HP announced a new healthcare affiliate programme that combines offerings from independent software vendors with hardware from HP so hospitals and healthcare organisations can better deliver cost-effective, efficient and high-quality care.

Members of the HP Healthcare Alliance programme include renowned healthcare providers, such as Quest Diagnostics and its Care360 EHR, Greenway Medical Technologies and Central Logic.

“Through our close collaboration with technology leaders in the Healthcare Alliance programme, HP is providing an easy path for vendors to bring their most innovative healthcare solutions to market with the reliability of HP hardware,” said Chris Mertens, Vice President, Americas Healthcare Practice, Personal Systems Group, HP.

HP will offer customers a wide range of hardware and specialized equipment – such as medical carts, digital signage and clinical reference technology – combined with software from HP Healthcare Alliance program partners.

Some of the collaborative solutions by HP include: MedWeb which runs its picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) viewer on the new HP Slate 2 and its virtual PACS solutions on HP Mobile Workstations. In addition, MedWeb uses HP hardware with its web-based telemedicine solutions to provide integrated medical imaging and consultations for teledermatology, teleophthalmology, teleradiology, telestroke, teledentistry and telewound care.

Status Solutions also uses HP workstations to power its SARA (Situational Awareness and Response Assistant) solution, which allows caregivers to remotely monitor their patients’ vital information and alerts status. SARA enables nurses using the HP TouchSmart 9300 All-in-One business PC at care station endpoints, or physicians on the move with an HP Slate 2, to stay connected with their patients’ well being.