Willis-Knighton manages a network of hospitals, clinics and physicians for the provision of emergency care, women's services, cancer care and pediatric services to patients living in communities surrounding the organization's 13 health center offices. The IT staff at the medical center began to look at desktop virtualization to improve nurses' interaction with desktops. ProfileUnity solved Willis-Knighton's printer management challenge, gave nurses a personalized, familiar "follow me" Windows 7 desktop and managed application delivery in a way that simplified desktop image management and lowered software maintenance costs. The organization also uses FlexApp manages the delivery of the EHR applications delivering only those apps which nurses need based on their roles. Because FlexApp layers applications onto base images, the entire software lifecycle management process is a lot easier.
