red Hat
Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows environments. Red Hat Consulting
assisted Intermountain nearly every step of the way, from the
development of the initial proof-of-concept and the end-state
architecture. Red Hat Consulting also assisted in the knowledge
transfer, so Intermountain was able to take command more easily of its
new, open IT environment.
Supporting Quotes
Joe Fitzgerald, vice president,
Management, Red Hat
“Intermountain Healthcare is an excellent
example of an enterprise automating its IT operations and embracing
innovative, open source solutions. As healthcare becomes increasingly
competitive, organizations like Intermountain Healthcare are using
innovative open source technologies to help deliver new services while
reducing costs. Red Hat is excited to be Intermountain’s technology
partner as the organization continues its digital transformation.”
Bret Lawson, director, Infrastructure & Operations, Intermountain
Healthcare
"As we look to the future, it was imperative that we
be able to bring IT automation to all aspects of our business, and that
our infrastructure was flexible enough to do so. After many
considerations, an open source environment (such as Red Hat) was the
best option to support our needs, and help streamline operations and
reduce costs.”
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