Implementing a wireless application in a developing country

Author

McDaniel, J.G. ; Slawecki, E.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Health Inforniation Sci., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 March 2005

Firstpage

2501

Abstract

For the first time in the nation of Georgia, health facilities at the district level are connected electronically for the purpose of collecting and sharing health data for patient care and hospital administration. Legal, budgetary, and infrastructure considerations as well as equipment availability complicated the design and development of a wireless, city-wide health information system in Georgia. The paper discusses these and other issues encountered by a Canadian project to implement a multi-facility electronic patient record.

Keywords

IP networks; biomedical communication; health care; information networks; medical information systems; radio networks; wireless LAN; TCP/IP network; developing country; electronic patient record; health data; health facilities; health information system; hospital administration; patient care; wireless LAN; wireless local area network; Buildings; Capacity planning; Cities and towns; Concrete; Hospitals; Information science; Information systems; Law; Management information systems; Management training;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2005 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8966-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2005.1424907

Filename

1424907