Growing Bay Area Mental Health Nonprofit Counts on Comcast Business to Support Reliable Access to Resources and Patient Data
December 11 2018 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
Comcast’s Reliable and Affordable Network
Connects 32 Caminar Locations and Their 300+ Employees, Enables
Outstanding Care for Thousands of Local Residents
Caminar, a Bay Area nonprofit that provides community-based
behavioral health services, has selected high-speed internet
services delivered over fiber and coax from Comcast Business to
support its rapid business expansion and growing range of service
offerings. Comcast Business will deliver reliable, affordable
broadband high-speed network connectivity to Caminar’s 32
locations, which support more than 300 employees.
For over 50 years, Caminar has provided individual and family
mental and behavioral health services throughout the Bay Area.
Contracted by San Mateo, Santa Clara, San Francisco, Solano, and
Butte counties, Caminar serves more than 14,000 people annually and
is quickly expanding that reach, recently acquiring Family &
Children Services of Silicon Valley, Healthy Partnerships, and
Project Ninety.
With this growth, Caminar’s Information Technology (IT) team
needed to ensure its systems could support the new employees and
members. To do so, Caminar, already a ten-year Comcast Business
customer, expanded its network connection, adding 50-100 megabit
per second (Mbps) Ethernet Dedicated Internet service to new
facilities. Caminar employees rely on a high-performance internet
connection and need quick, easy access to the central office data
center for electronic health records, reporting, billing and other
crucial applications.
“Our employees are online constantly and could not provide
Caminar’s high level of service without a strong network,” said
Cipriano Andrada, Caminar’s IT Manager. “The speed and reliability
of this network are especially crucial as our employees are
handling confidential and time-sensitive medical information. We
have employed a fiber optic network at our sites and feel confident
in expanding the service from Comcast Business as we grow our
company.”
Along with Ethernet services, Caminar has also deployed Comcast
Business VoiceEdge, a cloud based unified communications solution
providing a wide range of voice features and capabilities at two of
its locations.
“When we evaluated various providers, we were quite surprised by
the affordability of Comcast Business’ advanced and
high-performance services,” said Andrada. “The pricing allows us to
implement the service and easily scale as our business continues to
grow. Three acquisitions in one year was a huge undertaking for our
IT department and we needed a strong network provider to work with
us. Furthermore, working with Comcast Business could not be better
– when we need them, they deliver for us.”
Transitioning from multiple service providers to using Comcast
Business as its main provider for internet services has not only
helped Caminar manage costs, but also helped boost efficiency as
they streamline many processes.
“At Comcast Business, innovation and customer service are at the
forefront of our work,” said David Brown, regional vice president
of Comcast Business for California. “It’s always our goal to build
long-standing relationships with customers and share with them
advanced network services we’ve developed to help make their lives
easier and their businesses more efficient. Comcast Business
ensures that throughout the Caminar network, staff can feel
confident that they’ll have all the tools and information at their
fingertips.”
About Caminar:
Founded in San Mateo, California, in 1964, Caminar serves more
than 14,000 individuals annually in San Mateo, Solano, Santa Clara,
San Francisco and Butte counties. The nonprofit organization’s
portfolio of behavioral health and supportive services empowers and
supports individuals and families to move toward resilience,
wellness, and independence. More information at
www.caminar.org.
About Comcast Business
Comcast Business offers Ethernet, Internet, Wi-Fi, Voice, TV and
Managed Enterprise Solutions to help organizations of all sizes
transform their business. Powered by an advanced network, and
backed by 24/7 customer support, Comcast Business is one of the
largest contributors to the growth of Comcast Cable. Comcast
Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and
mid-size businesses and has emerged as a force in the Enterprise
market; recognized over the last two years by leading industry
associations as one of the fastest growing providers of Ethernet
services.
For more information, call 866-429-3085 or visit
http://business.comcast.com/san-francisco. Follow on Twitter
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at http://business.comcast.com/social.
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