Six healthcare organizations that are part of the West Wireless Health Council implemented a new framework that will make it easier to fully adopt and utilize wireless technology in hospitals, according to a West Wireless Health Institute news release.
Currently, there is no standard approach to installing wireless infrastructure in healthcare settings, resulting in limited coverage and bandwidth. This can make it difficult for multiple technologies to work simultaneously and at a level of assurance required in a medical setting. The restricted environment effectively slows the growth of low-cost solutions and drives up costs for hospitals.
Using best practices across the industry, the council developed a reference architecture that enables a wireless infrastructure to be incorporated into any hospital or healthcare system, much like electricity, plumbing, heating or air conditioning. The framework has been implemented at these six hospitals:
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles
• El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif.
• HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, Mass.
• Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colo.
• Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, Va.
• Cook Children's Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas
Currently, there is no standard approach to installing wireless infrastructure in healthcare settings, resulting in limited coverage and bandwidth. This can make it difficult for multiple technologies to work simultaneously and at a level of assurance required in a medical setting. The restricted environment effectively slows the growth of low-cost solutions and drives up costs for hospitals.
Using best practices across the industry, the council developed a reference architecture that enables a wireless infrastructure to be incorporated into any hospital or healthcare system, much like electricity, plumbing, heating or air conditioning. The framework has been implemented at these six hospitals:
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles
• El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif.
• HealthAlliance Hospital in Leominster, Mass.
• Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colo.
• Virginia Commonwealth University Health System in Richmond, Va.
• Cook Children's Health Care System in Fort Worth, Texas
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