PubMed · 12841089
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2003. Web at bedside.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12841089/
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Before a particular form of wireless communication is implemented within a health-care institution, consideration should be given to the system's capacity for transmitting voice, data and video information, as well as its reliability and coverage. An important associated choice concerns the best combination of user devices that will enable secure and rapid transmission of data to clinical staff at the point of care. Several technologies are available. No new technology that is likely to become available over the next five years will address the two main concerns of health service organizations: the need for non-interference with sensitive equipment; and the need for immediate communication of urgent messages. We therefore believe that health industries with a mobile workforce will gain five to eight years of useful life from cordless telephone systems and that paging or other radio-based devices will remain an important mode of communication for at least the next five years, especially where emergency communication is concerned.
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Having moved on from traditional nurse call systems, modern healthcare communications are no longer the province of a single user-group within the healthcare arena. To accommodate this change the traditional approach by suppliers is moving from a specific focus on technology to a broader interest in systems application. In this article, Phil Wade, sales director of Static Systems Group, explains the key factors that have affected this transition and how they are now paving the way for further improvements in patient care. The article is based on the views contained in his recent presentation to the IHEEM Engineering for Healthcare seminar that is to be repeated at Pinderfield Hospital, Wakefield, in October and The Royal Free Hospital, London, in December.