Duncan Regional Hospital Provides Wireless Access to Doctors, Nurses, Staff, Patients and Surrounding Community Through Trapeze Networks Wireless Mobility System.PLEASANTON, Calif. -- Trapeze Networks(TM), the award-winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network ) Mobility System(TM), today announced it has been chosen by Duncan Regional Hospital for its campus-wide wireless installation. Duncan Regional Hospital has a state-wide reputation as one of the premier Oklahoma hospitals for medical excellence, advanced technology and nationally recognized high levels of patient satisfaction. The hospital is located in southwest Oklahoma in the city of Duncan. Duncan Regional Hospital is a 167-bed nationally accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. hospital with a staff of over 900. In order to meet Duncan Regional's goal of helping all people in their community maintain and improve their health, the hospital's IT staff is always striving for excellence and improvements to how they run their hospital. To meet these high expectations and patient satisfaction, Duncan's CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. decided to add a wireless network to ensure efficiency for their doctors, nurses and staff and also to provide wireless services to all patients and members of their community. Duncan Regional Hospital's campus consists of multiple hospital buildings as well as a large conference center and cafeteria. The conference center is used for such services as educational outreach classes for the community and health fairs, while the cafeteria will be used as a hot spot for employees and anyone from the community who wants to get free access to the Internet. "The ultimate reason we went with Trapeze was because of the flexibility of their product line," said Roger Neal, CIO for Duncan Regional Hospital. "We use the Trapeze Mobility System today for data only but plan to add voice services in the near future. We also like the fact that Trapeze's products are the easiest to manage, have the most security features, and the best price point." Many of Duncan Regional's physicians work offsite. Providing a WLAN in order for them to have access to their tablet PCs and PDAs and eventually voice services has become mission critical in their day to day operations. Many of the hospitals applications are running over the WLAN including their Meditech Healthcare Information System, PACS (Picture ArChiving System) A storage and management system for high-resolution images. Typically pertaining to the medical field, images such as X-rays, MRIs and CAT scans require a greater amount of storage than other industries. for digital x-rays, digital fetal monitoring fetal monitoring Obstetrics A general term which can refer to any maneuver used to evaluate the fetus' status during pregnancy–eg, measurement of heartbeat and visual examination of the amniotic sac; however, as used, FM usually refers to the use of system and all of their emergency room documentation. "Installing Trapeze's Mobility System has proven to be one of the best things we have done in making our operations run more efficiently. Being able to provide the community with a desirable reason to come visit the hospital besides when visiting a sick loved one is an added plus," concluded Neal. About Trapeze Networks Trapeze Networks delivers the power of business applications and services to the mobile enterprise workforce. The company's wireless LAN Mobility System enhances productivity, introduces new efficiencies and accelerates business response time by delivering secure mobility for roaming users and sophisticated services for both users and IT, all while offering the lowest total cost of ownership of any WLAN infrastructure provider. Trapeze announced a partnership with Motorola (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :MOT) in August 2005, a partnership with 3Com Corp. (NASDAQ:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ) in August 2004, a partnership with both D-Link and Nortel (NYSE/TSX:NT) in March 2005, and a partnership with Enterasys Networks in May 2005. Trapeze has also been the recipient of eleven industry awards, including InfoWorld's Technology of the Year award for the best WLAN solution in recognition of its product and technology strength. Founded in March 2002, Trapeze has raised $72.5 million in venture funding to date and is headquartered in Pleasanton, California, U.S.A. For more information, please visit www.trapezenetworks.com. Trapeze Networks, the Trapeze Networks logo, the Trapeze Networks flyer icon, Mobility System, Mobility Exchange, MX, Mobility Point, MP, Mobility System Software, MSS, RingMaster, AAA AAA: see American Automobile Association. 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