Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital Deploys AT&T's Wireless System
Posted on: Tuesday, 4 March 2008, 09:00 CST
AT&T has announced the deployment of an in-building wireless system to provide voice coverage and mobile broadband access for customers at the Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital.
AT&T will provide approximately 150 Palm Treos, 30 BlackBerry devices and more than 150 Push to Talk handsets, which operate on the in-building wireless system and its 3G BroadbandConnect network, to physicians and staff members.
More devices are likely will be supplied for use throughout the hospital and university, and they will enable users to connect to hospital data via e-mail, sync calendar functions and search pharmaceutical or medical journal websites.
Stephen Tranquillo, chief information officer at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, said: "Since communication at every level is vital to the patient care process, it was a natural step to leverage a system that allows our staff, physicians and other health care providers access to people and information."
Source: Datamonitor
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