Nebraska Medicine is the most esteemed academic health system in the region, consisting of 665 licensed beds at its two hospitals, more than 1,000 physicians and 40 specialty and primary care clinics in Omaha and surrounding areas. As part of an ongoing program to be a leader in providing Epic Community Connect in the region, Nebraska Medicine were challenged to offer a platform that would be stable, automated, agile and secure.

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Learning Objectives:

• Microsegmentation reduced the attack surface of Epic by decreasing the number of open ports they had by 95% (from close to 3 million open ports to less than 500)
• The ROI associated with this implementation is estimated at more than $30M.

Brian Lancaster, CIO, Nebraska Medicine
Christopher Logan, Sr Healthcare Business Strategist, VMware