England's Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital Deploys Xirrus Wi-Fi
The UK's #1 rated NHS hospital, Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic and District Hospital NHS Trust, located in Oswestry, Engand, specializing primarily in bone and joint disorders, with specific additional areas of expertise including spinal disorders and metabolic disorders affecting muscular development. The hospital has a national and international reputation for orthopaedic surgery and musculoskeletal medicine, including research into disorders of bone, joints and muscles. Services and research activities include spinal injuries, rheumatology, sports injuries, stem cell therapy, metabolic disorders and orthotics. It is committed to providing the best possible care, training and research to serve the people of England, Wales and beyond. The Trust prides itself in achieving orthopaedic excellence and maintains a significant contribution to training orthopaedic surgeons.
Requirements
- Powerful Wi-Fi to provide pervasive connectivity to patient information and prescription services
- Capability of dividing the Wi-Fi network for doctors, patients, and visitors
- Enough bandwidth and capacity for future applications such as VoWi-Fi and Wireless CCTV
- Minimal number of devices and switch ports
- Highest level of encryption from from the device through to the database
Benefits
- Capability of supporting Voice, Video, and data for all the doctors, patients, and visitors
- Scalable for future capacity and application upgrades
- Encryption distributed at the edge provides security for patient records
- Free site survey providing visual representation of coverage
- Fewer devices installed to result in less cabling, switch ports, installation time and maintenance
Savings
- Ratio of Xirrus Wi-Fi Arrays to traditional access points
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1:6 |
- Number of additional access points saved
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125 |
- Number of additional cable runs saved
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125 |
- Number of switch ports that saved
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125 |
- Average power savings per year(kWh)
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12,482 |