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Revolutionary Care When and Where it is needed

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Technology Category	Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Applicable Industries	Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Remote Patient Monitoring
Challenge	VITAS sees mobile technology as the key to better connecting patients and caregivers. “Mobile technology will allow us to communicate information and route caregivers quickly and efficiently,” says Patrick Hale, senior vice-president and CIO at VITAS. “But before attempting revolutionary work, we needed to lay down the infrastructure.”Due to fast growth, the company lacked a strong, consolidated network. By standardizing on Cisco network and communication solutions, VITAS gains the stability and visibility that it needs to introduce new applications that bring together patients, families, and top-quality healthcare services. Read More
About Customer	Hospice provider Read More
Customer Name	Vitas Read More
Solution	With a solid network foundation, VITAS rolled out thousands of mobile devices. “We’ve reduced the time caregivers need to spend coordinating the logistics of next stages of care by an average of 29%,” says Debra Van Note, a nurse at VITAS. “This leaves more time for crucial interactions where every second counts.” Innovative mobile applications help nurses deliver faster and more accurate care. VITAS’ proprietary sync method moves data from the patient’s home to a central database within milliseconds. A mobile application can automatically select and generate consent forms depending on the patient’s situation. Because forms can be signed and filed directly from a nurse’s iPad, patients’ workflows are faster Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

Applicable Industries

Healthcare & Hospitals

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Remote Patient Monitoring

Challenge

VITAS sees mobile technology as the key to better connecting patients and caregivers. “Mobile technology will allow us to communicate information and route caregivers quickly and efficiently,” says Patrick Hale, senior vice-president and CIO at VITAS. “But before attempting revolutionary work, we needed to lay down the infrastructure.”Due to fast growth, the company lacked a strong, consolidated network. By standardizing on Cisco network and communication solutions, VITAS gains the stability and visibility that it needs to introduce new applications that bring together patients, families, and top-quality healthcare services.

About Customer

Hospice provider

Customer Name

Vitas

Solution

With a solid network foundation, VITAS rolled out thousands of mobile devices. “We’ve reduced the time caregivers need to spend coordinating the logistics of next stages of care by an average of 29%,” says Debra Van Note, a nurse at VITAS. “This leaves more time for crucial interactions where every second counts.” Innovative mobile applications help nurses deliver faster and more accurate care. VITAS’ proprietary sync method moves data from the patient’s home to a central database within milliseconds. A mobile application can automatically select and generate consent forms depending on the patient’s situation. Because forms can be signed and filed directly from a nurse’s iPad, patients’ workflows are faster

Impact #1	[Efficiency Improvement - Deployment] Reduced deployment time for mobile applications from months to one week
Impact #2	[Process Optimization - Predictive Maintenance] Predictive medicine

Impact #1

[Efficiency Improvement - Deployment]
Reduced deployment time for mobile applications from months to one week

Impact #2

[Process Optimization - Predictive Maintenance]
Predictive medicine

Benefit #1	Reduced device cost of connecting caregivers by more than 18%
Benefit #2	Used data to improve performance on 60,000 calls quarterly
Benefit #3	Reduced the time caregivers need to spend coordinating the logistics of next stages of care by an average of 29%,

Benefit #1

Reduced device cost of connecting caregivers by more than 18%

Benefit #2

Used data to improve performance on 60,000 calls quarterly

Benefit #3

Reduced the time caregivers need to spend coordinating the logistics
of next stages of care by an average of 29%,

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Revolutionary Care When and Where it is needed

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