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Article: Candid Comments on Wireless.(Industry Trend or Event)(Column)
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- Health Management Technology
- Article date:
- July 1, 1999
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Constructive advice on wireless. A new definition of ROI for technology.
Until major vendors embrace wireless technology as an integrated part of their product line, it's going to be an add-on product that comes after primary systems are installed. More and more major IS vendors were announcing wireless as part of their product line--and then we had Y2K.
That's made everyone stop and take stock of where they are and re-focus. Providers now consider wireless as an add-on and not an integral ingredient in having an effective HIS.
In talking to healthcare professionals today, we would say as they evaluate clinical systems and bring caregivers into ...