May 8, 2005

802.11 Radios vs Cell Phones

Haven’t set up your wireless network and wondering which way is the best to go. Medical Connectivity has a link to a Mark Blatt MD’s presentation on Electro Magnetic Interference in a HealthCare Environment. For those of us who are not familiar with Mark, he runs Intel’s healthcare business.

End result, Cell phones are disruptive to medical devices.

Posted by Elyse at May 8, 2005 12:28 PM | TrackBack
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Hey, thanks for the link. Just a clairification on cell phones -- I don't think they're inherently disruptive, they just use so much more power when connecting to cell towers miles away. While I've seen no data, I would imagine that a micro cell installed in a hospital would have an interference profile more like WLANs.

Posted by: Tim Gee at May 8, 2005 3:41 PM
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