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Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl Case study

Secure storage for patient health records Landeskrankenhaus Hochzirl is an Austrian state hospital specialising in neurological care. Managed by the Tyrol Kliniken GmbH, the hospital has 200 beds spread over five departments. The Post-Trauma Neurorehabilitation Department, directed by Professor Leopold Saltuari, needed a digital preservation solution for patient health care records.

CHALLENGE

Medical records and images are incredibly important and sensitive files to store.

Health data also needs to be stored for a long period of time—the life of the patient and beyond for health archival purposes. This can be well over 100 years.

Keeping data accessible is also critically important, allow ing for reassessment and analysis against changing data sets