Customer Contact & •   Voice Portal Solutions     IP Telephony •   Unified Messaging •   / CallPilot     Wireless LAN •   Convergence Solutions •   Enterprise Solutions •   Healthcare Solutions •   Optical Enterprise •   Solutions for     Healthcare Providers       2005 Highlights   2004 Highlights   2003 Highlights		Your Location: Home / News & Events / Series of Wins Show Nortel Leadership in Providing Solutions to Benefit Healthcare Globally Series of Wins Show Nortel Leadership in Providing Solutions to Benefit Healthcare Globally November 22, 2004 - Nortel announced today a series of network deployments at healthcare facilities globally, helping hospitals provide superior patient care and improve service and security while enhancing communication capabilities and reducing costs. •  Hospitals Select BT, Nortel to Deliver Converged Networks Novant Health, Capital Health, Geisinger Health System and The Credit Valley Hospital have deployed secure and reliable Enterprise solutions from Nortel, including wireless local area networks (LANs), optical and Internet Protocol (IP) technologies with advanced applications to enable mobility and bring information to the point of care instantly and reliably. BT has deployed converged Internet Protocol (IP) telephony solutions from Nortel for Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust. These IP telephony solutions will provide secure and reliable networks that will help both Trusts to drive reduced operating costs by converging voice and data traffic onto a single network and by simplifying network maintenance and support. With a strong history of global leadership and innovation, Nortel continues to meet the vital technology requirements of healthcare customers. Collaborating with partners and customers, Nortel is shaping the future of patient care by providing increased bandwidth with converged networking solutions to healthcare facilities.  • Customer Quotes "We selected Nortel to provide the utmost in business resiliency. Its complete converged solution provides connectivity across the entire Novant Health geographical infrastructure - better yet, there is no single point of failure from a voice or data standpoint. This infrastructure is helping to deliver improved patient care and a better place to work for physicians and nurses." Toni Kourey, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Novant Health "We looked at a number of voice system vendors, but we chose Nortel because of their ability to interface with our existing systems and their outstanding service. Carol Swank, Access Center Director, Geisinger Health System "The enterprise-wide solution will reduce operating costs, simplify management and improve staff productivity. Donna Strating, Chief Information Officer of Capital Health "To ensure caregivers are able to collaborate seamlessly regardless of location, Credit Valley Hospital also deployed the Nortel VoWLAN solution. This enables all our caregivers to coordinate with specialists, primary care givers and other experts instantly, providing voice communications as well as access to other applications in a secure environment that protects patient information and enables better access at the point-of-care." Leigh Popov, Manager, Information Systems, Technical Services and Telecommunications, The Credit Valley Hospital  • Related Information Portfolio Pages •  Wireless LAN •  IP Telephony •  Customer Contact and Voice Portal Solutions •  Unified Messaging   Documentation •  Security in Healthcare (PDF, 504 KB) •  High-Performance Networking in Healthcare (PDF, 130 KB) •  Mobility in Healthcare (PDF, 934 KB) •  Multimedia Collaboration in Healthcare (PDF, 163 KB) •  Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Healthcare (PDF, 290 KB) •  Optical Enterprise solutions for healthcare providers (PDF, 291 KB)   Success Stories •  Erlanger Health System •  Healthcare Solutions Success Stories   Multimedia •  CallPilot Unified Messaging Demo   Other News •  Series of Deployments Demonstrates Nortel Networks Momentum in Healthcare Market •  University of Pennsylvania Health System Upgrades Network with Optical Ethernet Solution from Nortel Networks •  Gwent Healthcare Deploys Converged IP Network from Nortel Networks