Help maintain quality patient care with Verizon Business Continuity

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Keeping a business running during a natural or manmade disaster is always important, but it takes on a new level of urgency when that business is healthcare. Without access to the records, images and tools physicians need to treat their patients, not only does the business pay the price, but patients suffer as well.

Help maintain quality patient care with Verizon Business Continuity solutions.

That was the problem faced by a large cardiology practice in the eastern United States during Hurricane Sandy, when many of the practice’s 32 locations lost network connectivity. In effect, the practices were crippled and could not function, which impacted healthcare for many patients in the region.

A good plan starts with a good partner.

With the goal of restoring a network connection to all of its locations as quickly as possible, the business turned to Verizon for help. A sales rep quickly surveyed the situation and proposed combining Verizon’s network with Cradlepoint® routers. The solution, which provided 48 new connections along with redundancy and failover, was quickly implemented and disaster was largely averted.

Since that time, the cardiology practice has come to realize the wisdom of the solution, which also included a comprehensive backup plan. The staff now has full confidence that the practice will be able to weather not only future hurricanes, but also other types of natural and manmade disasters.

16,000 Verizon employees monitor and maintain Verizon’s 4G LTE network.1 Business continuity is a must-do for every industry. Developing a plan in the midst of a crisis is a recipe for disaster. It’s important to anticipate potential problems and have a welldocumented, comprehensive plan to address continuity of essential business processes. Verizon offers a range of Business Continuity solutions that give you fast, secure and seamless connections to the people, information and systems that matter most, whether you’re in the midst of a disaster or a simple landline failure. • Protect your business or agency from costly disruptions. • Stay connected to the Internet, as well as private voice and data networks, when wired connections are unavailable. • Continue serving customers and constituents and generating revenue, even during a primary access outage.

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• Ensure reliable backup coverage or extend network coverage for business locations including triage sites, disaster areas, branch offices, retail stores, warehouses, banks or mall outlets.

Business Continuity solutions boost resilience, to help you stay operational during wireline failures. Many industries would benefit from a Business Continuity solution. Examples include:

Finance In the competitive financial world, even a few minutes of downtime can prove catastrophic. Transactions can be lost, opportunities missed and reputations tarnished. A Business Continuity solution can help ensure that, whatever the outside circumstances, you’ll still be able to process payments and transactions, seize opportunities and respond quickly to customer needs.

Plus, Verizon Private Network isolates company data from the public Internet, helping to keep sensitive proprietary and customer data—and your reputation—secure.

Insurance It’s when disaster strikes that your customers need you the most. A Business Continuity solution helps ensure that you maintain voice, data and Internet connections as usual, even when landlines are down. And don’t worry—your customer and proprietary information will stay secure, as Verizon Private Network segregates your data from the public Internet, helping avoid its inherent risks and unsolicited traffic. Private Network with 4G LTE and wireless routers can also provide secure, reliable and cost-effective connectivity at temporary sites, to help you quickly provide assistance when it’s needed.

can impact critical operations and the delivery of government services. Continuity solutions help ensure that your agency can maintain top-level communications, even when wireless networks are down or congested during crisis situations. Wireless connectivity also means that first responders have reliable, 24/7 remote access to dispatchers, decision makers, and online and backend databases so they can act more quickly and make better-informed decisions on the scene. And Verizon Private Network keeps communications between your agency networks and remote locations secure and private, by isolating them from the public Internet.

Public safety Planning and preparedness are the best defenses against emergency situations that

1. Source: Verizon Wireless. verizonenterprise.com/solutions/continuity/ As of 9/24/2013. 2. Source: Verizon Wireless. verizonenterprise.com/solutions/continuity/maintain.xml As of 9/24/2013. Network details & coverage maps at vzw.com. © 2015 Verizon. UC00611015

Learn more. Want to help mitigate lost revenue and keep your business going in times of wireline failure? Contact your Verizon business specialist today.