Case Study: Ommelander Ziekenhuis Groningen achieves a centralized, secure mobile-first network and stronger patient-data control with HPE Aruba Networking

Dutch hospital creates platform for effective healthcare delivery with Aruba Mobile First Architecture

Ommelander Ziekenhuis Groningen is a new, consolidated hospital near Groningen that opened in 2018 to serve a large regional patient population (about 64,000 outpatients and 120,000 admissions yearly). Starting from a “blank piece of paper,” IT leadership needed a single IP network to run building controls, telephony and clinical systems, strengthen control and visibility of patient data and devices, simplify network management, and enable extensive mobility — all while connecting to off-site data centres with no servers on site.

The hospital deployed an Aruba Mobile First architecture (350+ Aruba 300-series APs, Mobility Controllers, ClearPass, AirWave and campus switches), with ClearPass becoming the core tool for software-defined access. The result was rapid, seamless device onboarding, centralized control and visibility, stronger data security, and stable Wi‑Fi for clinical devices and building systems (what used to take a week to configure now takes a day), delivering the high reliability the hospital requires and a platform for future innovation.

Ommelander Ziekenhuis Groningen

Sietse Bolt

IT Project Leader