UC Davis Deploys Voice-over-Wi-Fi with Sprint, Cisco

The UC Davis Medical Center, a 576-bed hospital located in Sacramento, California, has deployed a private 802.11g WLAN to enhance their wireless voice communication system. The customized solution, which was deployed by Sprint, allows physicians, nurses and administrators to communicate instantly with each other to share patient and administrative information from virtually anywhere in the medical center. The networks uses Cisco Aironet Access Points and the Vocera Communications System for the voice component.



The system consists of a software application and a voice-controlled badge that enables instant, hands-free wireless communication between staff members. Potential uses for such a Wi-Fi network include a variety of advanced voice and data solutions such as alignment of voicemail with the system, integration of the nurse call and alarm notification system, electronic medical record sharing and providing/authorizing patient orders through multiple wireless devices. http://www.sprint.com