Healthcare industry has totally different face today than what it had ten years ago. 10 years ago, if one had spoken of IT Departments in the hospital, he would have been transported to the psychology department for sure for diagnosis. But, today, a hospital without an IT department is practically impossible to survive.
And in such a network dependent environment, imagine what would happen if there is going to be some network slowdown. Chaos is all that would remain. Patient Monitoring systems, The hospital database, Patient records, profiles, appointments, schedules etc. All of these have connectivity to the network & any compromise on network security would result in irreparable damage to the hospital.
It is therefore very important to allocate sufficient bandwidth to applications that are vital and prioritize applications according to the severity of its importance. When the surgeon isn't going to have access to vital patient information through the network at the right time, that would lead to the patient not getting the best treatment(both as a person & a patient). When the receptionist isn't able to get access to the software dealing with appointment schedules, that again is going to disturb work flow.
A tool to efficiently manage available bandwidth is essential in this case. Netflow Analyzer has features that are suitable to monitor bandwidth in an environment as critical as this one & traffic reports up to a very minute level of granularity can be obtained. Thus, healthcare institutions can thus benefit from these reports to prioritize bandwidth for business critical applications.
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