Northwestern Memorial Hospital's Deployment of the Universal Wireless Network Listed as One of InfoWorld's Top 100 Projects

Northwestern Memorial Hospital www.nmh.org
Wireless Infrastructure Deployment
Project Lead: Chuck Colander, Director, Technology Management
Project Description: In Phase One of the project, Northwestern Memorial Hospital deployed the MobileAccess Universal Wireless Network throughout its Chicago campus to support a variety of wireless technologies, including public cellular services, CPOE (computerized physician order entry), VoIP, and nurse-call systems on a common infrastructure. In Phase Two, the solution was extended to 766,000-plus square feet and now supports WLAN and all major mobile carriers in the Chicago area. The hospital plans to further extend the MobileAccess solution to its new Prentice Women's Hospital scheduled to open in about a year.