HONG KONG--(Marketwire - April 30, 2008) - Kiang Wu Hospital and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today
announced that the hospital will deploy Cisco IP (Internet Protocol)
networking technologies in its new Dr. Henry Y. T. Fok Specialist Medical
Center in Macau. The deployment is designed to support the delivery of high
quality medical services and a brand new experience to the communities of
Macau and Hong Kong.
Designed to meet the growing demand for quality healthcare services,
Macau's Kiang Wu Hospital is collaborating with Cisco, Macau's telecom
service provider CTM and Cisco Gold Certified Partner Macroview Telecom
(Macroview) to develop a wide array of applications via Cisco's Unified
Communications solution and Unified Wireless Network, to improve patient
care services and streamline the administration of the hospital.
"We are keen to provide the best possible medical experience for our
patients. With the construction of the new Dr. Henry Y. T. Fok Specialist
Medical Center, we have an ideal opportunity to incorporate the latest
technologies into our system. This will help elevate our ability to provide
patients with the highest quality of services and equip our medical
practitioners with the tools they need to deliver such services to
patients," said Dr. Zhang Xuming, director of Kiang Wu Hospital. "With
Cisco's compelling solutions and extensive experience in the healthcare
industry, together with the professional advice and expertise of CTM and
Macroview Telecom, this collaboration not only benefits the stakeholders of
the hospital, but also sets a benchmark for medical service providers and
lays the foundation for a digital hospital infrastructure for the
community."
The Cisco Unified Communications solution and Unified Wireless Network
deliver enhanced mobility and security with real-time access to data
applications, which can help the hospital improve the standard of medical
care, accelerate responsiveness and increase productivity.
Kiang Wu Hospital plans to adopt innovative applications after the Cisco
solution is deployed, including Barcode Point of Care (BPOC), Nurse Call
System, Patient Panel and Telemedicine. These applications help enable
medical practitioners to more easily obtain real-time patient data, which
typically might include access to comprehensive information and
applications at the bedside. Some of these applications will be deployed
via Macroview's Leading Unified Communications Application Services
(LUCAS), a flexible platform for developing and implementing IP-based
applications integrated with Cisco Unified Communications technology.
The network also streamlines the administration and operation of the
hospital, with more integrated and flexible internal communications, highly
secure information sharing and notable cost reduction.
The backbone of the Cisco networking infrastructure to be deployed in the
Dr. Henry Y. T. Fok Specialist Medical Center of Kiang Wu Hospital includes
Cisco Catalyst® 6500 Series Switches, Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series Switches
with Power over Ethernet (PoE), Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers
and Cisco Aironet® 1130 Series Access Points, as well as Cisco Unified
Communications Manager Version 5.0 with the Cisco Unified IP Phones 7900
Series. The Center is expected to be in service in late 2008 and users of
the hospitals will benefit from the enhanced services made possible by the
Cisco solution.
The deployment of the Cisco IP platform foundation and first-phase
solutions testifies to Kiang Wu's vision and commitment to its mission of
benefiting its patients with more customized applications and solutions
over the long run and providing quicker and even safer medical services for
the community. After the implementation in its specialist medical center
later this year, the hospital will consider broadening the scope of the IP
network with the extension to other medical premises in order to best meet
the increasing demand for quality healthcare in the region.
"Cisco is delighted to collaborate with a forward-looking medical institute
like Kiang Wu Hospital to set this new paradigm for a digital hospital
infrastructure in the region. This deployment not only raises the bar for
digital healthcare systems, but also underlines our commitment to
contributing to enhanced living for everyone in the community. As medical
institutes increasingly rely on technology, Cisco solutions will become an
integral part of healthcare ecosystems," said Barbara Chiu, general
manager, Cisco Hong Kong and Macau.
About Kiang Wu Hospital
Kiang Wu Hospital is a non-governmental medical organization in Macau and
is a subsidiary of Kiang Wu Hospital Charitable Association. Kiang Wu, a
Chinese founded and managed hospital, was established in 1871. During the
early days, the hospital provided only Chinese medicine service. Later on,
Dr Sun Yat-Sen introduced Western medical service to Kiang Wu Hospital. The
foundation of Kiang Wu Hospital was to set up a medical organization which
ought to be run and managed efficiently, at the same time putting the focus
on the patients by treating them with respect and providing an amicable
atmosphere. Today, Kiang Wu Hospital has been developed into a modernized
general academic hospital with 576 beds of different types. Annual
emergency and out-patient attendances have exceeded 1,000,000 with patient
discharged numbering more than 25,000 yearly. The combination of medical
service, prevention of health, teaching and scientific research has
gradually upgraded the running of our hospital. Over the years, Kiang Wu
hospital has been providing health care services to the public to fulfill
our core values of caring for the poor and needy, and to promote a healthy
and meaningful life to the general public.
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