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Understanding ASPs
By Carol S. Miller; RN, MBA
An Application Service Provider (ASP) enables healthcare organizations to run complex software programs or applications on remote servers that can be accessed from numerous sites and by numerous devices. By installing and maintaining central, instead of on-site services, ASPs reduce the complexity, time, resources, hardware requirements, technical support, cost of installing and distributing upgraded software (done by ASP at its host site), and cost involved in application management. In addition, ASPs provide the physician a means of low cost entry to new applications in a very short timeframe. Upgrades are quickly deployed and healthcare organizations or medical offices can experience affordable and secure business critical applications. Most ASP services are billed on a per use basis or monthly annual fee. An example of an ASP is NextGen, an Internet based enterprise and a real-time practice management system that includes an electronic medical record, appointment scheduling, connectivity with hand-held solutions and patient indexes.
Reverse ASPs in Healthcare
Healthblocks (www.healthblocks.com) coined the term “reverse ASP” to signify that as an ASP, it provides unique solutions through the Healthblocks eSite, tailored to the situations and circumstances that face healthcare organizations and care givers on a daily basis. More formally, a reverse ASP deploys through portals, hosts and manages access to medical applications that offices, in a single, seamless manner, can view a patient’s clinical information. The applications are delivered over networks on a subscription basis and the reverse ASP remotely manages the packaged application over a network. The following benefits are achieved in this model:
- Hardware/software located on recipient’s facility can connect disparate facilities
- User names/passwords are located on-site with extensive integration with legacy systems
- Existing clinical data remains on-site without danger of lost data
- Connectivity to ASP solutions is not dependent upon an ISP
Assessment
A reverse ASP model provides physicians, nurses, allied healthcare providers and related personnel with rapid access to confidential clinical patient information. It can also benefit and help extend the reach and usefulness of third-party e-health solutions in a cost-effective manner.
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