One of my favorite clients came to me with a rather special and urgent need. ImageBEAM has been managing the on-line presence of
Stemedica Cell Technologies Inc for nearly two years now. This has involved the creation of numerous web sites to allow the company to share what it is doing in the area of developing breakthrough Stem Cell treatment products to be used on clinical studies and research throughout the world.
An important aspect of this work is the collection and dissemination of critical patient progress information - many times in the form of patient progress videos. This information is confidential - but needs to be shared with authorized staff and partners on a world-wide basis.
In the past Stemedica has shared this information by creating DVD's of these videos which are then shipped around the world. As their progress on their clinical trials and research is accelerating a new approach to handle this process was needed - with the following features;
- Allow for rapid distribution of videos.
Stemedica wanted to find a way to have immediate access to the videos - rather than relying upon mailing physical DVD's - It has to be secure.
The videos feature proprietary and confidential patient information - and as such they need to be protected by password and encryption - Videos can be updated / replaced as needed.
The information shared in these videos is constantly being updated. The system had to be flexible enough to allow the content to be easily updated.
With those requirements Stemedica turned to ImageBEAM for a solution.
Over just a few days we had designed and implemented a custom Video Portal solution based upon a combination of Windows Sharepoint Services and Windows Media Server from Microsoft. The solution allows the videos to be posted rapidly with tight security in place allowing item-level security. Individual users of the portal may be given or denied access to any particular videos.
The client is of course delighted with the solution.
Labels: Intranet, Portal, rich media, Sharepoint, video