Cisco Drives Innovation in Healthcare With Enhanced Mobility Solutions, Industry Collaboration

SAN JOSE, CA, Feb 25 (MARKET WIRE) --
Cisco(R) (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced today that it has enhanced its Mobility
Healthcare portfolio with a set of integrated solutions designed to rapidly
improve
patient care and staff productivity for healthcare organizations around the
globe. The
integrated solutions combine Cisco's Unified Wireless Network with new Cisco
CompatibleExtensions and technology partner offerings in the areas of Mobile
Care
andLocation-Aware services, as well as to Cisco's Secure Wireless foundation, to
address
the primary concerns of healthcare professionals today.

"Healthcare is, by nature, a mobile environment," said Ben Gibson, Cisco's
senior
director of mobility solutions. "As medical professionals grapple with the
numerous, daily tasks involved in administering patient care, the need for
consistent and reliable mobility solutions becomes even more crucial. Cisco
strongly believes in addressing this need with a comprehensive,
solutions-based approach in contrast to a technology silo view. Our mobility
solutions are fully integrated with medical systems and equipment, enabling
these professionals to quickly respond, diagnose, collaborate and treat patients
at
the point of care."

Cisco Mobility Healthcare Solutions Address Key Concerns of Healthcare
Providers

Combining Cisco's Unified Wireless Network with Cisco Secure Wireless and
healthcare-specific applications for mobile care and location-aware, Cisco is
addressing the requirements of healthcare organizations today, allowing them to
deploy a medical-grade network that delivers high reliability, security, instant
access to information and interactive collaboration. The Cisco approach
begins with the Cisco Unified Wireless Network, comprising of Cisco Aironet
access
points, wireless LAN (WLAN) controllers, the Cisco Wireless Control System, and
the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance -- the industry's first location
solution that tracks thousands of devices from the WLAN infrastructure. These
components run over Cisco's Secure Wireless foundation, which extends the
network
to the point of care without compromising the integrity of business-critical
data
and applications, and helps ensure compliance with industry regulations.
Finally, through the Cisco Compatible Extensions Program and its open
application programming interface (API), Cisco teams with partners to enable
value-added services in the areas of mobile care and location awareness that
operate over the secure network.

Orlando Regional Hospital Takes Mobile Care to the Next Level

Orlando Regional Healthcare is a prime example of how Cisco's healthcare
mobility
solutions are revolutionizing the healthcare environment. For this private,
not-for-profit healthcare provider, which serves nearly two million Central
Florida residents and 4,500 international visitors annually, a reliable mobility
infrastructure is crucial to the organization's daily operation. The
organization maintains eight different facilities, all of which are connected
via
its Cisco Unified Wireless Network.

According to Orlando Regional's chief technology officer, Alex Veletsos, the
Cisco
Unified Wireless Network serves physicians, nurses and administrators at each
of Orlando Regional's eight facilities while also providing guest access to
hospital visitors and private practice physicians working at the hospitals. "Our
wireless network truly impacts patient care," said Veletsos. "All of our
clinical
information, electronic medical records, and even our employee payroll, human
resources and purchasing information can be accessed via the wireless network.
The
network allows our staff to become more efficient and productive, which results
inimprovements across the board, and most importantly with the care of our
patients."

In addition to the wealth of mobility applications already deployed,
Orlando's Dr.
P. Phillips Hospital is evaluating the Motion Computing(R) C5 Mobile
Clinical Assistant (MCA) -- recently Cisco Compatible Extensions-certified -- to
allow physicians, nurses and administrators to collaborate seamlessly,
throughout the facility while on the go. The Motion C5 MCAs enable these
healthcare professionals to quickly capture and access patient data at the point
of care and automate important administrative tasks such as scheduling medical
exams.
"The hope is that the combination of our Cisco Unified Wireless Network and the
new
Motion C5 devices will dramatically enhance clinical workflow and allow our
staff to become even more efficient," Veletsos said. The Motion C5 was
designed specifically for clinicians and was developed based on extensive
research conducted by Intel Corporation. This research included interviews with
healthcareprofessionals worldwide, including Orlando Regional's chief medical
information
officer, Dr. Steve Margolis.

New Cisco Compatible Extensions and Technology Partners Deliver Tested and
Validated Mobility Solutions for Healthcare

Innovative mobile applications like those being used at Orlando Regional
Healthcare have resulted, in part, through the Cisco Compatible Extensions
Program,
which enables the close integration of Cisco's Unified Wireless Network with key
third-party equipment and systems. Through this program, Cisco and its partners
can help ensure interoperability and the optimized performance required to
successfully deploy these solutions in the demanding healthcare environment.

Four new Cisco Compatible Extensions-certified products were
announced
today:

-- Motion(TM) C5 MCA: In addition to the capabilities that Orlando
Regional Healthcare is evaluating to access patient records and important
information at the point of care, the C5 also includes radio frequency
identification (RFID) and bar code-reading capabilities that are critical
for medication administration applications. Using the C5 MCA over the Cisco
Unified Wireless Network, nurses can quickly log in to the network using
RFID tag-enabled badges, and then scan the bar code on a patient's
medication package and the RFID tag in a patient's wristband, to compare
the two with a physician's latest orders in the facility's main clinical
database. Confirmations or denials are then sent back to the nurse in voice
commands and visually on the Motion C5 screen to help ensure that the right
medication is delivered to the patient. The device also enables instant
access to new, changed or canceled medication orders, and allows staff to
collect valuable data as they move through their daily routines.
-- Intermec: A new addition to Cisco's Secure Wireless foundation,
Intermec's CV30 is a small touch screen laptop for a rugged crash cart that
provides healthcare professionals with secure, reliable, instant access to
mission-critical scheduling, drug management and inventory information.
-- InnerWireless: InnerWireless has already certified PanGo(TM) products for
Cisco's Location-Aware Healthcare Solution through the Cisco Compatible
Extensions Program and has now integrated PanGo Vision with Cisco's Unified
Wireless IP 7921G phone display. Point-of-care visual access to the
location of mobile assets such as medical devices, as well as to patients
and caregivers, eliminates the need to return to the nurse stations.
-- Socket Mobile: Socket Mobile has gained Cisco Certification for the SoMo
650 Mobile Handheld Computer, and other products with its enhanced Socket
Wi-Fi Companion software. To deliver an integrated mobile care solution,
the SoMo 650 with a plug-in CompactFlash RFID reader-scan card helps
healthcare staff to correctly administer patient medication, quickly access
electronic medical records, and track medical equipment. It thereby helps
staff improve patient care, gain access to critical information, and manage
capital assets. Socket has designed an antibacterial version of the SoMo
650 handheld computer, specifically for the healthcare sector, which it
will be demonstrating at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS) show this week in Orlando.

In addition to these key partners, Cisco also works with AeroScout for
location-aware applications. When used with Cisco's Unified Wireless Network and
Wireless Location Appliance, AeroScout's MobileView application and tags now
deliver
temperature-monitoring capabilities which are critical for proper medication
storage and high-quality patient care.

Cisco's Mobility Solutions for Healthcare will be demonstrated this week
atthe HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 24-28,
inthe Cisco booth 6251.

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