Hospital networks have long been operating under the preconceived notion that "the bigger the tether, the higher the performance," but new wireless network technologies have the ability to provide health care organizations more freedom at even greater speeds and in a smaller footprint than wired Ethernet networks. For this digital feature, DOTmed met up with Aruba Networks, a major provider of wireless infrastructure in the health care industry, to find out what happens when hospitals cut the cord.
There is a growing urgency within the health care informatics community to get electronic health records (EHR) online and upgraded as the Obama administration's guidelines for health IT funding begin to gel. While EHR may be driving the next generation of patient care and health care interoperability, these and other important applications fall flat without the proper network infrastructure -- a foundational technology also earmarked for federal stimulus money in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).
There is a growing urgency within the health care informatics community to get electronic health records (EHR) online and upgraded as the Obama administration's guidelines for health IT funding begin to gel. While EHR may be driving the next generation of patient care and health care interoperability, these and other important applications fall flat without the proper network infrastructure -- a foundational technology also earmarked for federal stimulus money in the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA).
(Source - DOTmed.com - Tapping In: Wi-Fi Company Aruba Networks Helps Hospitals Go Wireless)
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