- To standardize on one system across a large region in all facilities

- To share capital costs for new IT systems across multiple organizations

- To manage medical informatics data regionally

- To provide authorized care workers from partner organizations with patient information

- To adopt a system that easily adapts to ongoing changes in staff and technology

- Deliver “Software as a Service” to any browser on any PC or Mac, anywhere

- Provide images/patient records to remote physicians for consultation

- Perform remote clinical diagnostics through a virtual desktop, from anywhere

- Access systems, applications and documents(Management/Physicians)

- Get up and running within minutes (clientless)

- See only the systems, applications and documents each user needs (e.g., department specific)