PROGRESS OF IT NETWORKING IN
24 HOSPITALS BY COMPUTERBANK NETWORKING

29 November 2000: Computerbank Networking progresses rapidly the installation of IT & Telecom networking infrastructure in 24 large hospitals. This project is part of the program "Development of an IT Health System" of the Ministry of Health & Welfare.

The hospitals that are being interconnected in this project are, in Alexandropolis, the area general hospital, in Athens the Attica mental hospital, Alexandra maternity hospital, Evangelismos general hospital, Hippocrateion general hospital, gen. hospital of the Red Cross, injuries rehabilitation hospital (KAT), Laiko general hospital, Sismanoglio general hospital, St. Savvas cancer hospital, St. Sophia general children's hospital, Voula Asclipieion general hospital, in Corinth the prefecture general hospital, in Crete, the Heraklion area general hospital, in Ioannina the area general hospital, in Lesbos the Vostaneio general hospital, in Patras the area general hospital, in Piraeus, Metaxas cancer hospital, Tzanio general hospital and the Piraeus-Nikea St. Panteleimon general hospital, in Thessaloniki, the Papanikolaou general hospital, the AHEPA general hospital and the Hippocrateion general hospital, and in Tripolis, the Evangelistria general hospital.
The project will interconnect more than 8000 workstations in total.

This is one of the largest, most difficult and most complicated IT & Telecom networking projects in Greece. Apart of the geographical spread of these hospitals throughout the country, the project must also take into consideration the spread of buildings within the hospital grounds, but also their constructional and functional differences and particularities.

Most often, these difficulties need particularly creative technical solutions, which can only be provided by someone having extensive experience in IT & Telecom networking. This was, in fact, one of the reasons that the prime contractor, Messrs ACE (Advanced Concept Enterprises) SA subcontracted the project to Computerbank Networking SA, who focuses on networking more than ten years.

In spite of the difficulties, the project progresses at a rapid pace and already many of the hospitals involved are at the stage of operational trials preceding evolution to the new technology. In accordance with the plan, the project will be finalised by the end of March 2001.