ParadigmHealth Deploys IBM Technology

IBM today announced that ParadigmHealth (www.paradigmhealth.com), a provider of disease management services for intensive and clinically complex patients, has deployed more than 200 ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops. The company plans to continue to work with IBM and the new Lenovo to further expand its deployment of ThinkVantage Technologies.

ParadigmHealth is focused on the identification, risk stratification, triage and management of the highest cost and most clinically complex medical events. With an emphasis on continuing to protect patient privacy, ParadigmHealth streamlined its IT infrastructure using ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops.

"IBM's commitment to ParadigmHealth allows our company to concentrate less on the desktops and notebooks of our infrastructure, and instead, focus on further improving our innovative technologies and on-site care management capabilities," said Russell Wong, Senior Director of IT for ParadigmHealth.

In 2002, ParadigmHealth began a pilot deployment of IBM ThinkPad notebooks. Since that time, the durability, functionality and advanced technology of the ThinkPad notebooks have proven themselves, generating loyalty and trust throughout the organization.

All ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktops used by ParadigmHealth are standardized global workhorse models that include IBM's Embedded Security Subsystem, a hardware- and software-based technology solution that can protect company information, including vital security information such as passwords, encryption keys and electronic credentials.

ParadigmHealth is a leading provider of disease management services for intensive and clinically complex patients. The company improves the lives of patients and their families by utilizing their Systematic Care Management(SM) process to lower the medical costs associated with catastrophic, intensive and complex care.