Cisco Cisco Wireless Control System Version 4.0 数据表
Customer Case Study
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Business Results
The hospital’s wireless network now supports about 1000 clients. In addition to the infusion pumps,
there are networked EKG carts, computers on wheels, several wireless IP phones, and notebook
computers.
Medical staff can now keep track of the contents of the pumps from a central server in the
hospital’s data center, which includes a drug library. “The ability to download the information
to the pumps makes things safer for the patients,” Wilfong says.
Meanwhile, the ability to track the location of the
pumps has saved the hospital both time and money,
especially in terms of maintenance. “If the pumps
are on the network, we’re able to find them,”
Wilfong says. “Before we’d have to spend time
walking around, just trying to find pumps. Now, with
the wireless tools we have, we can always see
where they’re located on the network—what floor
and what unit. This saves us time, but more
importantly, it’s safer for the patients when we can keep track of their pumps.”
The same applies to access point maintenance. “With the controller-based wireless network, it’s
easier to manage everything from one place, as opposed to having to touch every access point,”
Wilfong says. “In the past it would take all day to make a configuration change to the wireless
network. With the unified wireless network, a change to the network has gone from an all-day
thing to no more than an hour.”
The secure guest network, launched in January 2007, has already received a great deal of positive
feedback from both patients and their families, Wilfong says.
Next Steps
With the tracking system in place for the infusion pumps, the next step is to enable the medical
staff to change medication in the pumps over the wireless network by the end of 2007. The ability
for the staff to make important changes immediately, even when they can’t be by the patient’s
bedside, will further ensure patient safety. The hospital also is considering using radio-frequency
identification (RFID) tags to track thousands of hospital assets over the wireless network.
For More Information
To find out more about the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedwireless
To learn more about Cisco mobility solutions, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/go/mobility
To learn more about Cisco healthcare solutions, visit:
http://www.cisco.com/go/healthcare
PRODUCT LIST
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Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Points
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Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers
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Cisco Wireless Control System
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Cisco 2700 Series Wireless Location Appliance
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Cisco Security Monitoring, Analysis and
Response System (MARS)
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Cisco 7921 Series Wireless IP Phones