NetScout Joins HIMSS to Provide Superior Health through Information
Technology
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 5, 2015--
NetScout
Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTCT), today announced that the company joins
the HIMSS Innovation Center in Cleveland, Ohio, as a new Industry-level
Collaborator demonstrating its impact and value to health IT
professionals. The first of its kind, this year-round facility fosters
collaborative testing and demonstration of how state-of-the-art
interoperable systems improve the quality and efficiency of care for
patients and communities.
"As the market leader in service assurance to the healthcare
marketplace, NetScout is extremely excited about this collaboration with
HIMSS and the Global Center of Health Innovation," says Tom Raimondi
Jr., vice president, enterprise business operations, NetScout Systems,
Inc. "The HIMSS Innovation Center is the only location in the world
where vendors can validate – with other industry vendors – how their
health IT solutions simply and seamlessly integrate and operate with
emerging technology; and we are thrilled to join a community where all
visitors can experience interactive education about innovation, current
health IT initiatives and the importance of health IT.”
“Leveraging the patented Adaptive Service Intelligence™ (ASI) technology
and the advanced analytics of network traffic data provided by the nGeniusONE®
Service Assurance solution, NetScout is helping healthcare organizations
to manage, monitor and triage mission critical applications and services
including Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Picture Archiving and
Communications services (PACs),” added Raimondi Jr.
The HIMSS Innovation Center is a permanent exhibition of
interoperability where healthcare providers, payers and consumers can
demonstrate secure exchange of patient health information. As an
Industry-level Collaborator, NetScout joins an elite team of innovators
collaborating and facilitating health information exchange, working
together to lead the advancement of health information management by
optimizing the use of technology.
The NetScout mission is to ensure the delivery of exceptional services
and is teamed with the highest caliber of healthcare IT professionals in
the market. Visitors to the HIMSS Innovation Center can take part in an
interactive learning experience where they can simulate clinical
scenarios about how health information technologies can improve patient
care.
“The HIMSS Innovation Center brings together industry organizations that
understand and advance the value of health IT through their respective
products and services. Now, as an Industry-level Collaborator, NetScout
brings its network data analytics expertise to the HIMSS Innovation
Center and the Technology Showcase to improve health with IT so that
patients receive consistent, quality care,” said Joyce Sensmeier, MS,
RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN, vice president, informatics, HIMSS North
America.
The HIMSS Innovation Center is a completely neutral environment, where
all stakeholders converge. Healthcare vendors receive global visibility
as their technologies collaborate to elevate the quality and efficiency
of care for patients and their communities, and make care better, safer,
more cost effective and accessible to all.
About HIMSS Innovation Center
The HIMSS Innovation Center opened in October 2013 as part of the Global
Center for Health Innovation. As the only physical and virtual,
state-of-the-art, testing, exhibition and conference facility that
displays the future of health and healthcare is adjacent to the
Cleveland Convention Center, a premier location that attracts healthcare
providers year-round.
About NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTCT) is the market leader in service
assurance solutions that enable enterprise and service provider
organizations to assure the quality of the user experience for business
and mobile services. NetScout technology helps these organizations
proactively manage service delivery and identify emerging performance
problems, helping to quickly resolve issues that cause business
disruptions or negatively impact users of information technology.
NetScout, nGeniusOne are registered trademarks, and Adaptive Session
Intelligence is a trademark of NetScout Systems, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: NetScout Systems, Inc.
NetScout Systems, Inc.
Donna Candelori, +1-408-571-5226
donna.candelori@netscout.com
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