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How to Get Real About Strategic Planning 04/02/2008 12:50:59
Everyone agrees that having a strategic plan for IT is a good thing but most CIOs approach the process with fear and loathing. In fact, the majority of CIOs (and the enterprises they work for) are faking it when it comes to strategic planning. Isn't it time we all got real?Oh, it must be nice to be the CIO of a FedEx or a GE or a Credit Suisse. Places where IT and the business are so tightly aligned you can barely tell the two apart. Where corporate leaders understand that IT is a strategic asset and support it as such
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Health care consortium Master Health Services Brisbane (MHS) has deployed a wireless network and VPN to improve treatment efficiency.
The network will enable doctors and visiting practitioners to access patient records, track surgical equipment and make calls within MHS' 32 operating theatres. Visiting practitioners can use the VPN to remotely access updated patient records from their offices, where they previously had to carry possibly old data via laptops.
MHS will install the technology over the next 18 months in its seven hospitals and says it will provide the foundation for a roll out of health care applications. MHS Brisbane, which has the system successfully operating in its South Brisbane adult's hospital, cares for around half a million people annually and employs more than 5000 staff.
The MHS network is built on provider Cisco's 4100 series wireless LAN controllers and Cisco Aironet 1000 series lightweight access points. A touch screen application tracks surgical instruments as they progress through sterilization, and as they enter and exit the operating theater.
MHS Brisbane CEO Malcolm Thatcher said the technology is critical to the consortium's 'smart hospital vision' strategy.
"Choosing the right networking partner was absolutely critical to the future of our smart hospital vision, as the network is at the heart of what we want to achieve," Thatcher said. "Cisco was the only vendor which demonstrated its thorough understanding of the health sector and is making significant investments in the area."
Cisco Queensland regional manager, John Winters said, "The benefits which IP-based networking can provide organizations such as MHS go well beyond e-mail and Web searches towards true, real-time interactivity with the information the care providers need."
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