Building a Future-Proof Network — Eliminating Technical Debt
Before FG, OSF’s network was carrier-controlled, unreliable, and full of hidden inefficiencies. Frequent outages forced clinicians back to paper, threatening both patient safety and operational efficiency.
FG stepped in to deliver a client-controlled, future-ready network, resolving years of technical debt:
- Fiber optic investments across Illinois created a resilient, scalable backbone.
- Infinite Network design ensured OSF stayed five years ahead of demand.
- Outages dropped dramatically, allowing critical systems—from Epic to telehealth—to run without disruption.
This future-proof network gave OSF the confidence to expand from 7 hospitals in 2014 to 17 hospitals in 2024, while keeping IT costs below national benchmarks.