And they did it with a relatively small IT staff...Doctors, nurses, and support staff needed the ability to continuously access and use medical applications as they moved throughout the facility....and it can save lives...BD
Overlake has also deployed tablet computers with integrated healthcare software to provide mobile access to patient records, hospital pharmacies, and ordering systems, creating a "portable office." Five new wireless carts equipped with Meditech software support bedside registration, improving the speed and accuracy of patient registration. Wireless coverage is also available to patients and visitors in common areas such as waiting rooms.
For example, specialists carrying VoWLAN handsets or PDAs can be rapidly located anywhere in the hospital's multicampus facility. Overlake is exploring ways of similarly tracking patients using active RFID tags on wheelchairs in conjunction with the Cisco Wireless Location Appliance.
Security was essential-the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA) outlines stringent requirements for the protection of patient information. The network infrastructure would have to allow only authorized users to access patient records, and help ensure that patient information was transmitted securely. The wireless infrastructure in particular would have to provide tight access control, advanced authentication techniques, and several encryption tools for enhanced privacy. And it would have to support a wide range of medical client devices with different security capabilities, such as PDAs, laptops, and tablet computers.
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