Cisco Cisco IPICS Release 4.6 Guía De Información
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Customer Case Study
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Flexibly Supports Different Emergencies
RI Hospital can use the RESCQ systems in any type of emergency situation, including:
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Pandemic preparation: As directed by the Rhode Island Department of Health and Human Services, RI
Hospital can quickly establish a mini-hospital at a school, using the RESCQ system for voice and data
services.
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Communications outages in care facilities: If a windstorm takes out a hospital or nursing home phone
system, a healthcare worker can re-establish phone and Internet access in less than 30 minutes.
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Search and rescue: When a Rhode Island police officer was missing and believed to be in a rural area that
was out of radio range, Rhode Island provided RESCQ systems for the searchers, who communicated via
satellite with a remote operations center.
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Public-private partnership: Although the RESCQ system was conceived to help the hospital respond to
disasters, Rhode Island Hospital now appreciates that its benefits extend far beyond hospital walls. “Part of
Lifespan’s mission is to improve the health status of the community it serves,” says Palm. “RESCQ systems
support the mission by rapidly establishing vital voice and data services even in the absence of
communications infrastructure.”
Next Steps
RI Hospital has begun an awareness program about the RESCQ system for local, regional, and national first
responders and military organizations throughout the United States. “When we first envisioned this solution, we
thought we would be successful if every hospital had access to rapidly deployable communications,” says
Hemendinger. “Now we realize that the solution can play an important role in global disaster response.”
For More Information
To learn more about Cisco Rapidly Deployable Communications solutions, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/web/strategy/government/rdc.html
To learn more about Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS), visit:
http://www.cisco.com/go/ipics
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