title: Thin-client medical devices.
abstract: Designing as little functionality as possible on the device, and placing the processing burden on the server, can reduce the cost of medical devices and provide other benefits.
authors.affiliation: PA Consulting Group, Cambridge Technology Centre, Melbourn, UK. innovation@paconsulting.com
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carden
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D004864:Equipment and Supplies / Q000191:economics; D020407:Internet; D012985:Software Design; D014584:User-Computer Interface