Japan's Keio University Hospital rolls out SDN-based network

 21-Oct-16, Networks Asia

Keio University Hospital, one of Japan’s most prestigious medical institutions, has rolled out an in-hospital network that facilitates collaboration between basic research and clinical healthcare in the hospital’s new ward. The new network is based on NEC Corporation's Software-Defined Networking (SDN) solution.

Image: Keio University Hospital

"The new hospital ward was constructed with the aim of not only integrating basic and clinical medicine and healthcare, but also to offer optimal healthcare services as a leader in the field," said Tsutomu Takeuchi, Hospital Director, Keio University Hospital.

SDN is used to integrate networks that were divided between electronic charts and other medical care systems and basic research systems, and then connect these networks with the desired network whenever necessary and at any location.

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 Elsevier APAC Healthcare Update