Intelligent CIO North America Issue 16 | Page 7

EDITOR ’ S NOTE

Welcome to the latest edition of Intelligent

CIO magazine for the North America region . This month ’ s cover features Stephanie Lahr , Chief Information Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer for Monument Health . connectivity is a necessity for both patient care and team member safety , and Wi-Fi 6E is already playing an important role in sustaining the necessary tools to assist staff in supporting our patients ’ journey to health and wellness .
We take a look at how the organization is upgrading its network with Aruba for evolving healthcare needs to help enable exceptional patient care .
“ 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 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 .” You can find out more details about the project by turning to p56 .
“ The new Wi-Fi 6E APs from Extreme enables us to tap into a fast , secure and interference-free spectrum , ensuring our most demanding and mission-critical , technology-dependent services can operate more reliably and with greater speed and performance .” There ’ s much more to discover about this story on p61 .
This month ’ s CIO Opinion features Neil Stobart , VP Global Systems Engineering , Cloudian , discussing the four questions every CIO should be asking when it comes to securing their organization ’ s data .
“ By doing so , they can then take the recommended actions to ensure their data is protected in-flight and at-rest , backed up with data immutability and stored in systems that meet rigorous security certification requirements ,” he says . For more on this turn to p44 .
Elsewhere , we take a look at how Novant Health has deployed an enterprise-grade Wi-Fi 6E solution from Extreme Networks that offers advanced performance and reliability .
Don ’ t forget you can read daily news updates at https :// www . intelligentcio . com / north-america /. I ’ d like to wish you a good month ahead and please enjoy the read !
Rob Hale , Manager of Infrastructure and Technical Engineering , Novant Health , said : “ Ubiquitous wireless
Mark Bowen Editor
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