Challenges IT Organizations Face in Supporting Healthcare Environments During COVID-19 and How To Resolve Them

During the COVID pandemic, healthcare organisations have seen exponential surges in both patients and demand for medical equipment, necessitating the building of temporary facilities in parking lots and convention centers. While this surge was due to COVID-19, this situation is not entirely unique in healthcare. While perhaps not to this present worldwide scale, hospitals and clinics have experienced rapid increases in activity during natural and man- made disasters, political unrest, and minor outbreaks of disease. In these crisis situations, behind the front-line practitioners is a team of network managers, engineers, and technicians who are tasked with delivering the infrastructure which supports critical medical instrumentation. High availability, high security, high performance, and high mobility are essential to help practitioners deliver quality patient care, while maintaining data privacy and compliance with patient information.