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Electro Magnetic Interference in Hospitals, An Overview

May 6th, 2005 |  Published in Patient Flow, Real Time Location Systems

Here is an interesting presentation by Mark Blatt MD on EMI in hospitals. Mark runs Intel's health care business. Bottom line: cell phones within 1 meter of medical devices cause interference 4% of the time, 802.11 radios show no interference as close as 10 cm.

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Gee

After almost 25 years in health care Tim remains with his first love, connectology, the automation of workflow through the integration of medical devices with information systems.


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