by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | May 17, 2010 | Distributed Antenna Systems
More and more medical devices have become WLAN (802.11a/b/g), but not yet 802.11n enabled. As a part of the validation and verification required for a FDA 510k submittal; these medical device companies are required to conduct rigorous testing processes to...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | May 17, 2010 | Meetings
While I did not actually have time to attend, I did have some very interesting meetings with several collegues and companies in the evening hours at the Estancia La Jolla. It is not so much the infrastructure companies that caught my eye, but the...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | May 2, 2010 | Spectrum Analysis
Several years ago I met with Neil Deiner of previous Cognio Technology and talked to him about the value proposition of developing a multi-frequency spectrum analyzer beyond what he did for 802.11a/g/g/n. Knew what developed was what the industry wanted and...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Apr 29, 2010 | Distributed Antenna Systems
This is an excellent article by Crown Castle. The I-Phone, data usage, the costs to add more towers, just means the BTS and or BDA will be inside the buildings. This is the only way you can add more capacity. Also, most people have a hard time...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Apr 29, 2010 | Patient Monitoring
It is rumored that some day Philips (on-going), will be coming out with a 802.11 (based), b/a or maybe n telemetry system. Where does this place WMTS? Legacy. When I go to the Philips web site and read about IntelliVue Telemetry and...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Apr 21, 2010 | Distributed Antenna Systems
This article defines not only the reason, but the absolute rationale why in-building cellular and PCS coverage for healthcare environments is no longer a "nice to have" but clinical and work flow requirement. How "Smart Phones are Changing...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Apr 12, 2010 | Distributed Antenna Systems
I usually do not have much time to read magazines, but when I do I read my subscription to the Economist. Tends to give me more unbiased world information. Here is a great article on how Wireless is transforming healthcare from this past week. Just points out how the...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Apr 8, 2010 | Solar
While hospitals and or IDN(s) Integrated Delivery Networks may have their external emergency diesel fed backup generators and backup fuel; which is what is required for real time energy response; there may be an opportunity for...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Mar 30, 2010 | Meetings
May 2010 is turning up to be a very fast paced month especially in terms of wireless education both domestically and on an international basis for Integra Systems. First I have been invited to be the guest speaker for the University of Vermont Healthcare System,...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Mar 19, 2010 | Point of Care Connectivity
I have briefly read the excerpt that KLAS wrote, (March 16, 2010) but these are my initial comments. First of all, I do not think the healthcare community should actually pay for a report, but then again this is their business model. Does the analyst have a technical...
