Health Information Technology

Health information technology is driving improvements in care and patient experiences.

Healthcare organizations are working to improve patient care, reduce costs and enhance the experiences of patients and care teams, and having the right health information technology in place is critical to achieving these objectives.

Digital technology continues to transform the healthcare industry. From electronic medical records (EMRs) and digital medical imaging to advanced communication devices for interacting with patients and delivering telemedicine in rural areas, health information technology has the potential to help dramatically improve patient outcomes while reducing the cost of care across the continuum.

To take advantage of leading-edge solutions like cloud and telehealth technology, healthcare organizations need networks that can deliver fast connections, high bandwidth, superior performance, minimal latency and enhanced reliability. That’s why so many hospitals, medical practices and institutions have turned to health information technology and fiber solutions from Spectrum Enterprise.

Health information technology from Spectrum Enterprise.

Spectrum Enterprise provides fiber solutions for Internet, voice, video, cloud and managed network services to many of America’s largest healthcare organizations and other enterprises. With a privately owned nationwide fiber network that includes thousands of fiber route miles and fiber-lit buildings in 41 states and 32 metropolitan areas, Spectrum Enterprise provides comprehensive solutions and a dedicated healthcare team with extensive experience to help organizations implement the health information technology required to achieve their goals.

With Spectrum Enterprise health information technology, organizations can:

• Enjoy secure, fast and reliable connectivity required to collect and access bandwidth-intensive patient data and support telehealth initiatives.
• Ensure fast and easy communication across the continuum of care, enabling clinicians to securely collaborate and share files.
• Improve the patient experience with ubiquitous WiFi access throughout healthcare facilities, superior viewing experiences for patient and waiting room TV, and easier communication with clinicians through videoconferencing and advanced hospital phone technologies.
• Ensure healthcare data security with technologies that support HIPAA and HITECH compliance.

Comprehensive solutions for health information technology.

Spectrum Enterprise fiber solutions for health information technology include:

• Dedicated Fiber Internet that delivers a high-performance connection for data-intensive and mission-critical applications.
• Voice technologies with unified communications solutions that deliver superior quality and cost advantages along with modern collaboration features to keep clinicians, patients and families better connected.
• HDTV services that provide patients and families with high-quality viewing experiences.
• Ethernet and cloud services that support storage and sharing of very large files, including audio transcriptions and medical imaging photos and videos.
• Managed router and managed WiFi services that help to ensure connectivity in designated areas without taking bandwidth from other network activity.
   

Learn more about health information technology from Spectrum Enterprise, and get answers to questions like “Do hospitals have WiFi?”