Wireless healthcare
A new report claims that a dedicated frequency band for medical devices would stimulate the uptake of wireless technology within healthcare environments.

A dedicated frequency band for medical devices would boost confidence and stimulate uptake of wireless technology within healthcare environments.
This is one of the recommendations of a new report launched by ERBI Medtech in conjunction with Cambridge Wireless.
The report, ‘Is the future of medical devices wireless?’, was produced following a workshop that brought together experts from the fields of medical device development, wireless technology and healthcare. The aim was to discuss the issues that face technologists when developing devices for a range of healthcare environments.
Barnaby Perks, director of ERBI Medtech, said that wireless is a key enabling technology for monitoring and diagnostics. 'The workshop identified clear applications for wireless technology - significantly the remote monitoring of the elderly and chronically ill. However, a big concern for the clinicians was interference between devices on congested frequencies and problems of interoperability. They could envisage a proliferation of monitors and sensors none of which could "talk" to each other,' he added.
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