OVERVIEW:
Piedmont Healthcare is one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in the Southeast serving communities across Georgia. With nearly 50,000 employees and 4.5 million patient encounters annually, Piedmont continues to invest in expanding access to care, enhancing the patient experience, and advancing digital health technologies to support high-quality, connected care.

Recognizing the growing importance of reliable wireless connectivity, Piedmont partnered with Airwavz to modernize its in-building wireless infrastructure and enhance connectivity for clinicians, staff, patients, and visitors.

CHALLENGES:
As Piedmont expanded its healthcare network and invested in digital care initiatives, reliable wireless connectivity became increasingly critical to supporting clinicians, mobile technologies, patients, and operational systems across its facilities.

Piedmont needed an approach that could address:
+ Inconsistent wireless coverage across a growing portfolio of hospitals.
+ Increasing reliance on mobile clinical workflows and connected healthcare technologies.
+ Coordination of multiple carrier relationships and infrastructure stakeholders.
+ Need for scalable solutions that could support future digital health investments.
+ Minimizing deployment disruption within active patient-care environments.