ExteNet s Indoor Open Wireless Network

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1 ExteNet s Indoor Open Wireless Network 1

2 Agenda Introduction Simi Valley Hospital Wireless Motivation Open Network Environment Simi Valley Hospital and ExteNet Simi Valley Hospital s Wireless Network Summary 2

3 Introduction Simi Valley Hospital located in Southern California is one of 17 Hospitals in the Adventist Health System ExteNet Systems designs, builds, owns and operates Distributed Networks, delivering wireless solutions in healthcare 3

4 Simi Valley Hospital Adventist Health System Continuing Efforts to Improve the Healing Environment New 144 bed Patient Tower Patient comfort State-of-the-art technology Expanded Intensive Care Unit Women s and Children s Services Improve wireless services 4

5 Simi Valley Wireless Motivation Care Giver Driven Must-have for on-call doctors and medical staff Doctors initiated the requirement Incorporate into the New Patient Tower Facility 5

6 Telecom and IT Seeking Solutions Doctors do their Business on Cell Phones Greg Eslinger, Telecom Engineer Coverage is Poor In the Hospital, and the New Patient Tower worse (energy saving materials) Doctors Approached Senior Management Greg Looks for Solutions and Found Questions: Who pays? Multiple wireless carriers? How to manage? Who to trust? 6

7 Wireless Network Objective To Meet Heath Care Facilities Commercial Mobile Wireless Needs for: Patients & Visitors Physicians Health Care Workforce Administration & Operations Staff Enterprise and Health Care Applications All While: Minimizing the investment impact to all stakeholders Keeping the facility as designed, minimal impact Minimizing the man-power requirements of the facility As a Result Improving: Quality of Health Care Delivery Customer perceptions Operational efficiencies Information flow & communications Point-of-care decision making 7

8 Multiple Wireless Service Providers on the same network, in the same venue. 8

9 Open Network Challenges Economics who pays? The Hospital owner The Wireless Service Provider 3 rd Party Operator All the above Network Architecture? Indoor Network Outdoor Network Distributed Network Architecture Network Provider who to rely on? Wireless Service Provider Original Equipment Manufacturer Value added reseller 9

10 Simi Valley Hospital and ExteNet Relationship Developed through the Solution Seeking Process ExteNet Wireless Carriers Multi Wireless Carrier Need New Patient Tower Wireless Requirement Already constructed & operating Minimize operations disruption Funding 10

11 Business Components Supported by multiple stakeholders ExteNet Venue Owner Wireless Service Provider Commercial Agreements Master Telecom Network Agreement Network Access Agreement Capital Investment Managed by ExteNet Variability due to: Venue objectives Network requirements Number of wireless service providers Recurring Fees Managed by ExteNet Monitoring, maintenance and repair of the network Network Expansion, Upgrades & Changes 11

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13 ExteNet Engaged Working with IT & Telecom Evaluate the environment Consider the Wi-Fi and VoIP phones Work with Facilities Deployment considerations Space Invite the Wireless Carriers Design the Network Testing Wireless carriers 13

14 The Network A Distributed Antenna System (DAS) Head-end location interfacing with wireless carriers Distributing to remotes and iduct antennas Extension to Café in older building 14

15 iduct Distribution of Wireless Signals through HVAC ducts Attributes: Quicker deployment Aesthetically pleasing Less disruptive Most cost-efficient 15

16 Deployment Sample iduct Probe 16

17 Simi Valley Hospital Today Has Fast, Reliable and Secure Commercial Wireless Access Verizon Wireless T-Mobile AT&T Mobility (Q4) The ExteNet System Supports: Wireless Healthcare Applications Voice and Data In and outside the 4-walls No Operational or Management Issues 17

18 Summary The Ubiquity of Mobile Devices in Healthcare is Demanding Wireless Access Commercial Wireless Solutions are Available that are: Cost-effective Outsourced to experts, mitigating risk Work for multiple carriers Quick to deploy Aesthetically pleasing 18

19 Russell Vest ExteNet Systems