In an era of tightening budgets, escalating cyber threats, and stricter compliance mandates, strategic healthcare leaders are rethinking how they deliver critical applications, like Epic and others, to staff and business partners. This whitepaper provides a strategic analysis of three application and desktop delivery models:
Windows PCs (thick clients) with Local Epic Install
Windows PCs with Epic via a virtual application delivery platform
Thin Clients with Epic via Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
We explore these models through the lenses of cost efficiency, risk mitigation & recovery, operational flexibility, and staffing impact. Real-world data and case studies are included and ground the analysis in evidence.