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    • Subject Terms:
      WIRELESS communications; MOBILE communication systems; MEDICAL care; INFORMATION technology; TELEMEDICINE; MEDICAL informatics
    • Abstract:
      The health care industry, traditionally known as a laggard in the information technology (IT) arena in the United States, has been emerging as a leader in adopting mobile and wireless technology. In an October 2004 study of wireless adoption in various vertical industries, market research firm IDC found that more than 80 percent of 34 health care organizations surveyed said they have deployed wireless LAN or plan to deploy one in the next 12 months. According to the 2005 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Leadership Survey, 79 percent of 253 health care executives responding to an online questionnaire said they will use wireless information systems in 2005. Within health care, some of the most popular uses of wireless technology include accessing and updating electronic medical records at patients' bedsides, matching bar-coded patient wristbands and medication packages to physician orders, and using wireless badges for voice communication.