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Recently Miami Jewish Health Systems deployed a wireless environment at its 22 acre healthcare facility. I am sharing the 16 month process and the lessons learned. This all began in March 2009 after the development of a 3-year technology strategic plan. I must stress here that it was key for this plan to be in alignment with the corporate strategic plan, with technology being one of the key underpinnings.
As we all know Healthcare in the US is a very expensive business. The per capita medical expenditure is more than any country, yet life expectancy shorter than most other developed nations and many developing ones. While there are many reasons for this high cost of care, it is clear that the final outcome – […]
The government’s Meaningful Use measures, and corresponding payments, are intended to incentivize the adoption of EHRs. The HIT Policy Committee recommends that incentives should be paid according to an adoption year rather than a calendar year. This implies that a first year incentive payment would be assessed for eligibility based upon the 2011 measure. (click […]
Miami Jewish Health Systems has tapped Agilysys, a Motorola Premiere Solution Partner, to deploy Motorola’s HIPAA-compliant wireless LAN and AirDefense solutions. AirDefense provides proactive system monitoring to reduce risk and offers tools for reporting, compliance and remote troubleshooting. The 802.11n WLAN solution utilizes Motorola’s RFS7000 wireless switches, coupled with dual- and tri-radio AP-7131 and AP-5181 […]
