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Customer Case Study
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Business Results
Today, the Cisco Unified Wireless Network Solution is transforming the way clinicians and staff
work at Saddleback and throughout the MemorialCare Health System. Administrative staff can
collaborate and communicate more efficiently, and even patients and visitors are benefiting from
secure, ubiquitous network connectivity. Even more important, clinicians at Saddleback are
already demonstrating that the new Epic system—and the ability to access it wherever it is
needed—is improving the quality of patient care.
At Saddleback, physicians and nurses use roving clinical workstations—mobile carts with wireless-
enabled PCs that allow caregivers to access clinical information systems wherever they need
them. Clinicians can access patient records, update medical charts, verify prescriptions, and
transmit physician orders right at the bedside or point of care.
“Our physicians and nurses are untethered now, and that maximizes their efficiency,” says Torres.
“They no longer have to stay connected to a fixed workstation or continually go back and forth from
the patient to the workstation. They can access the tools and information that they need directly at
the point of care, without disruption.”
The wireless networks at Saddleback and the rest of the health system extend not only across
clinical areas, however, but throughout business and administration offices as well, bringing the
benefits of mobility to even non-clinical employees.
“All of our administrative staff use wireless today,” says Torres. “They have come to expect that if
they go into any conference room, office, or public space in any of our locations, they can connect
to the wireless network. They can access e-mail, collaborate, communicate, and work while they
are traveling between sites. It has definitely made us more efficient.”
MemorialCare also took advantage of the guest
access capabilities of the Cisco wireless solution to
provide Internet connectivity to patients, visitors, and
partners and vendors—without compromising the
security or performance of clinical applications.
“We now have a public wireless hotspot at each of
our facilities,” says Torres. “They run on separate
networks, so we can provide these services
securely. The guest wireless access has been very
well received by our patients, but it also benefits
partners visiting our sites from different consulting
companies and regulatory agencies. It has helped in
many areas.”
Unlike past wireless implementations, the
MemorialCare wireless network today provides the
pervasive, nonstop connectivity, simple
management, and excellent quality of service
required in a healthcare environment.
“Underneath everything that we do today is a solid, highly reliable infrastructure,” says Torres. “At
the end of the day, our job comes down to getting information to the right people at the right time to
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