IT support is critical for smaller hospital and healthcare providers facing major challenges in delivering care and sourcing necessary equipment. Tom Stafford, chief technology officer for CDW Healthcare and former CIO of Halifax Health, recently hosted a panel discussion detailing what healthcare leaders are doing to prepare for business disruptions as a result of the current health crisis. This discussion featured health system directors, along with practice leads from CDW Healthcare.

Healthcare is facing unprecedented challenges in delivering care right now. IT support is key as hospitals and care providers grapple with evolving threats and difficulties in sourcing necessary equipment. Tom Stafford, chief technology officer for CDW Healthcare and former CIO of Halifax Health, recently hosted a panel discussion detailing what healthcare CIOs and directors are doing to prepare for business disruptions as a result of the current health crisis. This discussion featured current and former health system CIOs and directors, along with practice leads from CDW Healthcare.

If your organization has made the strategic decision to enable Microsoft Teams, it is your job to accomplish this task while limiting the impact to end users, and also creating a path that will provide the best adoption and user experience possible.

The following are eight important things for you to consider as you start building your project plan for the move to the Microsoft Teams platform.

Maintaining business continuity is mission critical for organizations right now. Being able to securely and effectively collaborate with end users is often the cornerstone of meeting your business and operations objectives. CDW has helped many customers optimize a successful work-from-home strategy, and we’re well-positioned to assist with and meet your organization’s unique needs.

Watch the video for insights from CDW experts who provide answers around enabling a remote workforce.

When it comes to working from home, for many organizations, user devices and network connectivity are top-of-mind concerns. And while that makes sense, there are certainly other considerations.

Like everything else IT-related, there are aspects of security that need to be minded when rolling out WFH capabilities. Security is an important factor as workers start using their own PCs or buying a new PC if they couldn’t source one through their work.

Winston Churchill once said, “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us.”

I always keep this quote in mind when working with school districts on modern learning environments that bring together devices, audiovisual tools and flexible furniture to foster collaboration and student-centered learning. Through our Blueprint to Design™ program, CDW helps schools with each step of a modern technology implementation, and I’m on many consultation calls with educators. They bring great passion and ideas to these conversations, but it occurred to me that the process would be even more effective if educators asked themselves a few key questions first.