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Hospital Assures Performance and Availability Across ISP Circuits With NETSCOUT Visibility from nGeniusONE and nGenius Packet Flow Switches
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 网络安全和隐私 - 网络安全
- 网络与连接 - 软件定义网络
适用行业
- 医疗保健和医院
适用功能
- 维护
- 质量保证
用例
- 网络安全
- 远程资产管理
- 远程病人监护
服务
- 系统集成
- 测试与认证
挑战
该医疗机构面临着多项挑战。他们的绩效管理工具已被供应商淘汰,IT 员工需要一种能够满足他们当前和未来需求的新解决方案。最近和正在进行的数据中心转型,包括新的数据中心 - Cisco® 应用中心基础设施 (ACI) 软件定义网络 (SDN)、几个新的物联网 (IoT) 项目和正在进行的安全计划,都需要复杂的可视性。在考虑下一代服务保障解决方案时,他们的互联网服务提供商 (ISP) 电路的校园和远程性能、所有医疗保健和以患者为中心的应用程序(包括 Cerner 电子病历 (EMR) 应用程序和 IP 语音 (VoIP) 服务)以及他们的技术计划至关重要。
关于客户
75 多年来,这家美国医疗机构一直致力于治疗其所在地区年龄最小、病情最严重和受伤最严重的儿童,从新生儿重症监护病房到儿科器官移植中心。这家教学医院以心脏病学、癌症和骨科等儿科专业而闻名,拥有 6,000 名员工和 850 名医疗专业人员,每年治疗近 100,000 名患者。他们的业务范围很广,在其服务区域内拥有一个拥有 600 张床位的医院设施和一个门诊护理中心,以及 40 个场外诊所。毫无疑问,这些工作人员依赖支持校园范围连接的数字服务来确保治疗、诊断测试、安排和处方服务尽可能高效地运行,从而优化患者护理体验。
解决方案
经过严格评估,该医疗机构的 IT 人员选择了 nGeniusONE 服务保障解决方案,以便在其 Cisco ACI 数据中心、整个园区以及医生、护士和工作人员使用的个人设备上实现关键医疗应用服务的可视性。该医疗机构的 IT 人员已将 nGeniusONE 解决方案应用于以下领域:在其主数据中心和备份数据中心部署经过认证的 nGenius 5010 数据包流交换机,以提供对网络数据包的访问权限,从而为 InfiniStreamNG 设备提供服务保障以及为安全工具提供漏洞分析,特别是为了确保其 IoT 设备的安全。实施经过认证的 InfiniStreamNG 软件设备,以便在其主数据中心和主机托管数据中心实现 EMR、其他医疗应用程序以及 VoIP 服务的可视性。安装经过认证的 ISNG 软件设备来监控其 ISP 与互联网的连接,从而确保医务人员远程查看患者记录的可用性和性能。
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