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Communication Technology: Patient Safety and the Patient-Physician Relationship
Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Vol. 76Issue 1p7–8Published in issue: January, 2001
- David C. Herman
- John P. Abenstein
Cited in Scopus: 2
The “wired world” envisioned in the 1990s is rapidly evolving into a “wireless world,” where the tether of copper and optical cable no longer binds us to a particular geographic location. Wireless devices are available with a dizzying array of features, from the basic cell phone to full-featured personal computers with many devices in between. In recent years some medical institutions have expressed concern over the impact on patient safety of these wireless devices. These concerns range from interference with medical electronics, decrease in clinical vigilance with the use of the devices, and the effect on the institution's bottom line.