When an affiliated healthcare organization was established, the CIO and IT team inherited an overly complex network built with multiple vendor products and partially implemented solutions. As quickly as possible, they needed to implement a modern, integrated network that would provide system reliability, operational interoperability between hospitals and clinics and secure remote access from rural locations.
Since the alliance wanted a Cisco solution, Zones technical resources and our dedicated Cisco solution engineer conducted extensive discussions with their team to understand their paint points, strategic objectives, and infrastructure requirements.
The Zones team then worked closely with Cisco to architect a standardized next-generation solution to meet the alliance's need for an integrated network that provides high availability and ease of management.
The Zones and Cisco teams together, with the alliance's CIO, solution architect, network manager, and network architect developed a project plan that details a four-phase approach.
In addition to following best practices for successful results, the phased implementation ensures that the healthcare alliance has uninterrupted availability to patient data and resources.
The primary products used to architect the organizations new solution include:
The Cisco network, which is based on a set of best practices and guiding principles, is providing the network foundation for reliable, seamless, and highly secure health data communications across the affiliated hospitals and clinics.
The new network is designed to solve the unique information, technology, bandwidth, and integration challenges for the IT department.
With the Cisco network in place, the organization's IT team is poised for ongoing success with:
The healthcare alliance is well-positioned to continue its mission of providing extraordinary healthcare to the residents of their region.
