Hospital undergoes wireless surgery
Aug 15th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: Health, TechnologyChicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital has made a strong effort to incorporate wireless technologies like Wi-Fi into its operations
By Matt Hines
InfoWorld
For years, wireless technologies have only shown up in many U.S. hospitals in the form of rolling computers with Wi-Fi network access, but as evidenced at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, times are changing.
Like many other medical care facilities, the 750-bed hospital located just north of Chicago’s Loop district has struggled over the last decade to find ways to push wireless devices and applications deeper into its operations without causing undo headaches for its workers, patients, and IT infrastructure.
Under a new effort aimed at re-architecting its internal network and using a handful of technologies built by GE Healthcare, hospital executives say the institution is finally appreciating many new caregiving and patient support opportunities that untethered access has long promised to deliver.
