Advocate Health Care adds video-enabled custom boardroom designed by Cisco Services to existing TelePresence network.

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Challenge

Reduce, if not eliminate, travel and make better use of employee time.

• Collaborate more effectively with geographically dispersed associates
• Reduce travel time, and improve employee productivity to better serve patients
• Enable quicker assimilation of new acquisition targets

Solution

Advocate Health Care turned to Cisco Services for help in designing a unique TelePresence solution.

• Cisco Video Experience Services
• Cisco TelePresence 1300 and 500 systems enable face-to-face video collaboration
• Cisco Services customize unique TelePresence solution for boardroom and provide on-demand technical support

Results

A customized TelePresence environment that saves time and improves employee interactions and relationships.

• Accelerated executive decision making with more frequent face-to-face communication
• Created more personal interaction between remote teams on regular basis
• Enhanced quality of care with more time spent on services than traveling for meetings