Case Study: Barrow Neurosurgical Associates achieves instant access to patient images and EMRs, centralized servers and major cost savings with CenturyLink Metro Optical Ethernet (MOE)

Barrow Neurosurgical Associates - Customer Case Study

Barrow Neurological Associates, a multi-site medical practice, was hampered by slow T‑1 lines that delayed access to patient images and records and threatened rollout of a bandwidth‑hungry electronic medical records (EMR) system. Director of IT Steve Slack tested appliances and VPNs but needed a faster, easy‑to‑manage network solution.

They deployed CenturyLink Metro Optical Ethernet (MOE) at six locations (MRI/x‑ray center, four clinics, and a business office), with scalable bandwidth up to 1 Gbps. The MOE delivered near‑instant access to images and EMRs, zero reported downtime, enabled server consolidation (avoiding an estimated $100,000+ in capital costs), and reduced operational staffing needs (about four FTEs saved).

Barrow Neurosurgical Associates

Steve Slack

Director of IT, Barrow Neurosurgical Associates