Proctor Hospital Implements Wandering WiFi's Wireless Fidelity Service

Proctor Hospital has implemented Wandering WiFi’s wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) service for its public wireless networks throughout its main Peoria, Ill. hospital campus, including portions of an adjoining physicians’ office building.

The new network provides hospital visitors and patients with complimentary wireless Internet access. Thanks to Wandering WiFi’s (News - Alert) service, Proctor is also able to force users to agree to terms and conditions when accessing the Internet. Wandering WiFi’s service also offers added content-filtering and blocking options at the hospital’s request.

Jennifer Clyatt, administrative director for Health Informatics (News - Alert) and Technology for Proctor Hospital explained the rationale behind this deployment. The hospital already had a wireless infrastructure in place for their private network but they wanted to leverage that existing infrastructure to offer a service to their customers.

The hospital also wanted to offer the patients and their visitors 24/7 support, 365 days a year. Clyatt noted that Wandering WiFi provided that expertise and got Proctor up and running with their public network in less than 60 days. They also find the cost of the system to be very reasonable and are very happy with the service.

Clyatt also appreciates the additional benefit of customized branding, usage controls and bandwidth management to distinguish the service for its own hospital visitors.

“As a healthcare organization and leader in the community, we felt blocking and filtering content from inappropriate websites was the responsible thing to do for our customers.”

John Marshall, CEO of Wandering WiFi expressed their commitment to continue the development of applications and services dedicated to the needs of professionals in the healthcare industry.

“As the culture continues to embrace advancements in technology and security, it’s great to see more healthcare providers offer benefits of public and private wireless solutions to their visitors and employees.”

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