Vantage Oncology Inc.

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)

Client

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.