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Customer Case Study
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL, PART OF THE
LIFESPAN SYSTEM
LIFESPAN SYSTEM
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Healthcare
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Providence, Rhode Island
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6863 Employees, 1570 Affiliated Physicians
CHALLENGE
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Provide backup communications
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Accelerate setup of emergency
communications in any location
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Enable public-private partnerships during
disaster response
SOLUTION
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Built Rapid Emergency Satellite
Communications (RESCQ) system, based on
Cisco Rapidly Deployable Communications
Cisco Rapidly Deployable Communications
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Engaged CACI, Inc. for systems integration
and one-click setup
RESULTS
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Improved Rhode Island emergency response
system’s ability to communicate during
disaster or mass casualty event
disaster or mass casualty event
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Enabled laypeople to establish satellite
communications in less than 30 minutes
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Supported public-private partnerships for
emergency response
Hospital System Improves Emergency Response
Rhode Island Hospital and CACI, Inc. developed a mobile, easy-to-use emergency
communications system.
Challenge
Lifespan, Rhode Island's first health system, was founded in 1994 by
Rhode Island (RI) Hospital and The Miriam Hospital. Its current
partners also include RI Hospital’s Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Bradley
Hospital, and Newport Hospital.
After 9/11, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations mandated that hospitals provide backup
communications services, and also establish alternative care sites.
These sites, often in schools, typically lack the robust communications
systems required for effective disaster response.
When planning its backup communications solution, Lifespan realized
that a highly portable system would provide more value to the
community. “We envisioned a solution we could bring to any location
that needed emergency communications services, such as a nursing
home, or even an open field,” says Peter Ginaitt director of emergency
preparedness for Lifespan.
Therefore, in late 2005, RI Hospital executives began investigating
ways that healthcare workers, first responders, and community
members could collaborate at disaster scenes that had no