InstallFree Rolls Out Electronic Medical Records (EMR) System at Pentucket Medical Using Application Virtualization and SaaS Delivery

IT Services Partner, Global Data Systems, Uses InstallFree Application
Virtualization to Deliver GE Healthcare`s Centricity EMR to Pentucket Medical
STAMFORD, Conn.--(Business Wire)--
InstallFree, Inc., developer of platform application virtualization solutions
for enterprise desktop environments, today announced the completion of the
InstallFree Bridge rollout at Pentucket Medical Associates, a leading
multi-specialty medical group practice, with over 400 medical professionals and
staff serving patients in five outpatient facilities in Massachusetts. The
Pentucket system delivers GE Healthcare`s Centricity EMRas a virtual application
from hosted IT services at Global Data Systems Inc. (GDS), an InstallFree IT
Services partner. The system securely delivers patient records to office
desktops, mobile laptops, and tablet PCs of Pentucket clinicians whenever logged
on to the domain. Test results import directly into a patient`s EMR, providing
the most current information to support complete diagnostic assessment and
delivery of consistent quality service.

"Pentucket Medical adheres to three service components: medical skills, customer
service, and technology," said Ruth Pothier, CIO at Pentucket Medical. "We chose
InstallFree`s virtualization as an IT strategy to give our medical staff the
best EMR technology with streamlined management, having just four IT staff. We
elected GDS for hosted services to lower our capital investment and avoid the
ongoing expense of terminal server and system upgrades. This particular SaaS
infrastructure, especially with virtualization, is much more efficient and
affordable for Pentucket`s physicians. Now with a 30 minute or less rollout of
PACs and EMR software to the end point-without service calls-we have a scalable,
reliable and easily managed implementation that is secure, compliant, and
extremely cost effective. It was absolutely the right investment."

Applications are rolled out via the InstallFree Bridge to a virtual desktop on
the domain. When users log in to the domain, they receive fully deployed virtual
applications and configurations, which remain constant no matter where they
access remotely. Deployments and updates can be made offline, and become active
at the next log on. In this way, users can seamlessly move between different
versions of operating systems.

Pentucket Medical also saved thousands in unnecessary license fees with
InstallFree because it links the application configuration to user and
machine-recognizing a single license when specialists log in at the office, and
then walk to the test center and log in again on a tablet PC. System visibility
down to the user configuration level is vital to saving costs through accurate
application and license inventory.

"GDS selected InstallFree for our hosted SaaS customers to help them reduce the
cost and complexity of application management in order to accelerate the process
for achieving compliance with HIPPA security and OMB regulatory initiatives,"
said Shane Gunn, VP of Healthcare Services at GDS. "The encryption capability of
InstallFree, even when offline, was a driving factor for its adoption. EMR as an
outsourced solution gives the hosted service the ability to package a
specialized application correctly. EMR deployed in-house is expensive to
maintain, and there are not enough IT specialists who know how. For a medical
practice, even of Pentucket`s large size, hosted services keep the
implementation and maintenance costs affordable. It also frees capital to
purchase diagnostic equipment, so practices can add profitable service centers.
Using InstallFree, and putting the infrastructure in the Cloud as a service over
the Web, is a sound business model as medical groups advance to meet the 2014
mandated deadline to complete EMR implementation."

With the completed roll out of Pentucket Medical`s EMR, the medical staff has
touch points to the patient record throughout the entire system. All Pentucket
Medical physicians have access to their patient`s Merrimack Valley Hospital
laboratory, radiology and departmental information through integration with the
Pentucket interface. Now, from exam room, to diagnostic center, to hospital, a
fluid view of a patient`s up-to-date record is immediately available.

"InstallFree is proud to be selected for Pentucket Medical`s EMR system. With
one of the most advanced service centers in New England, their reputation for
excellence is a strong validation for our virtualization technology," said Yori
Gaby, CEO at InstallFree. "We developed our product because virtualization lets
IT serve the business. We do this by making InstallFree user centric, by design.
IT services get the highest level of innovative virtualization infrastructure,
knowledge and expertise built into InstallFree technology-and the benefit flows
to the user. At Pentucket, that translates to excellent patient care."

About Pentucket Medical

For over forty years Pentucket Medical has been providing extraordinary health
care to the residents of the Merrimack Valley in the bi-state region of New
Hampshire and Massachusetts. With the latest in diagnostics, technology, and
research, the services offer unparalleled acute, chronic, and wellness care to
patients. The primary care and specialty teams include over 400 dedicated
physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and clinical and
administrative support staff.

In addition, as a part of the Partners HealthCare System, the parent
organization of the Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women`s Hospitals,
Pentucket Medical patients have access to two world-renowned medical facilities
when that level of care is required. Visit Pentucket Medical on the Web at
www.pmaonline.com.

About Install Free

Install Free provides application virtualization software used by enterprises to
lower the cost and complexity of delivering and managing applications while
increasing portability and compatibility of applications. InstallFree stands
alone in offering an approach that requires no infrastructure changes to realize
these benefits. Designed for Users. Built for IT. For more information, visit
www.installfree.com or call (203) 276-1460.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their registered
owners.

InstallFree, Inc.
David Karofsky, 508-875-7751
Vice President Marketing
david@installfree.com
or
Quatrain Public Relations
Kaye McKinzie, 415-927-7365
kaye@quatrainpr.com

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