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END USER INSIGHT
Rudolf Dück , CIO at UKSH

MODERN NETWORK ARCHITECTURE ENHANCES EFFICIENCY OF PROCESSES AND IMPROVES QUALITY OF CARE FOR UKSH PATIENTS

Improving network architecture to allow for Digital Transformation is becoming a top priority for business leaders . Rudolf Dück ,
CIO at UKSH , tells us how the healthcare and research institute put the digitalisation of healthcare and work processes at the heart of its project with Aruba to create a fully reliable network .

The University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein ( UKSH ), a healthcare and research institute with sites in Kiel and Lübeck , is one of Europe ’ s largest medical centres and the only major tertiary care centre in Northern Germany .

Four years ago , the UKSH began centralising the services provided by 21 clinics at its Kiel site and 20 at its Lübeck site . Advances in digitisation were at the heart of the project to centralise the clinics . The goal was to take full advantage of the technological potential in order to be fit for future challenges . An important requirement was the provision of a fully available WLAN solution across all sites to replace the previously fragmented and unreliable network . The IT network infrastructure also needed to run in a stable and secure manner .
The twin cities remain one of the largest centres of medical care anywhere in Europe . Across medical research and healthcare , UKSH is home to 2,000 physicians , scientists and researchers , and 5,400 health staff in 80 clinics and institutes .
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