Healthcare

Healthcare Organizations Need Secure, Highly Accessible Networks

To deliver the best patient care, healthcare organizations rely on highly accessible networks and, increasingly, new technologies such as wireless networks and PDAs. The challenge for healthcare IT departments is to help care givers take advantage of these exciting new technologies, while maintaining network availability and HIPAA-compliant security.

WildPackets network analysis solutions give healthcare organizations the troubleshooting and analysis tools they need to keep their networks running smoothly and securely. WildPackets analyzers deliver:

• Real-time expert analysis for rapid troubleshooting
• Remote segment analysis, enabling troubleshooting and optimizing network segments on other floors and in remote buildings
• Support for both wired and wireless technologies
• Analysis and logging that aids network security and forensics

Leading healthcare organizations are benefiting from WildPackets solutions such as the OmniPeek Product Family and AiroPeek NX (superseded by OmniPeek).

WildPackets healthcare customers include:

• HCA
• Baxter Regional Medical Center
• DaVita
• National Institutes of Health
• Weill Medical College at Cornell University

News

“WildPackets Premier Partner Lands Major Healthcare Contract”

WildPackets Inc., innovators in advancing network analysis technology, announced that premier partner Open Access Systems Corporation (OASYS) has been awarded the contract to supply Ethernet hardware and software to a major East Coast healthcare insurance provider. WildPackets’ portable and rackmount GigaPeek NX full-duplex Gigabit network analyzer and Omni consoles and engines were selected after two weeks of intensive product evaluation of all offerings by the buyer. The products will be used to troubleshoot the network, particularly application reaction at high network utilization, and to improve daily operations.

Read the complete announcement here:
http://www.wildpackets.com/corporate/news/press_releases/detail/04-01-06

Case Studies

Cornell University Weill Medical College Relies on EtherPeek NX for Rapid Troubleshooting and Network Security
“We needed to figure out what was happening on our huge, diverse network at any moment. EtherPeek NX gives us the ability to troubleshoot and monitor quickly and effectively. It's also a great tool for securing our network and detecting network attacks.”

- Dr. Steven M. Erde
Chief Security Officer and Senior Director of the Office of Academic Computing
Cornell University Weill Medical College

- Complete case study

DaVita Replaced Sniffer® with the WildPackets Omni Platform for Seamless Troubleshooting
In the past, DaVita’s IT team used Sniffer™ DSS to troubleshoot WAN traffic problems, and it used WildPackets’ EtherPeek NX—driven remotely with Microsoft NetMeeting or PC Anywhere—to view problems with application performance, printing, or server time-outs on individual LANs. But the process was far from seamless.

- Complete case study

Baxter Regional Medical Center Uses WildPackets Omni to Keep 750+ Node Network Running Smoothly
"Providing high-availability services on our network requires fast, easy-to-use, diagnostic tools that allow rapid isolation of specific types of traffic for detailed analyses. The Omni distributed platform allows me to diagnose traffic in every segment of our network without leaving my office."

--David Kelly
Network Manager
Baxter Regional Medical Center

- Complete case study

Links

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), a government organization responsible for implementing HIPAA. (CMS was formerly HCFA, the Health Care Financing Administration.)
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hipaa/

HIPAAdvisory, Phoenix Health Systems’ site about HIPAA, featuring news, white papers, summaries, and other useful information about HIPAA.
http://www.hipaadvisory.com

National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology (NICHSR)’s list of Health Services Research Web Sites
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/hsrsites.html

Mobile Health Data, a Web site presenting news and other information about mobile technology and health care.
http://www.mobilehealthdata.com