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Montefiore Medical Center Takes Advantage of Lightpath's Optical Transport Services for Network of the Future, Now

Posted on: Monday, 15 November 2004, 09:00 CST

Bronx-based Hospital Using Expanded Bandwidth to Power Computer Physician Order Entry and Picture Archiving & Communication Systems

Lightpath(R), the business telecommunications services division of Cablevision Systems Corporation, today announced that Montefiore Medical Center has deployed Lightpath's Optical Transport Services to support its advanced healthcare applications.

Montefiore Medical Center is upgrading its network from an OC-48 SONET ring to Gigabit Ethernet, taking advantage of Lightpath's dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM) core optical network backbone. The new Gigabit Ethernet network links the hospital's Bronx-based Moses Division, Medical Park and Weiler/Einstein Division facilities to its data center in Yonkers, which houses more than 300 application servers.

"The success of this ambitious upgrade is a reflection of Lightpath's ability to quickly react to our constantly changing needs," said Brian Hoch, Director of Computing Resources, Montefiore Medical Center. "Lightpath's reliable optical network, proactive customer support and ten-year relationship with our hospital made them the obvious choice to support the critical exchange of data between our main facilities. In upgrading to Gigabit Ethernet, our bandwidth has quadrupled while costs have remained virtually unchanged."

The WAN network upgrade enables Montefiore Medical Center to move to 100 percent Computer Physician Order Entry (CPOE), which will eliminate the need for paper-based bedside charts. Physicians can now order tests and medicine, and communicate with the hospital staff through an online portal that is supported by the Lightpath network. A Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) has also been implemented, enabling storage and distribution of digital medical images that can be retrieved remotely or transmitted over the network.

"Montefiore's aggressive rollout of Lightpath's Optical Transport Services demonstrates the hospital's commitment to using advanced telecommunications and Internet technologies to provide the very best in healthcare services to its patients," said Phil DeCabia, senior vice president, Lightpath. "Montefiore is an extremely dynamic institution and we're eager to continue expanding our relationship with the hospital as they explore advanced capabilities that utilize our state-of-the-art network infrastructure."

About Montefiore Medical Center

Montefiore Medical Center, The University Hospital and Academic Medical Center for the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, is an internationally recognized leader in patient care, education, research and community services. Located in the Bronx, Montefiore provides treatment programs for patients with all major illnesses and has distinguished centers of excellence in heart care, cancer care, children's health, women's health and surgery.

About Lightpath

For more than 16-years, Lightpath, as part of one of the nation's leading communications companies, Cablevision Systems Corporation, has been designing and delivering innovative telecommunications solutions for businesses throughout the New York metropolitan area. From its inception, meeting the evolving communications needs of businesses has been its sole focus and commitment. Today, thousands of organizations use its integrated voice, data and Internet services to increase their productivity, reduce operations costs, identify and take advantage of new business opportunities, and enhance the ability to utilize ongoing advances in communications technology.

With 2003 revenue in excess of $178 million, Lightpath utilizes a state-of-the-art, all-digital network with more than 2,300 route miles of fiber optic cable (nearly 119,000 miles of actual fiber) and direct "first" or "last" mile access to more than 20,000 "on-net" commercial buildings serving more than 142,000 access lines and 27,000 dedicated Internet and broadband circuits. This enables Lightpath to deliver next generation solutions with the diversity, scalability and reliability businesses demand in today's highly competitive and financially focused business market. For more information visit the Lightpath website at www.lightpath.net.

About Cablevision Systems Corporation

Cablevision Systems Corporation is one of the nation's leading entertainment, media and telecommunications companies. In addition to its broadband, cable, Internet and telephone offerings, the company owns and operates Rainbow Media Holdings, Inc. and its networks; Madison Square Garden and its teams; and, Clearview Cinemas. In addition, Cablevision operates New York's famed Radio City Music Hall. Additional information about Cablevision Systems Corporation is available on the Web at www.cablevision.com.

Source: Business Wire

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