LGC Wireless Enables Critical Wireless Communications in Shands HealthCare Facilities; Enhanced Wireless Coverage Helps Doctors and Staff Deliver High Quality Care.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- LGC LGC Logistics (Contracting) LGC Local Government Commission LGC La Gloria Cubana (cigar) LGC Laboratory of the Government Chemist (UK) Wireless, a market leader in in-building wireless networking solutions, has installed its InterReach(TM) Unison system in numerous Shands HealthCare hospitals including Shands at the University of Florida Shands at the University of Florida is a teaching hospital at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and is one of eight hospitals in the Shands HealthCare system. , Shands at AGH, and Shands Jacksonville. Shands HealthCare is affiliated with the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and is one of the Southeast's premier health systems. The LGC Wireless solution allows for enhanced wireless coverage and capacity throughout the Shands HealthCare hospitals, facilitating delivery of the highest quality of care. LGC Wireless systems deliver crystal-clear wireless coverage in over 1.7 million square feet of the frequented areas of the Shands hospitals including operating rooms, neo-natal, patient rooms, and intensive care units. Shands, one of the nations' most progressive healthcare providers, recognized that consistently reliable wireless access would enable their physicians and staff to instantly make and receive calls so they are never out of touch, cut response time, and as a result enhance patient care. LGC's InterReach Unison was first installed in their Gainesville hospital and the exceptional results lead to subsequent installations at Shands at AGH and Shands Jacksonville. After the Unison system was installed, Shands issued new mobile phones to some of their employees, including their Trauma and Fire Emergency response teams. Now, when an urgent situation arises, a team leader sends out a message using the phone's push-to-talk feature. The system allows for immediate two-way communications and eliminates the need for pagers, which was the communication device formerly used by the emergency response teams. "The importance of reliable wireless coverage was never more clear than during the last hurricane season in Florida," said Larry E. Benton, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. for Shands HealthCare. "During and after each hurricane, our wireless coverage remained intact. With each hurricane, Shands was fully operational and accepting new patients with our wireless capabilities acting as a critical element for Shands to provide emergency medical care for our community. Hurricane Ivan and Jeanne further demonstrated the mission critical nature of wireless in healthcare and the resilience of LGC's InterReach Unison system." "The use of the InterReach Unison product is a revolutionary step for communications in medical facilities," said Ian Sugarbroad, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of LGC Wireless. "Reliance on wireless technology and applications is becoming a fact of life in healthcare. Not only does the InterReach Unison system facilitate instant communication and response among physicians and staff members, it also eliminates concerns for possible cell phone interference with medical equipment within the facility." LGC Wireless is rapidly becoming the in-building wireless solution of choice for health care facilities, having installed systems in over 65 healthcare facilities throughout the United States. About LGC Wireless LGC Wireless is a leading supplier of products for optimizing the deployment of metropolitan cellular, PCS and 3G networks, and for providing mobile users with reliable in-building access to high quality voice and wireless data. LGC has shipped over 5,000 systems to more than 30 countries, and has provided wireless solutions in some of the world's landmark properties -- the Petronas Towers, the Bulring Shopping Centre, the Venetian Hotel, Denver International Airport This article is about Denver International Airport. For other uses, see KDEN (disambiguation). Denver International Airport (IATA: DEN, ICAO: KDEN, FAA LID: DEN), often called DIA , and the FCC headquarter building. Supported wireless access standards include TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , CDMA2000, GSM, iDEN, 1xRTT, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , Ev-DO, W-CDMA See WCDMA. , and 802.11. LGC Wireless is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified, ensuring that their quality management systems comply with international standards of excellence. About Shands HealthCare Shands HealthCare, affiliated with the University of Florida Health Science Center, is one of the premiere health systems in the Southeast. Shands HealthCare is made up of nine, not-for-profit hospitals, a network of more than 80 primary and specialty practices and a medical staff of more than 1,000 University of Florida faculty and community physicians. In addition, Shands has a workforce of more than 7,000 staff, nearly 2,000 of whom are nurses. Our healthcare professionals cover virtually every medical specialty. Shands HealthCare affiliates with 480 University of Florida faculty physicians who provide services in more than 40 satellite clinics throughout North Central Florida North Central Florida is a region of the U.S. state of Florida. It comprises the north-central part of the state and encompasses Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Madison, Marion, Putnam, Suwannee and Union counties. . These UF physicians combine their expertise in the caring for patients with the latest medical advances. |
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