Wireless Facilities

Intel and Cisco WLAN Deployment Guide for Healthcare

Mobile technologies have demonstrated maturity in large enterprises, empowering workers and boosting productivity by greatly increasing access to tools and information. Adoption of mobile technologies continues to increase, with wireless networks becoming nearly ubiquitous in Fortune 5001 campus environments.

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  • July 5, 2008
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4G Wireless Key to mHealth Gains

The CTIA show in Vegas last week was abuzz with activity, much of it stemming from Sprint’s push to promote its expanding 4G wireless network. The company’s not alone in its pursuit of 4G or LTE broadband, but it is well ahead of the pack. For healthcare providers, the jump to significantly faster 4G speeds will eventually improve their ability to remotely monitor patients.

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  • March 29, 2010

Bluetooth 4 Holds Promise for Healthcare

Gartner expects two new versions of Bluetooth to emerge by 2011. Bluetooth 3 will introduce 802.11 for faster data transmission, and Bluetooth 4 will introduce a low-energy mode that will enable communication with peripherals and sensors, making it a match for industries such as health care.

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  • By John Farrell
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  • March 29, 2010

FCC Mulls Medical Body Area Networks

While President Obama signed the healthcare reform bill into law on Tuesday, other segments of the federal government are in the midst of decision-making that could also influence a proliferation of new healthcare devices and services.

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  • March 23, 2010

Vitality, AT&T Parnetship Aims to Improve Rx Adherence

AT&T is gearing up to provide a nationwide wireless network connection for Vitality GlowCaps, intelligent pill caps designed to help patients take medications regularly.

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  • March 23, 2010
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Fragmented mHealth Market Ready for Takeoff

The fact that the mHealth space is set to explode shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone in healthcare. Already a $1.5 billion market, mobile health technology is now expected reach an estimated $4.6 billion by 2014, according to a new report from CSMG, the strategy division of consulting firm TMBG Global. And if certain broad healthcare changes--such as pay-for-performance--are implemented, it could happen even sooner.

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  • March 22, 2010

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Takes Patient Monitoring Award

Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center has received the 4th Annual ECRI Institute Health Devices Achievement Award for an innovative patient monitoring project that uses the Masimo SET pulse oximetry and Masimo Patient SafetyNet remote monitoring and clinician notification system.

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  • By John Farrell
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  • March 19, 2010

Pilot Points to Benefits of Linking Devices With Docs

A pilot project at the Cleveland Clinic has found that patients with chronic diseases manage them more effectively when they use medical devices to regularly send health information to physicians.

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  • March 18, 2010

Nurse Call System Adds RTLS Functionality

Healthcare nurse call systems vendor Rauland-Borg has teamed with Visonic Technologies, a provider of scalable Active RFID/RTLS based safety, security and management solutions for the healthcare industry, to integrate Elpas RTLS technology with the Responder 5 Nurse Call System.

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  • March 18, 2010

Embedded 2G, 3G Modules Rolled Out for Mobile Health

AnyDATA Corp. has launched the DTW series of low cost embedded CDMA and GSM/HSPA modules designed for mobile Internet devices. Measuring only 21mm x 22mm x 4.5mm--smaller than a quarter and weighing only 4 grams--the wireless modules serve as the communications platform for a wide array of connected devices, including mobile healthcare devices.

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  • March 18, 2010
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