across 10 states in the US Southeast
supported in the field by a lean technology team
corporate desktop delivered to any device via Island
Meet Health Connect America
Launched in 2006, Health Connect America started out as an in-home therapy business based just outside Memphis, Tennessee. Today, the company has no fewer than 105 offices in 10 states covering the entire Southeast of the US, based out of Franklin, Tennessee. It serves a diverse clientele focusing on those who require mental health interventions and support services, with a core mission to empower both families and individuals to lead more balanced, fulfilling lives.
Health Connect America has taken a cloud-first and SaaS-first approach, with no data centres or server rooms. The focus was not on building a technology organisation, but instead on building a support network aimed at helping clinicians on the ground first and foremost.
Delivering the desktop on the enterprise browser
Health Connect America's small technology team has a tough job on its hands when it comes to supporting more than 2,400 clinicians in the field. A lot of this boils down to automation of manual tasks, allowing clinicians to spend more time in therapeutic sessions with their clients.
CIO Shannon Shirk points to Island, which has become Health Connect America's virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solution. As a fully secure enterprise browser, Island allows Shirk and his team to roll out the organisation's entire corporate desktop to any device at a fraction of the cost of a traditional VDI solution.
"It's a real bleeding edge opportunity in the virtual desktop space. Island is new in the market, but we're really happy with our partnership and their ability to scale." — Shannon Shirk, CIO
It's a real bleeding edge opportunity in the virtual desktop space. Island is new in the market, but we're really happy with our partnership and their ability to scale.