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Network Infrastructure for Healthcare

Deliver Better Patient Outcomes with Network Infrastructure On-Demand

Reduce complexity, improve security, and accelerate healthcare innovation with Alkira network infrastructure-as-a-service

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Modernize Connectivity for Patients and Staff

Connect patients, doctors, clinics, and hospitals across multiple regions and environments with a comprehensive platform that delivers network infrastructure-as-a-service.

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Secure and Safeguard Patient Data

Use built-in segmentation, services, and troubleshooting tools to quickly untangle complex security challenges.

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Power Healthcare SLAs with a Resilient Network

Meet and exceed demanding SLAs and power intensive workloads like remote telehealth, remote surgery, and real-time imaging with a highly-available, high-bandwidth global network backbone.

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Gain Agility with Network Infrastructure On-Demand

No hardware to buy, no software to license—Alkira provides the world’s most advanced network infrastructure 100% as-a-service with enterprise-grade reliability and security.

Case Study

Case Study: Large Healthcare Provider Manages Inter-region Connectivity and Simplifies Multicloud Deployment

Feature image illustrating a Healthcare Multicloud Networking Case with inter-region cloud connectivity managed through Alkira.
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Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Tailored to Medical

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Medical providers face unique challenges, regulations, and SLAs when it comes to IT. How can you leverage the flexibility and speed of network infrastructure-as-a-service, while still maintaining the exacting standards of the healthcare industry?

Alkira understands the challenges of healthcare and is trusted by major providers around the world. Use Alkira to harness network infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and more. Connect anything, unify everything, and scale everywhere with a flexible platform built for healthcare compliance and security. Alkira Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service can enable you to simplify the deployment and support of mission-critical apps from EPIC to telehealth and remote visits.

Solution Brief

Modernizing Healthcare Networks Exiting the Colocation Era

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Connect Anything

From SD-WAN deployments to data centers to cloud-native applications and resources, connect it all with a singular platform.

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Unify Everything

Centralize disparate networks, systems, and organizational silos to accelerate responsiveness and improve patient care delivery.

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Scale Everywhere

As-a-service delivery model lets you scale up and scale down according to need, and dynamically provision network resources to meet patient demands.

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Optimized for Healthcare

Alkira is vendor agnostic, enabling you to bring together any mix of healthcare systems and manage holistically as one platform while maintaining compliance.

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Start Small and Grow Effortlessly

Alkira makes it easy to bring what you currently use, with integrations for everything from SD-WAN fabric to leading next-generation firewalls.

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Key Features

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Seamless Connectivity

Alkira supports Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud, and more. Whether public, private, or hybrid, Alkira can accelerate your network infrastructure and help deliver end-to-end security across all healthcare environments.

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End-to-End Security in Minutes

Gain unmatched visibility into your entire network infrastructure, no matter the provider, platform, or geographic location. With Alkira you can deliver true end-to-end security that protects patient and business data.

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Agile & Agentless Networking

Alkira’s network infrastructure platform is pre-built and pre-engineered as-a-service. There are no agents to deploy, no hardware to manage, no virtual overhead to maintain. Alkira gives you the power to provision and deploy network infrastructure in minutes.

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100% Delivered as a Service

No hardware to buy, no software to license, no cloud to learn—Alkira features a completely flexible consumption model. Pay for what you use, avoid costly upfront investments, and bring cloud-like agility to your entire healthcare organization.

FAQs


What is network infrastructure-as-a-service (NIaaS) for healthcare?
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Network infrastructure-as-a-service (NIaaS) for healthcare is a cloud-delivered networking model that enables hospitals and clinics to securely connect users, applications, and systems across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments—without deploying physical hardware. It simplifies operations while improving scalability and performance.


How does modern network infrastructure improve patient care in healthcare?
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Modern healthcare network infrastructure enables real-time access to critical systems like EHRs, supports telehealth and remote monitoring, and ensures low-latency connectivity for imaging and diagnostics. This leads to faster decision-making, better collaboration, and improved patient outcomes.


How does Alkira help healthcare organizations meet security and compliance requirements?
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Alkira provides built-in segmentation, end-to-end visibility, and integrated security services to help protect sensitive patient data (PHI). Its architecture supports compliance with healthcare regulations like HIPAA by enabling secure access controls, policy enforcement, and audit-ready environments.


How does Alkira simplify multi-cloud and hybrid healthcare networking?
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Alkira unifies connectivity across data centers, clouds, and remote locations into a single platform. This eliminates complex network configurations, centralizes policy management, and allows healthcare organizations to scale quickly while maintaining consistent security across all environments.

Additional Resources for Healthcare

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Modernizing Healthcare Connectivity – Comparison Guide

Comparing Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service (NIaaS) and Build-and-Operate Cloud Networking Overlays Healthcare networks must securely connect hospitals, clinics, clouds, SaaS platforms, DR sites, and partners—without introducing operational risk or downtime. This comparison guide explains how NIaaS for healthcare delivers a unified, as-a-service network model with centralized policy, consistent segmentation, and zero infrastructure to deploy, compared to build-and-operate…
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Connecting Healthcare Applications using Alkira Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Typically, medium and large-size Healthcare providers manage many medical facilities across multiple regions. These providers deal with massive amounts of patients’ sensitive information that must be stored securely. They also provide secure access to local and remote users from various locations to access the patient’s information. Based on the above information, we can see what…
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Nemertes Alkira Real Economic Value Report, 2024

This study by Nemertes explains how Alkira’s Network Infrastructure-as-a-Service Simplifies Operations, Reduces Overhead, and Improves Agility. Inside, you’ll hear from actual users: