Alternative to PCs nets medical group nearly $200,000 annual savings.
Tennessee providers save big with thin-client technology. Holston Medical Group in Kingsport, TN, decided to implement electronic medical records, but quickly realized how expensive purchasing and maintaining 400 PCs would be. But the group's astute IT director came up with a cost-effective solution that performs all needed functions at a fraction of the cost of PCs.
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