2007-02-21
Eric Yablonka,
CIO
University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System
Doctors on the Go: Wireless as a Mobility Enabler
Like many other industries, healthcare is also rapidly embracing new technologies. Since hospitals deal with critical life issues in the normal course of business, they in particular have a great need to develop, manage, and deliver critical information flow to their users. This is complicated by the fact that their users; doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers, are constantly on the go and mobile within the facility treating patients. Rarely do these healthcare professionals get the chance to sit at a desktop to receive and analyze their patient information. Therefore, it is vital that hospitals deliver information to healthcare professionals on the go with devices that are able to make the rounds with them. Having this information at the point of care will dramatically improve the quality of healthcare delivered to their ultimate customers, their patients. Obviously, the answer is a wireless utility.
SIM Chicago is therefore pleased to present a wireless best practice case study featuring CIO (and SIM Chicago member) Eric Yablonka from the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System. Eric will present a wireless case study focusing on how U of C Hospitals has implemented wireless within their hospitals and clinics. He will also share his experiences in getting their wireless network up and running. The recent addition of the new Comer Children’s Hospital has made this effort even more critical to the U of C Hospital system.
Sustaining Partner:
SIM – Chicago Chapter (One of Our Own)
Dr. Gezinus Hidding
Dr. Hidding, an associate professor at Loyola University, Chicago was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal in a jointly written article titled “The IT Platform Principle: The First Shall not be Last”. Congratulations to Dr. Hidding (a SIM Member) on this nationally published article. You can read the article at:
“The IT Platform Principle: The First Shall not be Last”
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