Session Information
ASHE 2011 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning Design and Construction
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Taking Hospital Data Centers Off The Critical List
Track
:
Planning and Design for Technologies
Program Code:
226924
Date:
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Time:
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
EST
Location:
TCC - Room 20-21
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Description
As vital medical technologies increasingly depend on computer-based systems, hospital data centers must accommodate the complex equipment to support them. Remodeling existing data centers to provide sufficient power and cooling for this equipment can be daunting. This presentation will consider problems common to traditional data center upgrades, explore basic "fixes” that are often overlooked, and review the wide range of tools now available to help cool large amounts of heat-producing equipment. This session will enable you to-
• Develop a methodology, based on best practices presented, for identifying ways to upgrade a facility's data center to accommodate high-powered computer equipment for medical IT needs and ensure continuity of care.
• Use a list of pros and cons, based on presented best practices, to assess which of the tools available for upgrading the power and cooling systems in an existing hospital data center are best suited to a particular facility.
• Develop an effective planning and design process, using information from the case study, to facilitate integration of IT systems throughout a facility to support high-quality patient care delivery.
• Create an effective and efficient project team, based on information from the case study, to collaborate to ensure all technology systems in a facility are synergized and can provide a functional, efficient IT system that supports all functions.
• Develop a methodology, based on best practices presented, for identifying ways to upgrade a facility's data center to accommodate high-powered computer equipment for medical IT needs and ensure continuity of care.
• Use a list of pros and cons, based on presented best practices, to assess which of the tools available for upgrading the power and cooling systems in an existing hospital data center are best suited to a particular facility.
• Develop an effective planning and design process, using information from the case study, to facilitate integration of IT systems throughout a facility to support high-quality patient care delivery.
• Create an effective and efficient project team, based on information from the case study, to collaborate to ensure all technology systems in a facility are synergized and can provide a functional, efficient IT system that supports all functions.
LEARNER OUTCOMES:
- Be aware of the many cooling solutions available today, where they are best applied, and the pro's and con's of using them, particularly in "upgrades".
- Identify what can, and cannot, be realistically upgraded in existing Data Centers.
- Spot "Red Flat Alerts" that identify proposed cooling solutions (for both new and renovated Data Centers) that should be questioned, why they are problematic, and how to discuss them with the Engineers.
- Understand the ways in which power is delivered to Data Centers today, and the Operational requirements and performance information necessary to get full value from them.
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