Case Study: Nebraska Medicine achieves better patient outcomes and $30 million ROI with VMware

Technology Enables Healthcare to Breakthrough and Become Strategic

Nebraska Medicine, the leading academic health system in Omaha, sought to improve patient care while lowering costs and strengthening protection of sensitive EMR data as it expanded services with the University of Nebraska Medical Center. The organization faced rising IT complexity: slow provisioning, open server ports in its Epic environment, and a need to support clinician mobility and secure BYOD without compromising HIPAA compliance.

By implementing a software‑defined data center with VMware technologies (vRealize Suite, NSX, vRealize Network Insight, and Workspace ONE/AirWatch), Nebraska Medicine automated infrastructure delivery, embedded micro‑segmentation for EMR security, and centrally managed 4,000 mobile devices and bedside tablets. The result: virtual machines provisioned in minutes instead of weeks, a 95% reduction in open EMR ports, improved HIPAA posture, stronger clinician mobility and patient engagement, and an estimated $30 million ROI.

Nebraska Medicine

Michael Ash

Chief Transformation Officer