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Hospital trust upgrades network |
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Tuesday, 13 November 2007 |
The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed Affiniti to provide and manage its IP infrastructure, upgrading existing networks and implementing high performance wireless networks. The 10 year contract will see Affiniti initially provide a comprehensive managed data network at the Trust's Dewsbury hospital as well as to the two new hospitals currently being built at Pinderfields and Pontefract to provide improved technological services for patients. The new wireless network will offer the potential for medical staff to access test results at patients' bedsides - bringing up results, X-rays and medical records in real-time, so doctors and patients can look at them together quickly and easily. With information at their fingertips, medical staff will save time tracking down charts and details, enabling them to focus more on caring for their patients. The additional capacity provided by the network will help the Trust ensure seamless use of large sensitive files, such as X-rays and picture archives. The advanced wireless network will also enable the Trust's hospitals to use RFID technology to track the location of critical and expensive medical equipment across all its buildings. The new network will benefit the new hospitals when they open in 2010 but it is expected that the Dewsbury hospital will profit from the technology as early as next year. Affiniti's network solution provides both the fibre backbone and wireless network. It is a fully managed service covering all technology and operational risk to ensure the hospital has 24/7 monitoring of the network.
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