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(Nashua, NH) – Nudged along by the perceived value of wireless as a way to increase service levels while controlling operating costs, the use of wireless systems in health care institutions has been steadily growing. Despite the cost containment initiatives which present barriers to investing in new information technology, a increasing number of healthcare professionals now believe that wireless technology will provide improved data accuracy and reduce errors.
Healthcare delivery is being increasingly mobilized through the use of wireless technologies. Physician acceptance, once thought to be an impediment to wireless growth in this sector, is being mitigated by the annual wave of new MDs, many of who used wireless devices in medical school, entering the healthcare workplace. Metropolitan-area hospitals, particularly those with academic teaching affiliations, have been active in adopting wireless systems for medical records, diagnostics, charting, pharmacy, admissions, billing, and emergency services. For smaller hospitals, the change will be more gradual, with wireless nodes being added to their existing wired LANS as budget cycles permit.
In spite of the obvious benefits of wireless in healthcare setting, several issues that go beyond economics continue to hamper wireless adoption. Key among these are reliability and ease-of-use. The reliability issue is primarily due to inadequate site-specific testing and/or less-than-robust system integration. Ease-of-use issues center on user interfaces that often seem to be designed for the convenience of the vendor rather than the care giver, and again is often a product of insufficient on-site testing.
These and other conclusions are the subject of a comprehensive report. The report documents and analyzes the results of a recent survey of communications applications within the healthcare sector conducted by Applied Data Research.
More information is also available at www.applieddata.org .
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Source: Applied Data Research
Posted June 2nd, 2008 by gstone
