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Wireless networking equipment. Setting up a wireless network--or extending your existing wired network to support wireless — is the first major step in implementing mobility in your healthcare organization. See HP wireless networking products. |
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Devices to access the wireless network. Tablet PCs, notebooks, and handheld PCs all provide the connectivity you need to go mobile. See HP Tablet PCs, notebooks or handheld PCs. |
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Printers and All-in-One devices that can output hard copies of information on your wireless network. See HP printers and All-in-One devices. |
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Give staff wireless-enabled devices (handheld PCs, Tablet PCs, and notebooks). |
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Add wireless routers to your current wired network at locations that will enable wireless access in exam rooms, treatment rooms, and anywhere else you've determined you need wireless connectivity. |
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Set up the wireless portion of your network. See our guide to setting up a wireless network for details. |
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Set up a wide area network (WAN) that allows staff to access your network from home or other remote locations. |
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Deploy the devices (notebooks, PDAs, wireless printers, etc.) you plan to use on your wireless network. |
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The benefits of mobile technology |
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| Mobile devices such as notebook PCs, Tablet PCs, and handheld PCs have become popular tools for doctors and nurses when moving from a paper to electronic environment. Now wireless networking marries all these tools and makes them as mobile as doctors and nurses. With a wireless infrastructure, doctors can remotely access patient records, order lab tests, x-rays or prescriptions, and go online for more information or consult with a colleague-all from the exam room, bedside or even at home. Now practitioners can update patient data on the spot, without having to return to a workstation for manual data entry or go to a paper records room. |
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| You'll find that using mobile devices on a wireless LAN or WAN opens up a range of possibilities that weren't there before. For instance, you can: |
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Access all of a patient's medical records from an EMR system from any location. With a wireless network and an EMR system vs. paper records, efficiency improves significantly. |
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Upload lab results, prescription orders, and other important information from anywhere in your facility |
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Access your daily calendar and other relevant information while on the go |
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| Your data and records will be constantly available and updateable, saving enormous amounts of time previously lost in walking to a terminal, tracking down whoever has the information, and shuttling back and forth between exam rooms and computers. |
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