CASE STUDY
Aruba , a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company , has announced that Monument Health , a community-based , integrated healthcare system headquartered in Rapid City , South Dakota , has completed the first of its three year comprehensive network overhaul , replacing its previous equipment with an Aruba ESP ( Edge Services Platform ) -based infrastructure , to help enable exceptional patient care .
Monument Health offers care in 33 medical specialties , serving 20 communities across western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming via six hospitals , eight specialty and surgical centers , and more than 40 medical clinics and care centers .
To enable its 4,500 plus physicians and caregivers to make better decisions and access critical information from wherever they work within the organization , Monument ’ s IT team knew that its ageing network infrastructure had to be replaced .
“ To capitalize on real-time data collection and communications , and to ensure that vital information won ’ t suffer from delays or disruption due to poor network performance , it was clear we needed a more modern and mobile-first approach ,” said Stephanie Lahr , MD , CHCIO and Chief Information Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer for Monument Health .
While the IT team considered replacing its existing equipment with newer versions of the same , they quickly realized that the network had to become a foundational building block that would help meet the needs of their evolving healthcare system .
Said Lahr : “ With the availability of real-time information , advancements in IoT that will necessitate connecting and tracking new devices , the push for more mobility , and the need to provide more consumer-centric facilities , the network had to become a unified foundation for these critical and still-evolving capabilities .”
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