
Chapter 7: Wireless LANs (WLANs)
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• Health care providers—WLANs in healthcare practitioner offices,
hospitals, and clinics let doctors improve the speed and quality of
diagnostics with faster access to test results, electronic images, or online
patient databases. WLANs also help doctors stay current on the latest
advances from medical journals or pharmaceutical companies. Nurses
and pharmacists can use WLANs to confirm medications and treatments
before administering them to patients. This is an effective means to
improve accuracy and reduce errors and potential liabilities. WLANs
also reduce dependency on limited-functionality, one-way pagers ...