Doctors Telehealth Network (DTN) Taps ARINC for Mission-Critical Network SupportSeptember 5, 2006Annapolis, Maryland—When today’s leader in remote healthcare needs an ultra-reliable video network to connect its medical specialists with patients located thousands of miles away—who do they call? Doctors Telehealth Network—a pioneer in the fast-growing field of TeleMedicine—has selected ARINC Healthcare Solutions as its partner for mission-critical networking around the world. Under an agreement just signed, ARINC will provide DTN with data center hosting, a broad range of advanced protocol communications, and integration services to enable DTN to offer its telemedicine services globally. “ARINC has years more experience than any other provider in mission-critical networking—especially for the airlines, where lives are at stake,” stated Kurt Grossman, DTN President and founder. “In addition, ARINC’s global network offers DTN many options for transport bandwidth including its newest MPLS service, which enables the delivery of clear, high-performance video in real time. This allows our certified medical specialists to evaluate patients most naturally.” “ARINC will support DTN’s end-to-end quality of service (QoS) guarantee for clinics and practitioners on its MPLS network, and offers the option to add its satellite and VPN services all managed by a single point of contact,” stated Ray Dudley, Director of Marketing and Sales for ARINC Healthcare Solutions. “Under this agreement, ARINC will also host DTN’s electronic medical record and video archival systems. We offer services from four hosting centers in the U.S. and two in Europe, supporting both short-and long-term needs for high availability and network performance.” The ARINC-supported infrastructure of the DTN network offers a video-grade IP alternative specifically engineered to deliver TV quality video conferencing. DTN and its not-for-profit subsidiary DTN Cares provide turnkey telemedicine services. The companies support the entire spectrum of patient wellness and provider activities with videoconferencing, transmission of still images, remote monitoring of vital signs, specialist referral consultations, preventive care, distance learning for continuing medical education, and integrated administrative services. DTN's unique business model enables providers to generate incremental revenues while extending access to quality care and specialty practitioners to underserved areas of the world. For more information, visit the web site at www.DoctorsTelehealthNetwork.net. ARINC Incorporated is the world leader in transportation communications and systems engineering. The company develops and operates communications and information processing systems and provides systems engineering and integration solutions to five key industries: airports, aviation, defense, government, and surface transportation. Founded to provide reliable and efficient radio communications for the airlines, ARINC is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland, and operates key regional offices in London and Singapore, with over 3,200 employees worldwide. ARINC is ISO 9001:2000 certified. Release: 06-111 Corporate Communications |
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