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As the healthcare industry undergoes an evolution from paper and film-based images to digital record keeping, 90% of the largest healthcare systems in the United States have turned to information storage leader EMC Corporation to help enhance patient care by integrating their healthcare data into centralized storage infrastructures. These hospitals use EMC networked storage for their PACS (picture archiving and communications systems), CIS (clinical information systems) and HIS (hospital information systems) solutions. Yale New Haven Health System, the largest and most comprehensive integrated healthcare delivery system in Connecticut, turned to EMC to design and implement its storage area network and business continuity solutions. Mark Andersen, CIO of Yale New Haven, said, "In a clinical information system, reliability is paramount. With 100% of our patient orders placed electronically by physicians, we cannot afford to have our systems down. We chose an EMC SAN because it is the most reliable and cost-effective solution available to serve our complex data storage needs." EMC networked storage systems and software accelerate the diagnosis process at all hospitals—from a regional 100-bed hospital to a major integrated delivery network—by enabling physicians and healthcare decision-makers to have rapid digital access to patient data whenever and wherever they need it. Regulations like HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) require the healthcare industry to secure and protect patient records. The best way to protect these records is to store them digitally. Additionally, the Administrative Simplification Act requires an increasing shift to the electronic processing of health records, therefore mandating hospitals to guarantee that data and information systems are protected. Storing patient data online helps hospitals meet these requirements. "The healthcare enterprise is highly dependent on immediate access to real-time clinical data from the interrelated computing and networking systems," said Mark R. Anderson, CEO and Healthcare IT Futurist for AC Group. "EMC networked storage enables healthcare providers to realize unparalleled access to information, and at the same time EMC continues to drive down cost of ownership in terms of management, backup, downtime, interoperability and time to deployment."