Customer Deployments

Liverpool Women's Hospital Selects Xirrus for Their Wi-Fi Network

Over the past 200 years, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust has looked after women's health needs to become England's largest Women's Health Service Provider. Offering a wide range of services, the Trust delivered 8,000 babies, operated on 11,000 women, performed 900 IVF procedures for infertile couples and carried out more than 1,000 procedures in breast surgery in 2004 and 2005 alone. To better service their patients, the hospital embarked on taking their Patient Information and Electronic Prescription Applications to the bedside via a wireless network. Requirements Provide ubiquitous, high-bandwidth wireless connectivity hospital-wide Support new "single" user sign-on scheme from Imprivata Provide sufficient bandwidth and QoS to support Voice over Wi-Fi handsets 24x7 Intrusion Detection and Prevention System (IDS/IPS) Seamless interface with Active Directory and quick installation time Solution 26 XS4 (4-radio) Wi-Fi Arrays XS-3300 Management System Xirrus Defense Module Benefits Provided an intelligent enterprise architecture with point-of-care Patient Monitoring (Telemetry / CTGs) Enabled electronic patient prescribing at the bedside Computerized provider order entry (CPOE), PACS, and use of the Trust's clinical systems including Badger and Meditech Patient Administration Systems Surpassed their requirements while minimizing equipment and cable drops Click here for more details pertaining to this particular customer deployment.