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A Deeper Look – February 2020

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Trapped in a Dead Zone?

Increase productivity, communication, and satisfaction by improving a single system you already have in place.

Looking for opportunities to improve care coordination between providers and their practices or departments within the hospital? Increase productivity and patient experience by improving a single system you already have access to – your local cellular coverage. The struggle with service provided by local carriers is often seen as users move further into buildings, down to lower levels, or as they encounter interference from machines within the hospital, this can cause delays in the flow of vital information. HSi can help to improve cell coverage and service satisfaction in providers, patients, and visitors.

North Hawaii Community Hospital, a 35-bed rural acute care hospital located in Waimea, Hawaii Island, relied on cellular towers installed by local carriers in the area for their cell coverage within and around the confines of the hospital. With more than 300 employees and over a dozen employed physicians staff the main hospital, as well the outpatient clinics located in the Lucy Henriques Medical Center and at their Primary Care Clinic, cell coverage was proven unreliable at best with routine dropped calls for the major carriers.

To rectify the problem, North Hawaii Community Hospital requested HSi’s assistance. Conducting a thorough Cellular Site survey of the main hospital, emergency department, and two off-site locations, HSi was able to create an in-building solution design to increase signal strength to optimum levels at all desired locations.  Leveraging HSi Project Management and Cellular Engineering, coupled with local electrical resources, a cellular repeater system was implemented delivering to North Hawaii a robust, cost-effective solution improving cellular signal strength across the entire campus.

As a result of the 2-month project, from site survey to implementation, the organization has already received positive feedback from providers and staff on the vast improvements in cellular coverage.  In addition, the ease and reliability of cell coverage have improved the turnaround times for coordinating care for patients with the ability to quickly reach providers without having to wait for them to get into an area where “they can talk.”  As for the patients and visitors to the medical center, they don’t even know cell coverage used to be a problem – it is just there for them to use as they need, which is a consumer satisfier versus being a dissatisfier when it isn’t available.

This is HSi’s version of the story and you don’t need to take our word for it; feel free to contact the CFO of North Hawaii Community Hospital, Money Atwal, via email matawal@queens.org.

Not sure if HSi can help your organization?  How would you answer these questions?

  • What cellular provider do you use for your personal phone while at work?
  • How would you rate your cell coverage while using your cell phone at work?
  • Does your coverage have a negative impact on your day-to-day ability to communicate for your job function?

If you answered any of them in a less than positive way, Get Started with HSi today – we can help!

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