AI-driven WiFi monitoring
The ECRI recommends that “clinical engineering and IT staff have adequate systems, resources, and support staff to maintain WiFi systems, including settings and security certificates.”

AI-driven WiFi monitoring solutions perform tasks that IT staff cannot (real time monitoring) and, in doing so, give IT more control over their time and energy so that they can better allocate resources.
These solutions will:
- Learn to recognize normal and abnormal network behavior thanks to AI-engines
- Provide business critical coverage by monitoring and analyzing all network activity 24/7
- Alert IT proactively and in real time when any issue occurs
- Enhance cybersecurity initiatives by detecting unauthorized APs, open ports, and other security issues instantly
- Provide recommended actions for resolution so that problems are solved faster than ever
- Grow with a network, easily monitoring thousands of devices

AI-driven WiFi monitoring solutions not only detect active security threats, but also will proactively identify possible issues. For example, they can identify long-term performance and behavior trends and, in doing so, identify upcoming problem areas such as an impending lack of bandwidth to support hospital needs. Issues like this affect network security. If identified proactively, organizations can upgrade their networks before the issues ever occur, ensuring HIPAA compliance assurance.

Capabilities needed in AI-driven WiFi monitoring
Healthcare organizations:
- That must be HIPAA compliant,
- That store and/or send patient information over a WiFi network (EMR/EHR, telehealth, etc.),
- That need a cost-effective way to boost IT teams,
- That plan to maintain or increase the number of WiFi dependent devices on the network,
- That need to analyze WiFi network security performance in real time, and
- That want to eliminate dropouts, dead zones, and other WiFi issues that put patient information and security at risk

must prioritize the health of their WiFi networks. They require AI-driven WiFi monitoring. It’s the one solution that can actually deliver complete network visibility, including proactive security alerts, in real time.

When testing technologies, all organizations should look for the following capabilities:
- AI-driven
- Proactive and automatic testing and alerts
- Recommended resolutions provided
- Vendor-agnostic (so solutions continue working no matter what changes a network undergoes)
- Ongoing customer support

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