Vantage Oncology Inc.

With multiple Vantage Oncology locations and more planned, the company's network was quickly becoming unmanageable because of a complex legacy system. Vantage Oncology looked to partner with a tier-one provider to help the company avoid this impasse and manage growth effectively.

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Challenge

With multiple Vantage Oncology locations and more planned, the company's network was quickly becoming unmanageable because of a complex legacy system. Vantage Oncology looked to partner with a tier-one provider to help the company avoid this impasse and manage growth effectively.

Solution

Vantage Oncology evaluated four potential vendors and chose multi-protocol label switching (MPLS)-based Qwest iQ® Networking Private Port service for its 24 centers across the U.S. In addition, Qwest provided a wide range of Cisco equipment for the centers and for the corporate location in California.

Benefits and Results

  • Ensures network scalability to support continued company growth
  • Nationwide service availability and rapid implementation shorten time to revenue for new centers
  • Productivity of high-value physician staff is optimized, saving approximately $800,000 dollars a year in head count
  • Enables company to manage a larger network with a smaller number of IT people
  • Users have expressed satisfaction with the excellent performance of the low-latency, low-packet-loss network
  • Network architecture provides control to support compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Company Profile

Based in El Segundo, California, Vantage Oncology provides state-of-the-art cancer treatment with a specialty in radiation therapy. Since 2002, the company has focused on developing, acquiring, managing and operating radiation oncology centers and has a growing presence with multiple locations across the U.S.


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  Qwest customer service is outstanding, and that influenced our choice of Qwest iQ® Networking Private Port service. Qwest service has been five-star, 10 out of 10, on every level from Qwest CSRs to corporate management.

Eric Erickson,
Director of Information Technologies.