Aruba Networks has announced several initiatives, partnerships and new capabilities of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture designed to enable the secure implementation of multiple healthcare applications on a single wireless network.
Patient monitoring – Aruba Networks and Welch Allyn have entered into partnership to mobilise critical patient telemetry applications such as heart monitoring.
Patient safety and workflow management – Aruba Networks and IntelliDOT have joined forces to enable the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture to provide the infrastructure for IntelliDOT’s CAREt System, a comprehensive bedside system that employs the CAREt mobile handheld device at the point of care to eliminate medication errors.
Aruba Networks and AeroScout, a leader in real-time location services, have announced interoperability of the Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture and AeroScout’s active RFID products to provide location and status of high-end, mobile healthcare equipment in hospital settings.
With the newly announced ArubaOS 3.1, Aruba’s application-aware Mobile Edge Architecture has expanded scalability and performance compared to prior versions and provides detailed monitoring and management for Voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi) services throughout healthcare settings.
Aruba’s role-based access, multiple captive portals and Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS) technology enable healthcare IT to provide mobile access to applications and services while assuring they comply with policies and protect sensitive patient data.
“Healthcare settings provide unique challenges for IT in terms of mobility, security, voice and more,” said Peter Mongroo, global healthcare marketing for Aruba. “Too often, this has resulted in healthcare organisations building separate networks to support each of these functions. The Aruba Mobile Edge Architecture was designed to securely converge all of these services on to a single mobility network, thus easing the cost and complexity for healthcare IT.”
