“In response to the rapid proliferation of new clinical applications and devices leveraging shared networks (wired and wireless) as a transport and the confusion that can occur from marketing and sales hype, the Hospital Tiger Team representing the Healthcare Marketing Task Group of the Wi-Fi Alliance has released a “Wireless in Healthcare” whitepaper that can be downloaded through the attached link.
The document represents a collaboration of leading medical device, infrastructure and communication vendors and is intended to provide key considerations and a framework for designing, deploying and monitoring a Wi-Fi network in a hospital or healthcare enterprise.
In addition, a new voluntary standard, the IEC80001-1 was ratified late 2010 intended to address 1) Safety, 2) Effectiveness and 3) Data and System Security. More information will be forthcoming including; “Guidance for Wireless Networks” scheduled to be released this summer. Stay tuned…..”
Download 20100217 Wi-Fi Hospital Exec Summary_FINAL_HIMMS
