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 Multiple healthcare technologies like nurse call, telemetry and smart tags are beginning their convergence. The problem
is they are not converging at the same pace and their version of convergence is not convergence as we know and
understand it.
 Several Technologies offer different versions of equipment and protocols (analog, digital & IP), how do you implement
equipment with legacy protocols (analog/digital) and still prepare the infrastructure for future IP equipment.
 The game has changed and trying to prepare for the next generation is becoming increasingly more difficult.
 Over the next three to five years we will see the continued advancement of existing technologies and a myriad of new
technologies that will continue to change how healthcare facilities do business and place an even greater importance on
healthcare IT and the arteries that carry the information.
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 Today’s healthcare initiatives revolve around a few key areas. Healthcare
Companies, Hospitals, Hospital Staff and Healthcare IT Vendors are searching
for ways to increase patient care and satisfaction, decrees the amount of
effort it takes clinicians to reach this initiative and to accomplish this goal with
current staff levels or reduced staff levels.
 The utilization of current HIT technologies are playing a large role in the push
to create a paperless environment.
 Physicians that utilize EHR technology are 40 to 70% more likely to order
imaging test than their counterparts that do not utilize HER solution.
 New technologies and applications require bandwidth on the network and the
infrastructure in historical amounts.
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2.  A 9GB file takes more than 1 minute to download over a 1Gb/s network, but only about 7 seconds over a
10Gb/s network.
 If a scan is viewed by four people (technician, radiologist, doctor, nurse) and the average cumulative income
equates to $5.29 per minute, each scan viewed on a 1Gb/s network would cost the hospital an extra $4.67.
 Henry Ford - Wyandotte Hospital performs 200,000 radiology procedures a year or approximately 548 per day.
 Loss of productivity in Radiology alone can cost a facility with a 1Gb/s network almost $1m annually.
 The cost to up-grade the cable infrastructure from category x to
category 6A in a unit consisting of; twelve patient beds, dictation,
meds/nourishment, viewing room, staff lounge, shift manager office
and Dr. sleep room is approximately $51,000.
 The average daily revenue per patient bed is $1,285.00
 Total cost of up-grade including lost revenue is around $112,680.00
 The cost difference between category 6 and category 6A is
approximately 27.5% (less than $100). This number includes; cable,
termination, patch panel, patch cord, labor and vender markup.
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HEALTHCARE
AmeriTech - Healthcare Facts
Implementing, managing and supporting healthcare infrastructure is a whole different animal