Microsoft Office 365 Customer Solution Case Study Healthcare Provider Chooses Office 365 to Meet Compliance Needs, Boost Communications “With Office 365, Microsoft could meet all of our Overview Country or Region: United States security requirements in addition to our needs for Industry: Healthcare regulatory and legal compliance.” Customer Profile Charles Wardrip, Vice President of Information Technology and Infrastructure Services, With approximately 76,000 employees, Kindred Healthcare Kindred Healthcare is one of the largest diversified providers of post-acute care services in the United States. Business Situation When Kindred Healthcare acquired RehabCare and its therapists Following an acquisition, Kindred gained who used mobile devices to access their Gmail accounts, it faced 22,000 mobile employees who used Gmail, and the company sought the best a dilemma. Kindred needed a mobility solution to support solution to integrate them into its employees who worked in hospitals and clinics, but didn’t want communication infrastructure. to support multiple email systems. Kindred began to evaluate Solution alternative cloud-based email solutions and chose Microsoft Kindred chose Microsoft Office 365 because it provided the security and Office 365 for its security and compliance capabilities and for its compliance capabilities that the company potential to boost employee collaboration. The company worked required and could be deployed as a hybrid solution with its existing Microsoft with Microsoft Cloud Vantage Services to help it deploy Office Exchange Server 2013 solution. 365 for 22,000 therapists, providing them with email, instant Benefits messaging, and collaboration capabilities. It also improved Improve communications communications, which helps the company strengthen its Enable growth Facilitate support corporate culture and deliver better patient care. Reduce administration
Microsoft Office 365 Customer Solution Case Study Healthcare Provider Chooses Office 365 to Meet Compliance Needs, Boost Communications Overview Country or Region: United States Industry: Healthcare Customer Profile With approximately 76,000 employees, Kindred Healthcare is one of the largest diversified providers of post-acute care services in the United States. Business Situation Following an acquisition, Kindred gained 22,000 mobile employees who used Gmail, and the company sought the best solution to integrate them into its communication infrastructure. Solution Kindred chose Microsoft Office 365 because it provided the security and compliance capabilities that the company required and could be deployed as a hybrid solution with its existing Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 solution. Benefits Improve communications Enable growth Facilitate support Reduce administration “With Office 365, Microsoft could meet all of our security requirements in addition to our needs for regulatory and legal compliance.” Charles Wardrip, Vice President of Information Technology and Infrastructure Services, Kindred Healthcare When Kindred Healthcare acquired RehabCare and its therapists who used mobile devices to access their Gmail accounts, it faced a dilemma. Kindred needed a mobility solution to support employees who worked in hospitals and clinics, but didn’t want to support multiple email systems. Kindred began to evaluate alternative cloud-based email solutions and chose Microsoft Office 365 for its security and compliance capabilities and for its potential to boost employee collaboration. The company worked with Microsoft Cloud Vantage Services to help it deploy Office 365 for 22,000 therapists, providing them with email, instant messaging, and collaboration capabilities. It also improved communications, which helps the company strengthen its corporate culture and deliver better patient care.