[THIN] Cerner Millenium Implementation

Hi all,

 

I'm a newbie to this list, so bear with me if not asking or presenting
the right information.

 

We are a large health organization in Western Canada (BC), and currently
have a Metaframe XPe farm that is hosting around twenty clinical,
financial, and business productivity apps.

 

We are about to undertake a large clinical information systems overhaul,
using Cerner's Millenium software and have procured additional hardware
and licensing for this purpose (details of new and existing farms
below). The clinical applications that Cerner is providing will be in
addition to existing clinical applications currently published.

 

We will most likely build a separate farm for this install. It remains
to be seen whether we use existing build architecture/process (ie. XPe
on Win2K), or build from the ground up with Pres Server 4 + Win2K3.

 

We are also very interested in the potential of implementing Password
Manager into the Cerner environment, to ease the burden on the
clinicians, as well as to automate enforcement of security policy, etc.

 

I'm very interested in hearing any comments you might have re: similar
type implementations or installations, including any directions,
"gotchas" , glitches, must-haves, etc. 

 

Cerner is strongly recommending the use of a product called WTSLocation,
which they claim will aid in directing printing and user profile
directory management. Any comments on this product and its need?

 

Existing Farm

Metaframe XPe SP3/FR3

Windows 2000 SP3 (I know, I know...testing migration to 2000 SP4 or 2003
now!)

12 HP ProLiant DL360 G2/G3s

350 Concurrent User Licenses

            (Peaks at 250 users currently)

 

New Farm

Metaframe version to be decided

Windows 2003

13 HP ProLiant DL360 G4s

300 Concurrent User Licenses

            (Future expansions to 1000+ are planned)

 

Thanks for taking the time to comment...

 

James Uhrich

Senior Technical Analyst

Information Systems & Technologies

Northern Health Authority

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