/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20110321_NDSSI_TB-378x82.gif

Subscriptions

Advertising

Resources

About Us

Contact Us

Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month E-Weekly Newsletter Building a Facility Article Archive Second Opinions
Search:
Benchmarking
General Surgery
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Building/Renovating
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120322_Soma_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20110124_ImageFirst_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111003_Ansell_LB-154x100.gif
/_media/adv/web/images/2012/20120201_Provation_LB-154x100.gif
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > July, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 7

Going Wireless: 4 Issues to Consider

Make good on the promise of untethered access throughout your facility.

Marion Jenkins, PhD, and Randy Scott, BS, CS

If you can easily connect to the Web at your local coffee shop, why not at your surgical facility? You can, but low bandwidth, shaky security, limited range and confusing protocols can make wireless Ethernet, better known as Wi-Fi, more plug-and-pray than plug-and-play. Don't let that dissuade you from this technology's enticing advantages, though. You simply need a bit of forethought, planning and IT expertise. Here's how to get the most out of Wi-Fi for your clinical and business activities.

Sign in to continue reading.
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: IT/Tech/Software
Keywords:
1 Standards and compatibility; 2 Speed; 3 Security; 4 Interference; Outside your facility; Acronym List The; Add; BS, CS And; Bandwidth; Bluetooth; Borrowed; CS And; Cellular. Handhelds; Configuring; Connecting; Current Wi-Fi; Domain Four; EMR; Ethernet; Ethernet. Borrowed; Expect; Facility; GHz; Generally; HIPAA; Handhelds; Hi-Fi. ' Mbps. Megabits; Hotspots; IEEE; Interference As; Internet; Larger; List The; MAC; MAC. Media; Mbps; Mbps. Megabits; Media; Megabits; Nickname; ORs; PCs; PDA; RF; Radio; Randy Scott, BS, CS And; SSID; SSID. Source; Scott, BS, CS And; Security Many; Similar; Source;... show all keywords
1 Standards and compatibility; 2 Speed; 3 Security; 4 Interference; Outside your facility; Acronym List The; Add; BS, CS And; Bandwidth; Bluetooth; Borrowed; CS And; Cellular. Handhelds; Configuring; Connecting; Current Wi-Fi; Domain Four; EMR; Ethernet; Ethernet. Borrowed; Expect; Facility; GHz; Generally; HIPAA; Handhelds; Hi-Fi. ' Mbps. Megabits; Hotspots; IEEE; Interference As; Internet; Larger; List The; MAC; MAC. Media; Mbps; Mbps. Megabits; Media; Megabits; Nickname; ORs; PCs; PDA; RF; Radio; Randy Scott, BS, CS And; SSID; SSID. Source; Scott, BS, CS And; Security Many; Similar; Source; Speed All; Standards; Stronger; Technology Acronym List The; VPN. Virtual; Virtual; WAP; WAP. Wireless; WAPs; WAPs. Wi-Fi; WEP; WEP. Wired; WPA. Wi-Fi; Web; Wi-Fi; Wi-Fi-capable; Wi-Fi. Nickname; Wired; Wireless; Wireless Domain Four; access; actionable; activity; add; adding; address; affect; affected; agree; airport; applications; article; audio-visual; audio/visual; authorized; back; band; bandwidth; based; basically; beam; bio-med; bit; blue; booms; broad; broadcast; browse; building; business; buy; cards; carry; case; ceilings; cell; cellular; change; claim; client-server; clinical; close; coffee; commercial; commercial-grade; compatibility; compatible; completely; component; concrete; configuration; confusing; connect; connected; connecting; control; controls; cordless; core; cost; coverage; cut; decide; designated; designed; device; device-based; devices; dial-up; differences; dissuade; distance; dividing; due; easily; effort; employ; employee; encounter; encryption; encryption-based; ensure; entails; enticing; equipment; equivalent; excited; exist; experts; facilities; facility; facility's; fact; fairly; faster; features; federal; fines; firmware; frequency-hopping; frequently; gas; generally; generation; gigabit; give; good; halves; handheld; harmless; headsets; heard; heavy-use; high-bandwidth; hinder; home; hotels; huge; idea; imaging; implemented; important; impression; includes; including; incorrectly; individual; information; initial; instrument-tracking; intend; interference; intrusion; key; keyboards; keys; laptop; laptops; law; limited; line-of-sight; list; local; location; lot; lounges; low; low-powered; make; manufacturers; maximum; medical; method; minimal; minutes; mobile; most-secure; multiple; named; network; networking; networks; normal; occasional; office; older; one-fifth; optimum; order; pay; people; perform; performance; periodically; perspectives; phone; physicians; piece; pipes; planning; plug-and-pray; pointed; points; pose; power; practice; pre-allowed; presence; prevent; primary; private; procedures; process; processing; product; professional; program; projected; projection; protect; protected; protocols; public; radio; range; rarely; real; reason; relying; remote; replace; require; room; run; running; search; secure; security; segment; service; set; settings; shaky; shape; share; sharing; shielding; shorter; shows; signal; simply; single; slightly; slower; someone's; source; specific; specifications; spectrum; speed; speeds; square; standard; station; stay; steel; store; stronger; strongly; structural; structures; supply; support; surgical; systems; tablet; tapping; tasks; technologies; technology; telemetry; term; terms; theoretically; tied; touched; town; trained; trend; tripped; type; typically; unauthorized; unsecured; user; users; vendors; virtual; virtually; waiting; warn; wired; wireless; wirelessly; wiretapping; word; works; workstations; world

© Copyright Herrin Publishing Partners LP. REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPYRIGHTED CONTENT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. We encourage LINKING to this content; view our linking policy here.

PRODUCT & SERVICE RESOURCES
Did You See This?
A showcase of products and services geared to make your facility better.

Architects' Showcase
Is a beautiful, efficient new facility in your future?
/_media/adv/web/images/2011/20111216_USWorldMeds_AR-300x250.jpg
Other Articles That May Interest You
Can Robots Clean Your ORs?
Automated system uses UV light to kill bacteria and viruses.
Hospital Execs Concerned About Costs, Training Associated With EHRs
More facilities are adopting the technology, but less than half believe it will be a net positive.
Is Robotic Spine Coming to an ASC Near You?
Israeli company's surgical robot arrives in its first U.S. surgery center.