ANNOUNCEMENT: MedicalWAN joins the GCI ConnectMD medical network
GCI, through the acquisition of MedicalWAN, has expanded the ConnectMD medical network across Washington and throughout Alaska. MedicalWAN customers will continue to enjoy the same level of service and support they have come to expect from the MedicalWAN staff. The seamless transition to GCI ConnectMD will provide customers with access to a suite of medical services and connections to over 140 clinics, hospitals, and medical corporations. GCI has a long history of providing reliable telecommunication services with medical network expertise to customers throughout the Northwest and is dedicated to the members of MedicalWAN.

Medical Wide Area Network

MEDICALWAN is an organization that is dedicated to connecting medical locations together in a secure robust Wide Area Network.

MEDICALWAN is dedicated to the sharing of medical information by creating a network of member medical facilities.

MEDICALWAN has created a method of transporting critical medical information quickly and securely using a backbone of fiber optic technology affordability.

MEDICALWAN is a way of sharing the costs of direct connections to medical resources with other members in the medical community.

Medical Education

View the latest Continuing Medical Education and Grand Rounds courses offered by Virginia Mason Medical Center, accessible via video conferencing over the ConnectMD medical network.

Why MEDICALWAN?

  • Sharing in the cost of the latest technology
  • Restricting broadband usage to only medical members
  • Connecting medical members to allow secure sharing of information
  • Centralized VPN Hardware configuration
  • Shared Point to Point connection costs with other like members
  • Centralized configuration of SSL and VPN software connections
  • Co-location of Servers within the MEDICALWAN members
  • Increase communication by using Fiber Optic Backbone
  • Centralized remote management of Local Servers
  • Understanding each members Local Area Network
  • Organized IP addressing for future growth
  • Building and updating static routes for increased performance
  • Using centralized Network Monitoring Software to keep browsing slowness to a
  • minimum
  • Representation of current MEDICALWAN needs at local meetings and conferences
  • Being able to work with Grant Writing Teams for describing current MEDICALWAN needs for staying ahead of the curve
  • Using the MEDICALWAN VLAN for Off-site Backups to a localized Backup Server
  • Keeping MEDICALWAN secure by using WAN Anti-Virus protection
  • Using WAN Spam protection at the MEDICALWAN centralized internet Portal
  • Being able to re-route connections to avoid long term interruptions of upstream
    providers