Gantec has been in the business of providing health care information systems support since 1996. During that time we have supported hospitals and physician practices in the U.S. and Canada upgrade their systems to become Y2K and HIPAA compliant.  We’ve built a skilled team, developed competitive products, and selected cost-effective suppliers to allow our clients to adopt the latest technology while dramatically lowering their operating costs.  According to Gartner's Total Cost of Ownership model, our breakthrough approach of running existing clinical applications in common web browsers will save up to 40%.

Hospital Information Systems

Large world-class health care organizations have dozens of clinical systems interfaced with HL7 admission transfer and discharge messages. The ultimate challenge is keeping all of these client-server applications working together on the same desktop.  Typically, updates from one vendor overlay Windows DLL files from another.  It becomes a puzzle to see which versions work together.  Also, with each version upgrade, more powerful desktop computers are required to handle the memory and disk storage needs.  The upgrade cycle becomes an incessant cost spiral.  Is there a better way?  Of course!  Hosted applications on Citrix Nfuse servers provides strategic benefits:

	Centralized support eliminates the need to load application upgrades on individual desktops.
	Running the application in a web browser eliminates desktop hardware upgrades.
	Isolation of DLL files prevents upgrades from one application from affecting another.
	Low-cost thin-client Winterms can replace workstations.
	Software encryption is HIPAA compliant.
	In combination, the Total Cost of Ownership over five years may be reduced by 40%.

Example of clinical applications hosted on Citrix servers:

Physicians Practice Management Software

A typical medical practice spends tens of thousands of dollars to install a client-server software application and then 30% annually for support.  With mounting pressure by managed care organizations to reduce costs, why not take advantage of these cost-saving services from Gantec:  

	No expensive software to purchase!  Instead, we rent powerful browser-based practice management software from HeathNautica (currently $100 per doctor per month).
	Browser-based practice management application eliminates desktop hardware upgrades.
	Low-cost thin-client Winterms can replace workstations.
	Centralized support eliminates the need to load software upgrades on individual workstations.
	Centralized daily backup of your data eliminates this chore.
	Free electronic claims processing.
	We connect your office computers to the secure servers in HealthNautica’s data center with Concentric DSL (currently $100 per month).  A side benefit of this connection is your office will have an always-on Internet connection with e-mail and web browsing.
	Software encryption is HIPAA compliant.
	In combination, the Total Cost of Ownership over five years may be reduced by 40%.