SevenHills goes paperless with Ruckus Wi-Fi

CALIFORNIA, USA: Ruckus Wireles, a mobile networking company, announced that SevenHills Hospital has selected Ruckus ZoneFlex 802.11n smart wireless LAN (WLAN) system.

SevenHills is deploying 350 ZoneFlex 7962 dual-band smart Wi-Fi access points (APs) and multiple ZoneDirector controllers across its “health city.” SevenHills’ health city is built on 17 acres comprising more than 3 million square feet of space to support a 1500-bed facility, 300 residential complexes and large medical facilities that include 36 modular operation theaters, pharmacies, 120 outpatient consulting chambers, waiting areas and two auditoriums.

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SevenHills will also use the new Ruckus smart Wi-Fi system with wireless handheld devices and patient wrist bands employing radio frequency identification (RFID), making it possible to track the location and status of patients throughout a hospital campus.

Real-time location systems (RTLSs) are used for accurate asset tracking and location, driving cost savings and workflow productivity gains. SevenHills also plans to levearage the new Wi-Fi system to enable IP-based voice and video communications among healthcare personnel to improve communications.

Suresh Kumar, GM, Information Technology, SevenHills Hospital, said: "SevenHills had a mandate to ensure doctors were well equipped with the proper technology to allow them to spend quality time with each patient, as well as to capture and share real time data with other specialists and staff in the hospital."