The network solution will help provide investment protection to Nuffield by delivering a network that is well fortified, with bandwidth, security and high availability features, to support both traditional voice/video over IP technologies and specialized healthcare applications, such as picture archiving and communications systems, and wireless medical diagnostics equipment.
Extreme Networks’s Summit fixed switching platform is expected to provide a robust and intelligent network foundation for Nuffield Hospitals. The project will involve the deployment of multiple gigabits of core switching capacity in each of the 40 sites. Power over Ethernet-enabled switch connectivity will be provided to more than 10,000 wired users and connected devices, and 400 wireless local area network (LAN) access points will be deployed for corporate and guest use. For ease-of-use, the wireless LAN will be centrally authenticated and proactively managed.
The new technology will enable real-time monitoring of patients, allowing records to be automatically updated at the bedside and enabling access to X-rays and scans to be stored electronically and viewed on screens, so that health professionals can access the information and compare it with previous images at the touch of a button.
The network has already been deployed at Nuffield’s three pilot sites, and with minimum disruption to the hospital’s services.
