CNS And GE Health Care Case Study

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CNS and GE HealthCare team up for big wins
Recession resistant industry provides huge opportunities

The Converged Network Solutions (CNS) team and GE Healthcare (GEHC) are collaborating to provide wireless ecosystems designed, built, integrated, delivered and customized to meet the diverse challenging needs of the healthcare industry.

Northeast Medical Hospital in San Antonio will be the first of six hospitals within the Methodist HealthCare System to benefit from the collaboration between Sprint and GEHC. As part of a $19 million contract, we will enable anywhere and anytime communication among caregivers as well as enhance access to critical data, such as vital signs with radio frequencies from Sprint and clinical products from GEHC.

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