Medstar Health deploys multiple IG nodes for Connected OR Initiative
October 22, 2006 (Washington, DC) Medstar Health, a Washington DC/Baltimore region health system has deployed an inSORS Grid (IG) server and several desktop endpoints to bolster communications between the various hospital locations. The systems will be placed in the operating rooms to increase access to expertise in cases of difficult to handle emergencies. The IG is a multipoint, software based video, audio and data sharing platform that runs on any standard PC and over any IP network including the Public Internet and wireless broadband connections. The IG is ideally suited for such immersive multi-site collaborations. The inSORS Unified Collaboration Grid server will be installed on the Medstar network and will allow for both internal WAN based communications as well as for connections to outside nodes.
About Medstar Health
MedStar Health is a $2.9 billion non-profit healthcare organization and a community-based network of seven hospitals and other healthcare services in the Baltimore-Washington region. As the area's largest health system, it is one of its largest employers, with more than 23,000 employees and 4,600 affiliated physicians, all of whom support MedStar Health's patient-first philosophy that combines care, compassion and clinical excellence with an emphasis on customer service. We prove this everyday with over 145,000 inpatient admissions and more than one million outpatient visits each year.
About inSORS
inSORS, based in Chicago with operations in Houston, Boston, and London supports enterprise unified collaboration software and solutions that enable multiple groups and individuals to interact with high-quality video, voice, and data.
For more information on inSORS visit our website at www.insors.com or contact Brian Gleason at bgleason@insors.com.
Collaboranza! May 8-12, 2006
The Internet2 Commons promotes and facilitates remote collaboration between rooms, laboratories and campuses. Partnering with the development community, the Internet2 Commons offers tool suites that integrate presence, instant messaging, chat, voice, video, data and application sharing. Now, the Internet2 Commons is sponsoring Collaboranza!--a special one-week opportunity for the Internet2 community to explore a handful of the leading collaboration tool-suites. Participants will have the chance to try out each product for free with other educators and researchers from May 8-12, 2006. A concurrent H.323 videoconference will run from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. EDT through the duration of the event, in order for participants to test which of the products are truly capable of inter-operating through an H.323 bridge. Lessons learned and evaluations will be gathered to help potential adopters with their decision-making, and to help developers improve their products.
To participate in the Collaboranza! using inSORS IG2, please go to http://www.insors.com/i2offer.htm. All participants to activate teh inSORS IG2 software license key will be entered into a drawing to win the newest USB cameras from Logitech, either the Logitech Quick Cam Pro 5000 or the Logitech QuickCam for Notebooks Pro. Additional information and instructions will be provided on the Internet2 Commons website (http://commons.internet2.edu). Expert assistance will be available from inSORS to help participants get connected.
inSORS, based in Chicago with operations throughout the US and Europe, develops, markets, and supports global enterprise collaboration software and solutions that enable multiple groups and individuals to collaborate via audio, video, and data modes of interaction. The inSORS Grid solution provides an innovative, state-of-the-art conferencing and collaboration software platform. inSORS Grid solutions include client and server software, documentation and technical support, and a comprehensive range of professional services including installation, network consulting, and training. inSORS also offers custom configurations and private venues.
For more information on inSORS, please contact Jim Miller at jmiller@insors.com or visit http://www.insors.com
