Case Study: De Tjongerschans Hospital achieves secure, simplified, anywhere access to apps and patient data with Citrix

Dutch hospital simplifies IT with Citrix Networking

De Tjongerschans Hospital in Heerenveen, Netherlands, serves about 120,000 residents with 1,200 staff and faced slow, fragmented access to multiple portals containing confidential patient data. IT head Wiebrand Hoeksma needed a simpler, more secure way for clinicians and staff to reach apps and records without juggling multiple logins or waiting for specific workstations.

The hospital deployed Citrix XenApp to centralize apps and data, Citrix NetScaler Unified Gateway for single sign‑on and multi‑factor authentication, and NetScaler ADC for load balancing, with XenDesktop for power users. The result: staff gain fast, anywhere access to the tools they need with one secure login, improved system performance and protection of patient data, and a more future‑proof, manageable IT environment.

De Tjongerschans Hospital

Wiebrand Hoeksma

Head of IT