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The debate is over. From 1999 (when 802.11b got approved….the extended set of 802.11) Integra Systems, Inc., has worked in multiple vertical markets designing mission critical (Department of Defense) and life critical networks.
In 2005, we worked with a major patient monitoring company and designed the first ever “converged” data, voice, video, and real time patient monitoring network. Many in the industry that were strong advocates of WMTS…said it just could not work.
The opinion it seems was not technical; but a business decision to keep moving forward.
It is now 2013 and every infusion device company is using 802.11 for their smart pumps, as well as Sp02 monitoring companies and “every” patient monitoring company (the leading ones), for patient transport monitoring.
The question…then remains why then is WMTS still being sold? One word describes this….interesting.
I think as a CEO of a healthcare system I may want to leverage my current investment in my infrastructure so I could use my savings in capital expenditures to support the EMR for meaningful use; versus spending dollars on proprietary architecture.
Folks also are it seems all over the map in terms of well “we need to have 802.11a” or we “cannot have WiFi” for wireless enabled medical devices. At the end of the day, an application that even is life critical such as patient monitoring; uses a very small amount of bandwidth and can be managed correctly with the right enterprise QoS mechanisms. What is important from the get go is to have the right radio design, the correct roaming algorithms, and right design of the infrastructure and environment to support the application requirements.
Look forward to the upcoming web based event video conference that Integra Systems, Inc. will be presenting next week surrounding all of the aforementioned.
In addition, we will be a moderator and presenter at the upcoming fifth annual Medical Device and Connectivity Conference & Exhibition – November 21-22 in Washington, D.C., as well presenting and moderating at the UBM Wireless Medical Device Conference, December 3-5, San Jose, CA. All presentations and discussions will be surrounding the best practices for testing, design, and deployment.
Please go to www.ixiacom.com the world’s leading networking test and instrument company and download the recently authored “white paper” by Integra Systems, Inc. about the best practices of design, testing, and deployment for a life critical wired and/or wireless medical device application.
