by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 28, 2008 | Medical Device Testing
Meeting quality of service requirements for medical devices on a wireless network is essential for success. To ensure this quality of service, application testing must be conducted. Quality of service simply means the expectation is that the communications...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 28, 2008 | Bi-Directional Amplifiers
What are the needs and requirements for consistent in-building cellular and public safety signal converage in hospitals today? Ideally, digital signal processing and narrowband filtering should be used for obtaining quality cellular and PCS signals. The...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 27, 2008 | Power and EMI
Much has been written about cell phone usage interfering with medical equipment, (see the attached detailed article from Stephen K. Olsen and I.) Generally, is is my opinion that the effect from cell phone usage is often-mis-understood. Cell phones can...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 25, 2008 | Strategic Mobility and Wireless Planning
While much has been discussed about the CAPEX (Capital Expenditures), i.e the actual cost of equipment for wireless pervasive connectivity, there has been less discussions on the the OPEX (Operational Expeditures), when in summation, it should be expanded to the TCO...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 21, 2008 | Spectrum Analysis
A couple of years ago when I spoke to Neil Diener at Cognio, I saw the value of real time spectrum analysis for the healthcare environment, especially with the proliferation of WLAN(s). Now with the concern of EMI, these types of tools just make sense. Oh,...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 20, 2008 | WLAN Security
I recently had an email concerning the security issues/or propensity of WPA2 for medical WLANS, specifically medical devices. While several companies like AirDefense, (now a part of Motorola) have excellent solutions, it should be noted that www.arubanetworks...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 20, 2008 | EMI
An excellent article by Research in Motion on EMI. Needs to be read as the proliferation of broadband voice and data devices will continue to dominate the healthcare environment. Download healthcare_emi_and_blackberry.pdf
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 20, 2008 | Testing Design Tools
While the healthcare enterprise may not be somewhat like a university setting, the IT Manager of today does not to be aware of these consumer devices that are entering the the mainstream environment of today and their unique WLAN use model. Download...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 13, 2008 | 802.11n
While 802.11n has gained a lot of attention as the newest and the greatest; (technical people tend to graviate to the newest and greatest!) it is probably not the best fit technology for portable medical devices, i.e. patient monitoring, etc. or any other device...
by dhoglund@integrasystems.org | Oct 7, 2008 | RFID and RFLS
A series of articles on the "ins and outs" of RFLS, or correctly termed RTLS will be co-authored with Mike Mitchell. www.Panometric.net. This will include active 433MHz, WIFI, Zigbee, UWB, to include alerts, reporting, analysis and integration. ...
