To increase staff effectiveness while improving patient care, healthcare organizations need to provide the right information, to the right staff member, on the right device regardless of where that person is located. However, in many healthcare environments, medical databases, patient records, and administrative information are stored independently, limiting visibility and preventing staff from making time-sensitive decisions.

Healthcare organizations can bridge these gaps by adopting an architectural approach that holistically considers business processes, applications and IT infrastructure in developing innovative solutions. Designing a network infrastructure that provides reusable network-based services will help your staff to be more productive, more collaborative, and serve more patients.

This approach can help your organization:

• Better connect medical devices to the network
• Enhance both mobile and long-distance communication capabilities of your staff
• Improve the way medical images are stored, transported, and shared

The Cisco Service-Oriented Network Architecture (SONA) framework allows you to integrate these capabilities into your foundational network infrastructure, enabling the solutions you need to transform your organization.