And once you do, how do ensure that it fits in seamlessly with physician’s workflow—all while ensuring the security of the sensitive data that’s involved?

These are questions PDS is helping Dean Clinic answer, as the two develop a strategy that will take the provider further into the future of healthcare IT.

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While physicians, nurses and administrators are focused on patient safety, satisfaction and health, healthcare IT departments have another definition of risk.

To them, it’s about data security, redundant backups, network or phone connections and old machine replacement—and doing it all on a limited budget and an even more limited time frame.

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While many schools districts across America are battling with students and parents about keeping personal mobile devices out of the classroom, Janesville schools see an opportunity. Students are actually encouraged to bring their mobile devices to school.

By leveraging the high access and reliability of cloud technology, the Janesville School District is transforming the way students learn, both in the classroom and at home.

Janesville’s balanced vision of what is available today and what is coming down the road has put them on the leading edge of technology-enhanced education.

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For students across West Aurora School District No. 129, the dog-ate-my-homework excuse is in its death throes.

That’s because as the Aurora, Illinois, district edges closer to offering an iPad to each of its 12,700 students, opens a new data center hosting the school’s critical information, and encourages teachers and students to work in cloud-based applications like Dropbox, assignments are increasingly paperless.

These aggressive technological advancements by West Aurora’s IT officials are just a few signs of how the future of education is unfolding each day inside the classrooms of the diverse district.

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At the center of Veolia’s technological convergence is PDS, who is helping the company transition to the cloud.

Veolia’s partnership with PDS has meant an IT department that is leaner and more efficient. Integrating new users into their cloud-based system is more seamless and faster. And the company’s computing prices, once rising, are now beginning to decline.

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May 29, 2013
Crowne Plaza, Plymouth, MN

The HIMSS MN Chapter is excited to announce its annual Spring conference!  This year’s theme is “HIT Innovation in the New Age of Health Care”. There is a full day of educational and informative sessions planned specially for you. The morning session starts with breakfast followed by a panel discussion and keynote speakers. After lunch, six breakout speakers will address topics as diverse as Telemedicine, Health Data exchange standards, applied clinical data analytics, IT and Medication safety.

Register Today!

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June 11-12, 2013

Fluno Center, Madison, WI

The Digital Healthcare Conference 2013 is an exclusive gathering of healthcare leaders to network, learn and innovate. Attendees share insights, compare experiences, and hear engaging presentations from their peers. Now in its eleventh year, DHC brings together experts in healthcare, technology and law to share their knowledge. Attendees learn proven and emerging strategies for improving healthcare delivery and patient safety.

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June 12, 2013 Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN

The CIO Executive Summit provides an exceptional setting for strategic
networking with our peers from the largest organizations in Greater Minneapolis.
Together we will share best practices, glean leadership insights and dive into
the immediate issues facing us all as enterprise CIOs in 2013.

Austin Park, CTO, PDS will serve as a Boardroom Session Moderator.

For more details, visit the event web site.

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June 11-14, 2013
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, San Antonio, TX

The Premier 2013 Breakthroughs Conference brings together many key executives in the healthcare industry. This conference provides a valuable opportunity to interact with physicians, nurses, materials directors, purchasing managers, clinical service line directors, foodservice directors, as well as executives and quality improvement directors – all of whom will come together to explore clinical and operational excellence through innovation and collaboration.

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August 28, 2013 The Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee, WI

The CIO Executive Summit provides an exceptional setting for strategic networking with our peers from the largest organizations in Greater Milwaukee. Together we will share best practices, glean leadership insights and dive into the immediate issues facing us all as enterprise CIOs in 2013.

For more details, visit the event web site.

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