There has never been a better time than now to deploy wireless access in the healthcare industry. Technologies have matured, carriers are motivated to entice mobile-dependent hospital workforce with better deals, and demand to cut the cord is high. Hospitals have traditionally have been slow to invest in a wired network infrastructure, making wireless a more compelling proposition as they try to catch up and deploy new applications.

Deploying wireless healthcare solutions will require understanding several different aspects of technology, applications, and usage patterns before it can become a success. While none of these issues are showstoppers, taken together they can be vexing for even the smallest wireless rollout in a hospital.

In a white paper I contributed to, Jeff Kunst at MobileAccess talks about these issues in more detail.