Case Study: Sentara Healthcare achieves 88% faster data access and millions in IT savings with Dell Technologies

Sentara Healthcare modernizes IT to facilitate a patient-centric, data-first, cloud-smart approach with Dell Technologies

Sentara Healthcare, a leading U.S. integrated health system, faced the need to modernize legacy IT to support a patient-centric, value-based care model while improving security, scalability and clinician productivity. To address siloed systems and slow EMR workflows, Sentara engaged Dell Technologies—leveraging a hybrid multi‑cloud strategy including Dell Technologies Cloud (powered by VMware), hyperconverged infrastructure, protected client devices and Dell data protection/storage solutions—to build a more flexible, secure foundation.

Dell Technologies designed and implemented a highly virtualized, automated hybrid‑cloud architecture and operational model that unlocked mobility, improved security with a Zero Trust approach, and streamlined core workloads like medical imaging and EMRs. The results: 88% faster data access, EMR workflows reduced from 15 hours to 2 hours (a 13‑hour improvement), system recoveries measured in minutes, and millions of dollars saved in IT costs—demonstrating Dell Technologies’ measurable impact on performance, efficiency and agility.

Sentara Healthcare

Jeffrey Thomas

Vice President and CTO