ADTRAN: Real Solutions. Healthcare

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1 ADTRAN: Real Solutions Healthcare

2 Transforming Healthcare Networks

3 Productivity Meeting the Challenge to Change: Understanding the U.S. HITECH ACT As part of the recently defined United States American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the federal government has outlined a stimulus package titled the Healthcare Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act). This act is designed to encourage rapid transformation of the current healthcare system through technology innovations and improvements by appropriating approximately $20 billion for improvements to the U.S. healthcare system including the adoption and implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The Push Towards Electronic Health Records: From Planning to Implementation The presidential focus on the U.S healthcare system and the national initiatives defined in the ARRA and HITECH Act are fueling support and funding for EHR implementation. The utilization of EHRs can facilitate the secure exchange of healthcare data and patient records. Implementing a best-in-class healthcare IT solution can mean achieving additional efficiency and costsavings while helping healthcare providers reduce medical errors and improve patient care. The stimulus package appropriates reimbursement incentives to qualifying physicians and healthcareproviders that implement or expand and show meaningful use of EHRs in business operations. Continued success in today s evolving healthcare environment is dependant upon understanding the federal requirements detailed in the HITECH ACT. Getting a jumpstart on how to acquire the incentives and determining how to best equip your business with a reliable network for EHR implementation will be critical. ADTRAN is here to help you from education and planning, to the implementation of your EHR system. Making the Move to EHR Pain-free: A Network Foundation for Business Success As you begin to investigate the adoption of electronic records, it is critical to understand the importance of the underlying communications network. ADTRAN is a leading provider of networking solutions designed specifically for advanced transmission of data and voice communications for business networks. This communications infrastructure plays a vital role in any healthcare IT implementation and can help ensure a seamless migration to new applications like EHRs. Access to high-performing network services and infrastructure solutions will enable information sharing in and across local, regional, and national health networks while providing for instantaneous access to patient records and other medical information. A cost-effective, high-performing, secure network solution is key to successfully implementing EHRs. ADTRAN is a recognized technology leader with network infrastructure platforms designed to provide robust, healthcare IT grade solutions for data and voice communications. At ADTRAN, our market-proven solutions provide a communications infrastructure that medical practices can rely upon when implementing an EHR system. With a reliable networking foundation physicians can enjoy a successful, pain-free conversion to an e-health network architecture.

4 Enabling Secure, High Speed Networking

5 Security Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA): Assuring Patient Privacy and Security ADTRAN offers healthcare providers of all sizes a broad range of secure, converged voice and data network communications solutions that provide high-speed connectivity and fully support the requirements outlined under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT (HIPPA) for patient privacy and security. With ADTRAN as the foundation of your healthcare network, you can be assured that information exchanges and data transmissions are reliable and secure. This will enable EHR applications to communicate and exchange medical and patient information across hospitals, clinics, and physician offices in both metropolitan and rural locations. An ADTRAN-driven network solution means physicians and healthcare providers can focus on improving patient care while reducing their overall costs and complying with government regulations. ADTRAN Networking Solutions Enable Healthcare Applications: n Single-office Local Area Network (LAN) connectivity for EHR implementations and voice and data integration n Multi-site, multi-location Broadband access and networking to create a Health Information Exchange (HIE) for applications ranging from Patient Health Records (PHRs) to Telemedicine and remote learning n High-speed voice, data, and Internet access for inter-office and remote access to , scheduling, and other programs n High-performance campus or regional fiber optic network of voice, data, and video transmissions between medical offices EHR and Health Information Exchange: Successfully Reducing Costs and Expanding Services A high-performance, secure networking architecture is vital to the implementation of EHRs. When implementing an EHR network, equipment such as scanners, PCs, laptops, and servers must be interconnected or networked together in an integrated, high-performance LAN. As paper files are converted into electronic patient records, a meaningful application of this conversion is enabling quick access by medical staff within the building or from a remote location. The right LAN design will ensure access and transmission of these records rapidly and securely. An ADTRAN solution effectively enables medical professionals to connect their EHR programs using the highest, most efficient levels of bandwidth, performance, and security. In addition to outfitting the network for EHRs and other local applications, ADTRAN solutions help reduce costs and allow for service expansion. This enables a provider to create an HIE network for access by remote partner providers, offices, insurance companies, state and federal offices, and other off-site organizations. The need to obtain medical records is becoming increasingly urgent. Access to sensitive test records such as blood test results, MRIs and X-Rays, just to name a few, will require bandwidth, security, and network circuits for transmission across a wider area network and health information exchange. Creating a fully accessible and secure HIE can give providers the competitive edge in an evolving healthcare marketplace. ADTRAN wide area network solutions work hand-in-hand with the local network solution to provide the connectivity needed to enable this HIE for seamless wired and wireless interconnectivity between multi-location medical facilities and entities.

6 ADTRAN Networking Solutions

7 Unique Value Industry-leading Network Infrastructure Solutions: ADTRAN A Trusted Partner When it comes to networking, ADTRAN is a name you can trust. We have been building networks of all types, with a vast array of applications, bandwidth, and security concerns for more than 20 years. A proven network equipment vendor, ADTRAN has products installed in the networks of all major U.S. service providers and in businesses and government agencies, worldwide. ADTRAN offers a portfolio of more than 1,700 products, including IP and Broadband solutions both of which are leading the industry in innovation and value. Unique to ADTRAN is the level of high-touch support provided not only after product installation, but before and during the customer s decision process of evaluating solutions and vendors. With this combination of innovation and support, ADTRAN consistently delivers award-winning networking solutions you can trust. Array of Networking Products: The Ideal Choice for Healthcare Network Solutions When looking for a partner who can meet your healthcare networking needs, ADTRAN is the ideal choice. An industry-leading technology leader and equipment vendor, ADTRAN offers a vast array of networking products and an extensive range of trusted resellers, integrators, and technology alliances. ADTRAN helps healthcare providers like you integrate networking into daily business operations in a meaningful and cost-effective manner. ADTRAN solutions are robust and offer the functionality that healthcare providers require today, with room for expansion and integration of future applications, users, and locations. All ADTRAN network products are standards-based for ease of integration in multi-vendor network environments and provide a breadth of ease-of-use features that make it simple to to install, manage, and monitor the network. Focused on Healthcare: Designed with Your Needs In Mind ADTRAN solutions are specifically designed with the needs of the healthcare industry in mind. From IP-based internetworking solutions to our portfolio of Broadband, optical, and wireless access solutions, ADTRAN offers outstanding product choices for all your networking needs. Whether used in the single office medical practice or in clinics and hospitals that need to be internetworked with voice and data connectivity, ADTRAN has a solution for you. ADTRAN solutions include the award-winning line of NetVanta Routers, Ethernet Switches, IP Business Gateways, Wireless Access Points (WAPs), and IP Telephony products. This portfolio of products delivers an integrated firewall, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), Quality of Service (QoS) parameters, Voice Quality Monitoring (VQM), and much more. ADTRAN offers everything a medical office needs to build a robust, secure voice and data network. Our partners are ready to help you design, implement, and maintain a network solution that will bring value to your business. When it comes to implementing a leading Health Information Exchange, ADTRAN solutions help you remain competitive, customer-focused, and secure - all while keeping costs in line.

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