Senior Living Industry: Moving Forward After COVID-19 The COVID-19 global pandemic upended many industries and communities, in many different ways. This holds especially true for the senior living community, one of the most vulnerable to the virus. As the pandemic swept across the U.S., community operations as normal ceased to exist. Senior living communities had to adapt quickly, and many have turned to technology for [...]
POL or Passive Optical LANs for Healthcare Networks By Alan Bertsch, Association for Passive Optical LANPOL Deployed in Healthcare Facilities Support Mission and Life-Critical NetworksPassive optical LAN (POL) is the application of passive optical network (PON) technology in a local area network (LAN) environment. While PONs were originally created to provide fiber-to-the-home or fiber-to-the-premises, their advantages soon became apparent in end-user access applications and they evolved [...]
Communities are Balancing the Cost of a Technology Upgrade with Resident Demands In 2013, the executive team, led by Chief Executive Officer Larry Mabry, completed a competitive analysis to assess the best technology to execute their infrastructure upgrade plan. The technology had to support 500+ residents with Wi-Fi-enabled Internet, and the behind-the-scenes patient management systems from Healthsense. Resident care was also an integral aspect of [...]
