title: Health care unplugged. Small but mighty, wireless computers promise instant access to data--at half the cost of PCs.
abstract: Wireless computers, long held back by technical snags and entrenched work patterns, are breaking out of the realm of fantasy. They promise to give doctors and nurses instant access to data--at half the cost of installing PCs. Those are two good reasons why health care information technology executives are bullish on wireless.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Appleby
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems / Q000639:trends*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000639:trends*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems / Q000639:trends*; D011845:Radio; D014481:United States