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Digital Harvest: Celebrating data, analytics, and outcomes at Gartner ITxpo
As you watch the leaves begin to fall and send the kids back to school, you may also be enjoying one or more of the local festivals or state fairs that are traditionally held this time of year. For those of you who may not know, these events were originally held to celebrate the harvest, and share i…
Better IT to Treat Kids Better
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) has a motto: We treat kids better. And they’re always looking for new ways to do just that. Whether it means supporting new pediatric research, making sure every patient receives a special valentine, or training young people to be future healthcare superstars.…
The future of healthcare—it’s in your hands
Imagine your hospital or clinic. Clinicians seamlessly engage with patients and care teams on mobile devices in a highly secure environment, expanding their reach within the facility and around the world. Wi-Fi and sensors securely connect the hospital to a cohesive data infrastructure that dramatic…
Improving Healthcare Experiences with Collaboration: Case Studies
Search on Google for technology in healthcare. The results will include the latest medical devices, biosensors, robotics, and such. These innovations are doing amazing things to improve medical procedures and outcomes. But the patient experience extends beyond robots and devices. At the very core, h…
Mobile Video Consultations Take Expert Care Directly to the Patient to Save Critical Minutes
On average, there are 795,000 stroke cases in America every year, and 130,000 of those cases are fatal. Accelerated identification, diagnosis, and treatment by the right experts are key components in winning the war against strokes. With four acute care hospitals and two specialty hospitals known fo…
How Digital Solutions Can Change the Troubling Economics of Healthcare
Last week I wrote about how digital fans are expecting new experiences at NCAA games as part of March Madness. (Wow – how about some of those games this weekend – and my Fighting Irish survive and advance to the Sweet 16! But I digress…) This week I want to look at another topic—a much more importan…
Children’s National Health System Improves Medical Services With the Internet of Everything
Most parents share a common fear – that something might happen to their child, and they won’t be able to help or make them better. No parent wants to jump in the car with a sick child for a trip to the emergency room. But if that fever just won’t break or the cough is only getting worse, most parent…
Non-Stop Wireless Network at John Muir Health
Previously I have blogged about No SSID Outage and No Client Reauthentication whereby even if your Cisco Wireless Controllers were to fail due to any reason, the clients will NOT experience any downtime due to Stateful Failover functionality to a Standby Controller. What could be better than that? C…
Looking for Santa? Use Cisco Location-Based Wi-Fi!
As children all around the world are eagerly anticipating Santa’s arrival on Christmas Eve, children in hospitals around the Americas were able to get their wish list in before the big day. This month, Cisco teamed up with several children’s hospitals with a Santa Connection project, which allowed c…