Adena Health System uses Cisco switching, security, and wireless to deliver a rich suite of state-of-the-art clinical applications that bring vital information to the bedside, improve quality of care, and support advanced video and telemedicine services.

Imagine you are the chief information officer (CIO) of a major regional hospital in your first week on the job. You have barely finished unpacking your office when all of a sudden, the entire network goes down. All applications — health information systems, e-mail, clinical applications — are offline. And the chief hospital executives who hired you are standing in your office asking what you plan to do about it. The scenario is every CIO’s worst nightmare, but it was all too real for Marcus Bost, CIO of Adena Health System.

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