Carilion Health System Selects InnerWireless To Install Its Medical-grade Wireless Utility In Three Facilities In Virginia's Western Region.RICHARDSON, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. -- Carilion Health System Carilion Health System is a large, Roanoke, Virginia-based non-profit health care system. Carilion owns and operates eight hospitals in the western part of Virginia. The company also operates primary care clinics, residency and fellowship programs, laboratories, health clubs, an joins more than 25 of the nation's leading hospitals with its installation of InnerWireless Carilion Health System today announced that it will install InnerWireless' Medical-grade Wireless Utility in three of its 10 non-profit healthcare facilities, including its largest facility, the Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital (CRMH) is a hospital in Roanoke, Virginia, USA. The hospital has 765 beds, and is part of Carilion Health System.[2] Services in Roanoke, Va. Carilion will first utilize the Wireless Utility to enhance 802.11 coverage for existing clinical applications, handheld devices and PDAs (such as BlackBerry(R)), and to improve cellular applications used by the hospital staff. Carilion also plans to use the system to improve two-way radio A voice network that provides an always-on connection enabling the user to just "push the button and talk." Also called "dispatch radio," two-way radio has traditionally been used by police, fire, taxi and other mobile fleets. communication for its security personnel, implement the use of VoIP phones See IP phone and softphone. and pursue RF location solution options for asset tracking. "We needed a system that will not only meet our immediate wireless needs, but also will allow us to deploy additional applications in the future, with low cost and ease," said Kendall White, director of IT at Carilion Health System. "The quick turnaround of information, answers to our questions and willingness to work with us really helped push InnerWireless ahead of the other vendors. Planning, expertise and understanding is a major part of this type of implementation and it was clear to us that InnerWireless had the experts. They were able to provide us technical feedback to make sure that we had the proper design and took the necessary precautions so our utilization of the system will be as successful as possible. Most importantly Adv. 1. most importantly - above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" above all, most especially , InnerWireless' Medical-grade Wireless Utility can handle all of our needs, including 802.11, cellular coverage, two-way radios, VoIP and RF location solutions." Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital was named one of the nation's "100 Most Wired Hospitals and Health Systems" by Hospitals & Health Networks' Most Wired Magazine, a publication of the American Hospital Association American Hospital Association (AHA), n.pr a nonprofit national organization of individuals, institutions, and organizations engaged in direct patient care. The association works to promote the improvement of health care services. . Carilion is a best-of-breed integrated healthcare system, which means they secure the best application for a service or specialty and integrate it with their existing applications, thus providing the best healthcare possible to their patients. The InnerWireless Medical-grade Wireless Utility can support the use of multiple wireless services, applications and devices, including WiFi and PCS/cellular. Wireless tablet devices that allow healthcare providers to receive real-time patient information without being tethered Attached to a data or power source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered. to a desktop computer are rapidly being deployed in hospitals. This mobility will not only improve the workflow of the hospital staff, but by being able to receive alerts and information, as well as communicate real-time at the point-of decision, it also will help reduce the possibility of patient treatment errors. Ubiquitous whole-house wireless patient monitoring and a more mobile staff are just two of the many objectives Carilion plans to address with the InnerWireless system in place. It also was important for Carilion to choose a solution that would leverage their investment in the hospital's existing Cisco network. In addition, to enhance cellular coverage, Carilion will integrate service from national cellular carriers into the Wireless Utility. "InnerWireless is excited to work with a prestigious health system such as Carilion, whose main focus is on the patient," said Rick Gentry, healthcare vice president of InnerWireless. "Our main goal is to provide a customized future-adaptable solution that supports Carilion Health System's goals of improving patient safety and delivering more efficient patient care. InnerWireless is proud to partner with healthcare providers that share our vision of improving the quality of healthcare by leveraging the best technologies." Two other Carilion facilities will install InnerWireless' Medical-grade Wireless Utility, beginning with the Carilion New River Valley Medical Center Carilion New River Valley Medical Center (CNRV) is a hospital in Montgomery County, Virginia, USA, about two miles from Radford.[1] The hospital has 146 beds, and is part of Carilion Health System. this fall and the Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital in early 2007. Carilion Health System joins a distinguished group of over 25 leading hospitals -- including Children's Memorial Hospital With almost 1,100 pediatric specialists focusing on 70 specialties in multiple locations, Children's Memorial Hospital routinely provides more care to more young people than any other Chicago-area hospital or medical center. of Chicago, The University of Chicago Hospitals The University of Chicago Hospitals form a major center for medical care and research in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. They are affiliated with and run by the University of Chicago, and serve as teaching hospitals for students of the institution's Pritzker and Health System's Bernard A. Mitchell Hospital and Comer Children's Hospital A children's hospital is a hospital which offers its services exclusively to children. The number of children's hospitals proliferated in the 20th century, as pediatric medical and surgical specialties separated from internal medicine and adult surgical specialties. , and the National Institutes of Health's Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center -- in using InnerWireless to create a 21st century wireless ecosystem in their facilities. About InnerWireless InnerWireless, Inc. deploys its Medical-grade Wireless Utility in hospitals and healthcare-related facilities to support a full range of wireless services and applications. InnerWireless, which guarantees wireless coverage inside buildings ranging in size up to 10 million square feet, is properly engineered to accommodate wireless systems essential for interpersonal communications Interpersonal communication is the process of sending and receiving information between two or more people. Types of Interpersonal Communication This kind of communication is subdivided into dyadic communication, Public speaking, and small-group communication. , clinical operations, and building operations. In addition, InnerWireless has launched, Spot, to provide wireless, high-assurance location accuracy for hospital assets, clinical staff and patients. For more information about InnerWireless, visit www.InnerWireless.com. |
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