The document outlines the mobility trends impacting healthcare, emphasizing the shift towards a fully integrated connected hospital leveraging wireless technologies. Key trends include the rise of 5GHz Wi-Fi, the adoption of 802.11ac, and the emergence of IoT, all aimed at improving healthcare delivery and patient experiences. To meet these challenges, it is crucial to plan for wireless growth, educate IT staff, and utilize data for decision-making.

1. Mobility Trends Impacting Healthcare
Mike Leibovitz
Director, Office of the CTO
Extreme Networks

2. The Connected Hospital
Vision:
Fully integrated environment leveraging wireless technologies
Challenge:
Real-time health service communication in shared air
Intent:
Improve effectiveness of delivered health services

3. Who Is Being Connected?
Clinicians
Key metric: optimized workflows
Patients:
Key metric: improved experiences
Families:
Key metric: improved visits

4. Dimensions of Connected Healthcare
Complexity in the form of variety:
Machines to people
People to people
People to machines
Machines to machines
All transitioning to wireless medium; primary use via Wi-Fi

5. 5 Mobility Trends In 2016
1. The rise of 5GHz
2. Wide adoption of 802.11ac Wi-Fi
3. Wi-Fi calling
4. Engagement and analytics
5. Emergence of IoT

6. The Rise of 5GHz
5GHz is the preferred Wi-Fi frequency for indoor use
 5GHz should become dominant for your client devices
 2.4GHz should be left for Bluetooth, ZigBee and RTLS (M2M)
Unlicensed 5GHz spectrum is attracting service providers

7. Wide Adoption of 802.11ac Wi-Fi
The ”all wireless” connected hospital is approaching reality
Shared airspace needs to move traffic faster to offset load
 Life critical (medical devices)
 Mission critical (voice devices)
 Patient critical (Netflix and FaceTime)
802.11ac Wi-Fi, aka “Gigabit Wi-Fi” is shipping now

8. Wi-Fi Calling Is Here
Traditional DAS solutions no longer ”best” for indoor cellular
Wi-Fi Calling, offered by most carriers, is ramping very quickly
 It doesn’t require anything on-prem; connects automatically
Voice-quality Wi-Fi is mandatory for Healthcare Wi-Fi design

9. Engagement and analytics
Profound shift in IT; network is more than digitized plumbing
New forms of patient and visitor personalized mobile services
 New conveniences, improved amenities = increase HCAHP
scores
Evidence based approach to IT service delivery
 Biorhythm of hospital seen through analytics and insights

10. Emergence of IoT
Sensor-based networks spiraling outward from the bedside
Sensor types: wireless>wireless or wireless>wired
Alternate frequencies and protocols add to complexities

11. Failure To Plan Is Planning To Fail
Great networks are not delivered by luck
Start with correct assumptions when gathering requirements
Make budgets that are realistic to deliver robust wireless

12. Key Takeaways
1. Plan for explosive wireless growth (don’t overlook wired)
2. Educate and train your IT staff to manage high-density Wi-Fi
3. Leverage data for better decisions and improved outcomes