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MAINTAINING WIRELESS
NETWORK AVAILABILITY
IN HOSPITALS
A proliferation of mobile devices and legacy network architecture
means many hospitals are planning wireless infrastructure investments. CIOs have options to consider andchallenges to overcome.

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WANs, LANs
and mobile
broadband

Making
machine-tomachine
connections

Organizations that occupy several buildings in a campus
setting have options when it comes time to upgrade their
wireless network. Whether it's a wireless WAN, wireless LAN
or mobile broadband network, each has unique infrastructure,
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organizations are prime
candidates for wireless networks. Advances in mobile
technology, myriad nooks and crannies within facilities and the continual
need for information serve as drivers
for wirelessimplementations.
But sorting through the technologies available, understanding their
pros and cons, and determining a
strategy for them can be confusing.
This article provides an overview of
the three primary wireless technologies to help health care IT organizations better understand how to
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providewireless access to their users.

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK

The most common means of providing wireless access to mobile users
within a facility is the wireless LAN.
A wireless LAN lets users connect
to a local area network via a wireless
connection. Mobile clients, such as
iPads, communicate with wireless
access points, which are connected
to the facility’s wired network. Becausethe access points are on site,
a wireless LAN requires hardware
administration and management.
Access to a wireless LAN is limited

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to the areas covered by theaccess
points, so particular attention must
be paid to how hardware is set up to
ensure wireless coverage throughout
the facility. Transmission from devices can create interference and
walls can create gaps in wireless coverage—both of which hamper the
reliability and availability of the network. To avoid this, health care
organizations should conduct a site
survey to ensure that access...