Healthcare Excellence
Customer Background
Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), a leading not-for-profit health care organization, is the largest and most comprehensive integrated health care network in New Jersey. HMH offers a full range of medical services, innovative research, and life-enhancing care across its extensive network.
With 18 hospitals, HMH includes more than 36,000 team members, 7,000 physicians, and 500+ patient care locations. These locations range from ambulatory care centers, surgery centers, and home health services to long-term care and assisted living communities, ambulance services, air medical transportation, urgent care centers, physician practices, and a fitness and wellness center.
Transforming Care
Hackensack Meridian Health
With over 177,000 patient admissions and 2,058,000 outpatient visits annually, Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) invests in areas that transform care for the communities it serves.
In 2012, InsiteOne was installed as the primary Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) for Meridian Health in New Jersey. With the formation of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) in 2016, following a merger between Hackensack University Medical Center and Meridian Health, InsiteOne’s role expanded significantly.
HMH is the largest healthcare provider in New Jersey, and with its academic affiliations, operates teaching programs across its hospitals. This growth continued with the acquisition of JFK Medical Center in Edison, integrating even more facilities into the network.
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Data Management Strategy
HMH partnered with InsiteOne to streamline and centralize data management,
ensuring efficient, scalable solutions across multiple PACS vendors
for optimal healthcare service delivery.
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The Challenge
Following the merger, Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) needed to consolidate its radiology archives into a centralized system using Fuji PACS while migrating data from various PACS vendors, including Agfa, Merge, GE, and Philips. This extensive consolidation ensured a streamlined and unified approach to radiology data management. Additionally, HMH required a method to incorporate Cardiology PACS into a centralized archive, and InsiteOne collaborated with HMH to develop a more comprehensive centralized data management strategy.
The Solution
InsiteOne provided Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) with a consistent and measurable fee structure for storing all imaging data. By leveraging bi-coastal private data centers, HMH benefits from robust data storage solutions that ensure high availability and disaster recovery capabilities. Currently, the volume of studies being archived is an impressive 2.5 million per year, originating from a wide array of departmental systems, including Radiology PACS, Cardiology PACS, and Surgical Pathology.
The Implementation
Over the past 12 years, InsiteOne has demonstrated its commitment to maintaining and upgrading the on-premises systems seamlessly. Through multiple technology improvements, InsiteOne has ensured that Hackensack Meridian Health’s (HMH) data storage infrastructure remains cutting-edge and capable of efficiently handling the increasing demands of a growing healthcare network.
In Healthcare, Evolution is Continuous
The Results
InsiteOne’s partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) highlights its capability to deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative data management solutions to large healthcare networks. Through seamless integration, regular upgrades, smooth transitions to cloud-based storage, and comprehensive disaster recovery solutions, InsiteOne has been instrumental in supporting HMH’s growth and operational efficiency. As HMH continues to expand and innovate, InsiteOne remains a trusted partner, offering the tools and support needed to manage the vast and evolving data demands of Hackensack Meridian Health.
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