Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting

Personal and Ubiquitous Computing

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 209-217

  Turner, Phil ^a   Milne, Garry ^b   Kubitscheck, Manfred ^a   Penman, Ian ^b   Turner, Susan ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Medical informatics; PDA; Wireless network

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; DATA PRIVACY; HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING; HOSPITALS; SECURITY OF DATA; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT CONFIDENTIALITY; WIRELESS NETWORK;

PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS;

EID: 24044548046     PISSN: 16174909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00779-004-0322-7     Document Type: Article

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