“When we envisioned this hospital, our plan was to make it a paperless and filmless facility, where doctors and nurses could seamlessly use wireless handheld devices, with Cisco Meraki solution we are confident of offering world class healthcare experiences.”

– Commissioner

A multispecialty healthcare institution with an Out Patient Department (OPD) had an expectation to cater to up to 4000 patients per day which required a highly efficient, reliable, and secure IT environment.

• Paperless Facility : Staff to be able to transact and maintain patient records on handheld devices.
• Security Compliance : HIPAA compliant networking, Guest Wi-Fi, Secure BYOD.
• Customer wanted to establish a stable and high-performance wireless network and improve bandwidth for high-resolution MRI Images.
• Customer to stay at the leading-edge of innovation have a future-proof solution.

• Over 500 Meraki wireless access points provided a unified digital experience and seamless roaming across the hospital facilities, rendering inter-department transactions paperless, with seamless mobile connectivity for faster decision making and better patient management.
• Meraki’s 100% cloud-based architecture provided centralized visibility and control with single dashboard management.
• 30% reduction in capex as the number of AP’s required to cater the requirement against the competition for covering the entire 1.10 lac sq. meter campus was brought down significantly.
• Dedicated security radio in each AP helped continuously scan the environment to identify and protect against security threats.

• Secure and Reliable mobile access on handheld devices used by hospital staff making it a paper-less and filmless facility.
• Cisco Meraki devices being HIPAA-compliant, enabled secure access to healthcare applications as well as general Internet access for patients and visitors.
• Because the dashboard provides granular visibility into users and application, the IT team was able to set customized Layer 3 and 7 firewall and traffic shaping rules to optimize usage.
• Mac-based device identification and the integrated RTLS allowed the IT team to locate lost devices in minutes.
• Layer 7 firewall, traffic shaping, and content filtering blocks peer-to-peer traffic and controls users and devices.
• Automatic firmware updates and new feature releases included in the license provide a future proof network and provide significant cost savings.