Strategic Network Design: A case study of Network Upgrade in St. Andrew's Hospital
Arief Karfianto - 5296961
Ima Apriany - 4647890
Outline
- St. Andrew's Hospital Profile
- Strategic Goals
- Network Design Requirements
- Key Definitions
- Allocated Networking Technology
- Conclusions
St. Andrew's Hospital Profile
- Independent private surgical hospital
- Located in Adelaide, South Australia
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Health care facilities:
- Nine operating theatre suites
- A Critical Care Unit with 18 beds
- Cardiac Unit
- Angiography Suite
- Day Patient Suite
Strategic Goals (Top management)
Mission: Medical & Surgical Excellence
Vision: "St Andrew's Hospital will be known as the best private hospital in Australia with a culture where relationships matter"
Values: We care, we create, we deliver
Strategic Goals (Middle Management)
- Electronic Health Record (EHR)
- Enabling specialists and doctors with access to patient information
- More patient-centric services delivered to the bedside
- Self-service menus, entertainment and internet
Network Design Requirements
User
Application
Devices
Network
Network Design Requirements (cont.)
User Requirements
Real-time systems with messaging capabilities allow for things like wristbands to be used as a nurse call button
Application Requirements
- High-resolution medical images
- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
- Electronic health records (EHRs)
- Wireless RFID-based real-time systems
Network Design Requirements (cont.)
Device Requirements
Workstation On Wheels (WOWs)
Computers On Wheels (COWs)
Infusion pumps
X-ray machines
Monitoring devices
Network Requirements
High Redundancy and Security
Optimized for 2.4GHz of the latest standards like 802.11ac
picture taken from asrhealthcare.com
St. Andrew's Hospital
Network Upgrade
- Motivated by rapidly changing trends in health services
- To develop the foundation for its digital future
- Network upgrade performed in 2013
- Cisco® Medical-Grade Network (MGN) as key technology
- KPMG* and Data Mobility Voice** as partners
* https://home.kpmg.com/au/en/home.html
** http://www.dmv.net.au/
Key Definitions
Hierarchical Network Design
A hierarchical network design model breaks the complex problem of network design into smaller, more manageable problems.
(Cisco Global Learning Network, 2003)
- Core layer
- Distribution layer
- Access layer
Wide Area Network
A computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area. Typically, a WAN consists of two or more local-area networks (LANs).
(Beal, 2016)
Allocated Networking Technology
Cisco® Medical-Grade Network (MGN)
- Resilient
- Protected
- Interactive
-
Responsive
("Cisco Medical-Grade Network (MGN) 2.0— Campus Architecture", 2012)
Cisco® Medical-Grade Network (MGN)
(Gibbs & Quillen, 2007)
Cisco® Medical-Grade Network (MGN)
Cisco
Catalyst® 3750-X Series Switches
IP Telephony
("Cisco Medical-Grade Network (MGN) 2.0— Campus Architecture", 2012)
Conclusions
- St. Andrew's Hospital Network Upgrade develops the foundation for its digital future
- Focus on patient-centric services
- Network upgrade performed in 2013
- Require reliable and highly secure network design
- Utilize IP telephony as a cost-effective technology solution
- Cisco® Medical-Grade Network (MGN) as key technology
References
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Corporate – St Andrews. (2016). Stand.org.au. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://www.stand.org.au/pages/corporate
Gibbs, M. & Quillen, H. (2007). The Medical-Grade Network: Helping Transform Healthcare. Cisco. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en_us/solutions/industries/docs/healthcare/07CS1034_HC_Whitepaper_r5.pdf
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St. Andrews Hospital Prepares for a Digital Future Providing the Foundation for Reliable and Highly Secure Health Data Communications | The Network | The Network. (2016). Newsroom.cisco.com. Retrieved August 18, 2016, from https://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1152693