Corning MobileAccess Adds Major Medical Centers to Client Roster, Experiences Double Digit Healthcare Growth
22 Febbraio 2012 - 3:00PM
Marketwired
Corning MobileAccess, part of Corning Incorporated's (NYSE: GLW)
Telecommunications segment, announced today that it has expanded
its presence in the healthcare world with double digit growth over
the past year. This growth was bolstered by the additions of
several new healthcare institutions to Corning MobileAccess' client
roster, including St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, and the Medical
University of South Carolina. These hospitals join a number of
healthcare institutions -- including Florida Hospital -- that have
implemented Corning MobileAccess' distributed antenna system (DAS)
to enhance cellular signals throughout their buildings, signifying
healthcare's increasing need for uninterrupted wireless access.
"The importance of improved cellular services in healthcare goes
beyond the ability of staff, patients and visitors to text and make
phone calls from mobile devices," said Michael Southworth, senior
vice president global business management with Corning
MobileAccess. "As more physicians embrace smartphones, and as
hospital technology continues to advance at a breakneck pace, from
wireless medical telemetry to electronic medical records, hospitals
need reliable indoor cellular service to support these devices. DAS
provides the necessary coverage for healthcare institutions to best
use the next generation of wireless services and technologies,
making DAS a must-have in the modern hospital."
According to a recent Manhattan Research report, it is estimated
that 81 percent of physicians are now using smartphones at work
(Physicians and Mobile, May 2011). This, combined with heavy usage
from employees, patients and visitors, is creating demand for
pervasive cellular coverage throughout medical facilities. Corning
MobileAccess' newest healthcare customers are responding to this
demand through use of the company's DAS, which dramatically
improves the footprint of cellular services indoors.
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland, a 443-bed, comprehensive, community
and teaching hospital in Pontiac, Mich., worked through their
technology integrator RF Connect to select and install the Corning
MobileAccess2000 DAS. The Corning MobileAccess solution has allowed
St. Joseph Mercy Oakland to greatly improve the ability of
patients, visitors and staff to use mobile devices, while
supporting the growth of wireless healthcare services within the
hospital.
"The installation of the distributed antenna system has greatly
enhanced our physicians' ability to utilize their wireless devices
in the hospital for text and voice communications," said St. Joseph
Mercy Oakland telecom supervisor, Paula Hartman. "This new system
eliminates the need for pagers and reduces the number of devices
that a physician needs to carry throughout the day."
Similarly, the Medical University of South Carolina, one of the
top academic health centers in the U.S., wanted to improve indoor
cellular service while maintaining a flexible wireless system,
allowing them to remain future ready for new services and carriers
as their needs evolved. To achieve this goal, the Medical
University enlisted wireless integrator Longent to implement the
Corning MobileAccess2000 DAS, ensuring that both current and future
cellular needs would be met inside the facility.
To learn more about Corning's DAS solutions for healthcare,
visit Corning MobileAccess' booth #13438, at HIMMS12, from Feb.
20-24, at the Venetian Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas. More
information is also available at Corning MobileAccess' healthcare
portal, located at
http://mobileaccess.com/solutions/healthcare.
About Corning Incorporated Corning
Incorporated (www.corning.com) is the world leader in specialty
glass and ceramics. Drawing on more than 160 years of materials
science and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and
makes keystone components that enable high-technology systems for
consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications
and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD
televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates and
filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber, cable,
hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks; optical
biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics and
specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including
semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
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