7 steps to optimize your hospital's wireless network for secure text messaging
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7 STEPS TO OPTIMIZE YOUR HOSPITAL’S WIRELESS NETWORK FOR SECURE TEXT MESSAGING
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Marc Bloom, M.D., NYU Langone Medical Center
"Our entire hospital communications wouldcollapse without wireless technology.”
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Identify what
networks users will
be connectin
g to
Physician_BYOD
STEP 1
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Step 2:
Elevate Wi-Fi SLAs to business critical
STEP 2
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Conduct site surveys and field testing
to verify SLAs
STEP 3
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Revise your wireless funding model if necessary
STEP 4Image from blog.debmed.com
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Improvecoverage
of Wi-Fi and
mobile networks
STEP 5
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Iconic Displays
“Seventy-five percent of Americanssay one week without Wi-Fi would leave them grumpier thanone week without coffee.”
9Ensure redundancy of all components
Ensure required ports are not restricted
Avoid captive portals
Optimize IP release and renew
Keep SSIDs to a minimum
Ensure capacity for IPs and bandwidth
Leverage access control software
Optimize placement of access points
Carve out network for mobile/BYOD
Optimize coverage footprint
10 Best Practices
Optimize wireless networks per industry best practices
STEP 6
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Do Not Disturb enabled
10 Lessons Learned
Document things that cause delays and educate users
Low power mode enabled
Push notifications off
Port restrictions
Sleeping devices
No simultaneous voice and data
Captive portals
Poor network architecture
Lack of coverage
Restricting background data
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netw
ork
conn
ecti
vity
No push notification
STEP 7
11Lack of coveragePoor network architectureCaptive portals / web authNo simultaneous voice and dataSleeping devices
STEP 7 (continued)
Educate users on causes of delays
due to lack of network
connectivity
12Push Notifications onAvoid Do Not DisturbAvoid low power modeAvoid restricting background dataAvoid some task killers
STEP 7 (continued)
Educate users on causes of
delays due to no push
notifications
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“71% of all mobile communications flows over Wi-Fi.”The Wi-Fi Alliance
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Revise WirelessFunding Model
SUMMARY
Improve Coverage
Make SLAs Business Critical
Identify Networks
Conduct Testingto Verify SLAs
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EducateUsers
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