Williamson Medical Centre (WMC) - Case Study

Williamson Medical Center (WMC), Tennesses, U.S.

Williamson Medical Center (WMC) is a not-for-profit community-focused hospital offering diagnostic care, pioneering wellness programs and credentialed physicians in 53 specialities and sub-specialities to more than 180,000 residents in Williamson County, Tennessee. Named one of the top 10 places to start a company by Business Week/ Bloomberg and home to many Fortune 500 companies, county seat Franklin prides itself on its “unique sense of place, not compromised by future growth or development.” Williamson Medical Center, or WMC, is frequently acknowl- edged for its innovative health care programs as well as its commitment to prudent financial management, with CEO Dennis Miller named twice as an industry leader by the Nashville Post, most recently for leading WMC through an $83 million expansion and construction project designed to provide better care for the local community.

 

Williamson Medical Centre Security Director Al Segal has extensive experience in radio communications, having come from a career in public safety. When he took his post at Williamson Medical Centre, he found that the coverage and other features of the existing radio system were inadequate, and he knew he needed to move to a new system that provided better coverage, features, and a graceful narrow-band path. He remembered the reliability and value of the KENWOOD radios that he had used as a police officer. Segal contacted the local KENWOOD authorised dealer, CommTech, and began the process of moving the entire WMC security team to KENWOOD digital NEXEDGE portables.

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