StreetDirectory.com has a great article about the unwiring of the healthcare industry.
“Visit any hospital in Asia and you will see physicians walking along corridors of white anesthetized rooms visiting patients while holding flipcharts, scribbling observations and recommendations. Attending nurses move to and from their station answering calls, paging physicians and following up on patient medication.
Most departments from administration, finance, purchasing, nurse stations, resident physicians and laboratories have computers networked together to allow authorized staff to view documents online.
Advances in technology and business processes have reached the point where real benefits can be achieved through the convergence of computing and communications. It’s no longer the realm of science fiction and healthcare institutions with very deep pockets, healthcare providers of different sizes, even those specializing in niche areas of healthcare provision, have discovered the payback of computing and the hard benefits of going wireless.”
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