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Bandwidth issues plaguing hospital wireless networks

Hospital wireless networks need a major overhaul. That's the most intriguing point from a report about mobile hardware published in Healthcare Informatics. The big problem: A myriad of users are

What would you do if an EMR goes down?

Remember the news about an EMR outage at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, Vt., from August? A new, $57 million installation was rendered useless for hours following a power loss and

Network reliability becomes ever more critical as systems proliferate

It's a simple truth about information technology: The more you have, the more you have to lose. Any CIO who's ever had to deal with network downtime can tell you that. An escalating series of events,

EMR fails following power outage at VT hospital

Two months ago, FierceEMR highlighted how Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, turned on a $57 million Epic Systems EMR, engaging the American Civil Liberties Union to help assure patient

VT hospital goes fully electronic, engages ACLU

Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, VT, last week turned on a $57 million Epic Systems EMR, replacing paper charts in patient rooms, clinics and nursing stations. The eventual plan is to hook