In South Florida, Gastro Health is known for providing patients with quality medical and preventative care in the field of gastroenterology. They are a group of
board-certified physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nutritionists, and technicians spread out across 35 locations.
THE NEED
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Connections between Gastro Health’s central data center, backup facilities, and remote office locations to facilitate Electronic Medical Records (EMR) use.
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Greater network access and reliability to support EMR and improve patient care.
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Ease and flexibility to grow and expand their network into the future.
THE SOLUTION
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We connected the main office with nine of their remote locations via a
multi-point Ethernet and Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) service. -
The main office is equipped with 1Gbps Ethernet access and 100Mbps internet access, while the remote locations have various bandwidth options. All locations share the 100Mbps DIA circuit.
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Each site has a GigE interface to accommodate future growth and demand.
THE IMPACT
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With nine of Gastro Health’s sites currently connected through Crown Castle Fiber’s network, they are able to offer EMR hosting as a service.
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Crown Castle Fiber’s intra-metro latency of sub 5ms allows Gastro Health to fully utilize their Committed Information Rate (CIR) and deliver superior service with minimal delay.
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Gastro has the infrastructure in place to add more locations and increase bandwidth at a minimal cost—and without disruption to current locations.
of office-based physicians are using an EMR/EHR system. 1
Crown Castle Fiber’s intra-metro latency.
1. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/electronic-medical-records.htm
