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Baptist Health Chooses Ascom VoWiFi Telecommunications for 6 Hospitals

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – Ascom, a leading developer of on-site wireless communications solutions, is pleased to announce a major VoWiFi deployment at Baptist Health South Florida (BHSF) in Miami. The first system has recently been deployed in the Doctors Hospital which is a 281 bed facility with over 18,000 emergency room visits each year. BHSF chose the Ascom i75 VoWiFi handset based on its robust design, extensive feature set and integration capability. Ascom’s FreeNET VoWiFi system, combined with the UNITE Messaging Suite delivers mission-critical messages, alerts and data from virtually any healthcare information systems directly to the handset.

Presidio, a Gold level Ascom Certified Solution Partner was responsible for the sale, installation and support of this system. BHSF plans to replace three thousand 900 MHz wireless phones across their six hospital campus with the Ascom FreeNET i75 standards based device. Preceding the VoWiFi implementation at BHSF, Presidio will substantially upgrade the wireless and IP infrastructure to provide a voice-grade WLAN network. Doctors Hospital in Coral Gables was the first VoWiFi system up and running in October, followed by Homestead Hospital later this year. Once installed over the six hospital organization, the BHSF VoWiFi system will be one of the largest VoWiFi deployments in the US.

“We needed an on-site wireless communication system that would provide us seamless mobility throughout our entire hospital chain” says Gilberto Albornoz, Director of Telecom and Network Infrastructure, BHSF. “Ascom’s ability to easily integrate voice and messaging was exactly what we were looking for.”

“BHSF is a very progressive healthcare organization and Ascom is pleased that we were chosen after extensive testing” says Chad West, President, Ascom US. “Our FreeNET VoWiFi system will help them reduce time losses in their workflow, especially between departments by incorporating purpose-built devices with a unique integrated messaging capability."

About Baptist Health South Florida
Baptist Health South Florida is the largest not-for-profit health care organization in the region. Affiliates of the Baptist Health include Baptist Hospital of Miami, Baptist Children's Hospital, South Miami Hospital, Homestead Hospital, Mariners Hospital, Doctors Hospital and Baptist Cardiac & Vascular Institute. Baptist Health also offers a variety of health care services, such as outpatient diagnostic and treatment facilities and home health care.

About Ascom
Ascom is North Americas’ market leading provider of on-site wireless communication solutions, bringing smart integration to existing systems which enables greater freedom of movement, better service and increased safety in the workplace. Ascom on-site wireless solutions make existing systems work smarter through the integration of complementing, not competing, technologies. Because Ascom is not limited to one particular technology, they can customize unique solutions to meet an organization’s needs, helping to create a road map for the long-term goal of an all-digital, wireless facility. Based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Ascom North America is a part of the Swiss Ascom Group, an international solution provider with comprehensive technological know-how specializing in Wireless Solutions (high-value on-site communications solutions) and Security Solutions (applications for security, communication, automation and control systems for infrastructure operators, public security institutions and the army). For more information, please visit ascomwireless.com.

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