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“Wireless infrastructure was going to play a huge role in the Epic deployment, so we needed an
infrastructure that was highly reliable,” says Torres. “Quality of service was our number one
priority. If we were going to tell our physicians to use the system, it needed to be dependable.
Network Solution
Torres recognized early on in the planning process that the wireless network would hold the key to
the success of the entire Epic rollout. For the new information system to deliver all of the expected
benefits to patients and providers, MemorialCare would need a secure, reliable, and pervasive
wireless network. After considering several wireless technology options, he chose the Cisco
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Unified Wireless Network Solution. MemorialCare had long relied on a Cisco wired network and
Cisco IP communications solutions, and his experience working with Cisco made the choice an
easy one.
“In my mind, Cisco is the standard when it comes to wireless,” says Torres. “The depth of
experience that Cisco has, the ability to deliver on quality of service, as well as the added value
that comes from all of the other companies that they work with to develop solutions for healthcare
providers all add up. They really understand the importance of the network in a healthcare
environment.”
Torres’ positive experience with MemorialCare’s Cisco wired network—and the ability to deploy
new wireless capabilities as an extension of that network—also played an important role in the
decision.
“The Cisco wireless solution gives us the ability to build on our LAN and WAN infrastructure and
extend that quality to the wireless network,” says Torres. “From monitoring, to operational
continuity, to being able to engineer a system that fully integrates with our existing environment,
Cisco is able to bring a total solution.”
MemorialCare worked with Cisco Gold Partner DynTek to conduct a comprehensive site survey of
the MemorialCare hospital environments and analyze how the solution would integrate with the
existing infrastructure.
“DynTek set the mark for us in terms of making the wireless deployment a success,” says Torres.
“Having them do an in-depth study of our infrastructure was very important. The quality of service
that we realize from the wireless network today is excellent, and that is directly related to the
services DynTek provided to us.”
With DynTek’s assistance, MemorialCare deployed the Cisco Unified Wireless Network Solution at
all of its hospitals as a pervasive wireless network foundation to support data and voice services.
To simplify the deployment and ongoing administration of the hundreds of wireless access points
in the network, MemorialCare used a controller-based architecture. Using a Cisco 4400 Series
Wireless LAN Controller, IT staff at each hospital can configure, monitor, and manage all access
points in the facility from a single, central location. Epic has been rolled out at one facility,
Saddleback Memorial Medical Center, with the rest of the enterprise to be connected by 2009.
"In my mind, Cisco is the standard when it comes to
wireless.... They really understand the importance of the
network in a healthcare environment."
wireless.... They really understand the importance of the
network in a healthcare environment."
— Kevin Torres, Vice President of Information Systems, MemorialCare