CLINICAL HANDHELDS
Savannah Hospital Gets Wired (and Unwired)
This report about a Savannah, Georgia hospital describes how its Physicians IT Committee is developing plan to use physician input to help design and implement an IT strategy for "increasing use of wireless devices for doctors to make their rounds with and more easily share updates with the patients."
"'If we build it correctly, they will come,' Dr. John Hungerpiller at St. Joseph's/Candler said. 'And if we make it efficient and save them time, they will absolutely use it.'"
Each time I talk with different vendors seeking to tap into the medical vertical market of wireless networks, I emphasize the need to establish a relationship the clinicians who would be the end users. The ultimate success of any implementation requires the support of all participants, from management, the IT Dept., and all healthcare professionals.
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