An optimal network is unnoticeable to the physicians and clinicians taking care of patients throughout a hospital campus. It runs quietly in the background, supporting all kinds of workloads. However, when a network goes down or doesn’t provide enough bandwidth, it can disrupt patient monitoring, important alerts, communication, clinical workflows, and access to electronic health records (EHRs) and test results. A network must be running 24/7/365, and it’s up to CIOs, CTOs and IT technical teams to ensure that the basics of networking are regularly assessed.
Most healthcare organizations have…
