Westlake Hospital, a former 225-bed facility, permanently closed in 2019 after filing for bankruptcy. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, state officials decided to temporarily reopen it to accommodate 230 beds and provide much-needed medical resources.
The hospital required complete modernization of its outdated network infrastructure to support the influx of patients. Synoptek was selected as the managed infrastructure services partner to rapidly upgrade and deploy new IT systems to meet urgent healthcare demands.
Key upgrades included adopting existing efficient switches, replacing outdated wireless access points with new Cisco Meraki APs, and constructing a network to support 11 working IDF closets throughout the facility.
With Synoptek’s Managed Infrastructure Services, the hospital was able to:
- Rapidly deploy new IT infrastructure within one week
- Upgrade connectivity with advanced networking and wireless solutions
- Establish seamless network coverage across all hospital departments
- Support for increased demand due to emergency reactivation of hospital services
- Improve operational efficiency to handle critical healthcare needs
- Enhance IT resilience for future medical and crisis management scenarios
Customer: An Illinois-based general medical and surgical facility
Profile: The hospital provided quality care to patients for over a century
Industry: Healthcare
Services: ITaaS
