Mainframe software links 3270 terminals to new lab system, avoids $60,000+ investment in PCs

Carilion Health Systems' patient care practitioners use existing 3270 terminals. The organization implemented an AIX-based lab application, Flexilab, on an RS/6000 that the practitioners needed access to, but mainframe 3270 terminals are incapable of accessing applications on an RS/6000. Carili...

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Published in:Health management technology 1998-07, Vol.19 (8), p.42
Main Author: Krell, James M
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Advantages
Case studies
Computer terminals
Cost control
Cost reduction
Hospital systems
Laboratories
Mainframes
Software
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Summary:Carilion Health Systems' patient care practitioners use existing 3270 terminals. The organization implemented an AIX-based lab application, Flexilab, on an RS/6000 that the practitioners needed access to, but mainframe 3270 terminals are incapable of accessing applications on an RS/6000. Carilion implemented Teubner and Associates' A-Net product. Benefits of the move include cost avoidance of about $62,500 from not having to purchase PCs to access the lab application.
ISSN:1074-4770