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Security, Privacy, and Compliance
As digital systems become more connected, the risks grow too. From patient records to IoT devices, every layer of the healthcare environment must be protected.
Explore how Cisco helps healthcare organizations strengthen security, ensure compliance, and stay resilient in the face of evolving threats.
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Location data is only useful if it’s accessible and actionable.
Cisco DNA Spaces provides a centralized dashboard for real-time and historical location data, heatmaps, and zone-based reporting—helping IT and operations teams make smarter space planning, staffing, and safety decisions.
Gain actionable insights with centralized location data
Hospitals frequently over-purchase or misplace equipment due to limited visibility.
Cisco Meraki Wireless Access Points with built-in BLE support enable location analytics and asset tracking—helping facilities reduce shrinkage, improve inventory management, and ensure mobile assets are in the right place when needed.
Improve asset utilization and reduce equipment loss
RTLS depends on accurate location tracking and actionable insights. Cisco DNA Spaces delivers the data and tools healthcare organizations need to track people, assets, and workflows in real time—using the wireless network already in place.
Locate staff, patients, and equipment
Real-time visibility helps clinicians find what they need faster. DNA Spaces enables precise indoor tracking using Wi-Fi and BLE, helping staff locate assets, patient tags, or coworkers instantly across large facilities.
Automate key workflows based on movement and proximity
Workflow triggers like discharge alerts, bed turnover, or hand hygiene compliance can be automated using zone- or event-based rules—saving time and reducing manual communication gaps.
Visualize data and improve operational decisions
Heatmaps, zone analytics, and historical data views help teams understand traffic patterns, optimize space usage, and plan resources more effectively across the care environment.
Unlock real-time visibility and workflow automation with Cisco DNA Spaces
The following outcomes show how Cisco solutions help healthcare organizations locate people, assets, and equipment in real time—streamlining workflows and improving safety across the care environment.
Use Case Architecture
In fast-paced healthcare environments, knowing the real-time location of people and assets is critical to delivering efficient, high-quality care. Whether it’s finding mobile equipment, locating a staff member, or tracking patient movement for safety, real-time location systems improve responsiveness and reduce costly delays.
Cisco makes it easy to integrate RTLS across your wireless network infrastructure—providing location visibility, actionable insights, and automation that supports smarter care, faster workflows, and better resource utilization.
Business Needs
These are the core challenges healthcare organizations are trying to solve when implementing real-time location services.
Locate staff, patients, and mobile equipment in real time to reduce delays and response times
Automate workflows such as discharge notification, hand hygiene compliance, or patient movement alerts
Use location data to improve space planning, reduce search times, and optimize asset utilization
Ensure scalability, security, and reliability of RTLS data across facilities
Industry Drivers
What’s changing in the healthcare landscape that’s driving demand for this solution? These are the external trends and pressures your customers are responding to.
Increased use of mobile medical equipment and shared resources across facilities
Staff shortages and workflow inefficiencies are creating demand for faster coordination
Growing emphasis on safety and fall prevention through patient tracking
Hospitals need location data to optimize space, staffing, and throughput
What Cisco Enables
Business Needs
Overview
Real-Time Location Services (RTLS)
Use Case Architecture
As hospitals adopt more connected devices—from infusion pumps to bedside monitors—the ability to securely connect, manage, and extract value from that data has become essential. Yet many organizations still struggle with siloed systems, manual data entry, and lack of visibility into device status or performance.
Cisco delivers the networking, visibility, and security solutions needed to integrate medical devices into clinical workflows. With simplified onboarding, real-time data flow, and automated policy enforcement, providers can streamline care, reduce risk, and get more value from every connected asset.
Medical devices need to feed data into clinical systems without delays or dropped connections.
Cisco Secure Access delivers policy-based, encrypted access from device to EHR, ensuring clinical data moves securely between systems—whether devices are on-prem, at the edge, or in a distributed care environment.
Support EHR integration with reliable, secure data flow
Each connected device adds risk if not properly secured.
Cisco Secure Network Analytics (Stealthwatch) monitors device traffic continuously, using behavioral analysis to detect anomalies, isolate compromised endpoints, and prevent lateral movement—helping protect patient data and clinical operations.
Secure device traffic and prevent lateral threat movement
Downtime for critical devices can interrupt care and frustrate clinical teams.
Cisco DNA Center gives IT full visibility into device connectivity and performance, offering real-time monitoring, automated alerts, and tools to proactively identify issues—so providers can prevent outages and ensure operational continuity.
Ensure continuous monitoring and real-time visibility
IT teams need to bring hundreds of medical devices online without manual configuration.
Cisco Catalyst 9000 Series Switches provide the high-performance, secure connectivity needed to onboard and segment devices quickly—supporting plug-and-play setup, device profiling, and network segmentation to reduce risk and time-to-service.
Simplify device onboarding and connectivity at scale
The following outcomes show how Cisco solutions help healthcare organizations securely connect, manage, and extract value from their growing fleet of medical devices.
Business Needs
These are the common challenges healthcare organizations face as they look to implement or expand room-based monitoring solutions.
Onboard and manage a growing number of connected devices without burdening IT
Ensure data from medical devices flows securely and reliably into clinical systems
Scale nursing teams by enabling one-to-many observation
Maintain visibility and control over connected devices to prevent downtime and compliance risks
Automate monitoring and management to reduce manual oversight
Industry Drivers
These are the external trends and pressures influencing the demand for remote monitoring solutions in healthcare settings.
Increased use of smart medical devices at the bedside and across care settings
Growing reliance on real-time patient data to support clinical decisions
Need to reduce errors from manual data entry and documentation
Rising cybersecurity risks as more devices connect to the network
Pressure to improve efficiency and staff productivity with technology
What Cisco Enables
Business Needs
Overview
Medical Device Integration
Use Case Architecture
Fast, reliable communication is essential in healthcare—especially when time, mobility, and coordination directly affect outcomes. Whether it's physicians consulting remotely, nurses escalating a patient concern, or multidisciplinary teams planning treatment, secure and streamlined communication tools keep care moving.
Cisco helps healthcare organizations connect people, workflows, and information in real time. With integrated voice, video, and messaging solutions designed for clinical use, providers can reduce delays, eliminate silos, and support more responsive, collaborative care.
A great patient experience depends on more than just app design—it requires uptime, speed, and reliability. ThousandEyes gives IT teams real-time visibility into the performance of patient portals, triage tools, and mobile check-in systems.
With end-to-end monitoring, teams can detect and resolve issues before they disrupt care.
Ensure a consistent, reliable digital experience
The use of mobile apps and personal devices in healthcare increases risk if not properly secured.
Cisco Duo enforces multifactor authentication and verifies device health before granting access to collaboration tools, helping ensure only trusted users can communicate or view sensitive information.
Protect communication channels and connected devices
Whether conducting virtual rounds, care planning, or shift handoffs, teams need high-quality collaboration tools.
Cisco Desk Devices and Room Series offer intuitive video endpoints that connect in-room and remote staff with crystal-clear audio and video, helping care teams align in real time.
Improve multidisciplinary collaboration across departments
Clinicians need access to communication tools and clinical apps from anywhere— without putting patient data at risk.
Cisco Secure Access delivers seamless, policy-based security for mobile users and distributed teams, ensuring they stay connected to critical systems without added friction or risk.
Support mobility without compromising security
Fast, reliable communication helps care teams respond quickly and work more efficiently.
Webex for Healthcare enables secure voice, video, and messaging across mobile and desktop devices—supporting virtual rounding, team handoffs, and real-time collaboration across departments.
Enable secure, real-time communication across care teams
The following outcomes show how Cisco solutions help care teams stay connected, streamline communication, and collaborate securely across any setting.
Enable secure, real-time communication between care team members across roles and locations
Support mobility without compromising HIPAA compliance or patient data security
Improve care coordination through integrated voice, video, and messaging
Reduce alert fatigue and communication breakdowns across departments
Streamline escalation paths for urgent patient needs
Business Needs
These are the core challenges healthcare organizations are trying to solve when building modern, cloud-ready infrastructure.
Industry Drivers
What’s changing in the healthcare landscape that’s driving demand for this solution? These are the external trends and pressures your customers are responding to.
More distributed care teams are working across multiple locations and devices
Staff shortages are increasing the need for communication tools that save time
Patients expect faster, clearer responses from their care teams
Clinical collaboration now spans internal departments, external specialists, and family caregivers
Mobile health apps and BYOD trends are introducing new communication challenges and risks
What Cisco Enables
Business Needs
Overview
Clinical Communications and Collaboration
Use Case Architecture
As healthcare organizations expand digital services and adopt AI-driven tools, traditional data center models can no longer keep up. Providers need flexible, high-performance infrastructure that supports rapid innovation, scales across environments, and meets strict regulatory requirements.
Cisco’s hybrid cloud and AI-ready platforms give IT teams the control, visibility, and automation they need to manage modern workloads—whether on-premises, in the cloud, or across both. With unified operations, built-in security, and AI optimization, Cisco helps healthcare systems modernize infrastructure without adding complexity.
A great patient experience depends on more than just app design—it requires uptime, speed, and reliability. ThousandEyes gives IT teams real-time visibility into the performance of patient portals, triage tools, and mobile check-in systems.
With end-to-end monitoring, teams can detect and resolve issues before they disrupt care.
Ensure a consistent, reliable digital experience
AI tools and imaging apps depend on fast, reliable networks.
Cisco Nexus Dashboard gives IT teams centralized visibility, automation, and assurance across hybrid environments—helping optimize traffic flows, maintain uptime for critical systems, and resolve performance issues before they disrupt care.
Improve network visibility and application performance
As sensitive health data moves across hybrid systems, maintaining consistent security and compliance is critical.
Cisco Secure Workload uses micro-segmentation and adaptive policies to protect clinical and operational workloads—reducing risk and helping meet HIPAA and regulatory requirements.
Secure patient data across cloud and on-prem
Healthcare IT teams face increasing pressure to manage infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments with fewer resources.
Cisco Intersight simplifies how they manage infrastructure across hybrid environments. With a single cloud-based platform, it brings together compute, networking, and storage management—making it easier to automate processes, maintain system health, and scale operations without added complexity.
Simplify operations across hybrid environments
Healthcare organizations are scaling up to support AI workloads, virtual care platforms, and data-intensive clinical apps.
Cisco UCS X-Series delivers modular, high-performance infrastructure that adapts across environments—helping IT teams meet evolving demands with greater flexibility and lower cost.
Modernize infrastructure with scalable, AI-ready platforms
The following outcomes show how Cisco solutions help healthcare organizations modernize infrastructure, support AI workloads, and secure data across hybrid environments.
Deploy scalable data platforms that can securely manage large volumes of clinical and operational data
Provide reliable access to cloud, on-premises, and edge systems—anytime, anywhere, from any device
Maintain strict control over sensitive patient data across hybrid environments
Business Needs
These are the core challenges healthcare organizations are trying to solve when building modern, cloud-ready infrastructure.
Industry Drivers
What’s changing in the healthcare landscape that’s driving demand for this solution? These are the external trends and pressures your customers are responding to.
Digital transformation is accelerating the need for real-time data access across every point of care
Healthcare systems are expanding and hosting more applications across hybrid environments
AI and high-performance workloads are introducing new compute and storage demands
Imaging workflows are shifting to Vendor Neutral Archives (VNA), requiring stronger network support
There’s growing pressure to improve efficiency across services, applications, and infrastructure
What Cisco Enables
Business Needs
Overview
Hybrid Cloud and AI Infrastructure
Care teams rely on fast, secure access to people, data, and systems to deliver efficient, coordinated care. From mobile collaboration to real-time location tracking, Cisco provides the tools to connect clinical workflows across every setting.
For partners, it’s an opportunity to solve operational challenges with proven, scalable solutions built for healthcare.
Connected Clinical Workflows