Tech Tip by Oberon™ - A Division of Chatsworth Products

In the rapidly advancing landscape of the digital era, healthcare remains a dynamic industry in constant evolution. Technological advancements that have revolutionized patient care over the years include medical telemetry systems with the integration of the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT,) Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), advanced Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs), and more.

Tech Tip by Oberon™ - A Division of Chatsworth Products

For network designers and managers tasked with deploying these networks, it’s important to balance a reliable infrastructure with the need to ensure compliance with Infection Control Risk Assessment (ICRA) procedures and healthcare-specific design and installation standards, while also ensuring FDA-approved wireless devices and compliance with HIPAA data security and privacy regulations.

Tech Tip by Oberon™ - A Division of Chatsworth Products

Retailers, suppliers, and resellers who accept payment cards from customers, must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS.) This comprehensive guideline is designed to safeguard the personal payment data of customers when it’s stored, processed, and transmitted by the companies they do business with.

Tech Tip by Oberon™ - A Division of Chatsworth Products

As healthcare facilities increasingly turn to the latest life-saving technologies to ensure their number one objective—treating and protecting patients—it’s become increasingly important for those same facilities to ensure 24/7 network connectivity.

While a robust wireless infrastructure plays a critical role in ensuring life-saving technologies, it’s also now being called upon to meet the rising demand for data from medical staff, patients, and visitors, all the while ensuring the physical well-being of more vulnerable patients.

Tech Tip by Oberon™ - A Division of Chatsworth Products

As the use of wireless devices in today’s hyperconnected world continues to skyrocket, the FCC’s recent move to release 1,200 MHz (1.2 GHz) of spectrum for unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band greatly extended the amount of available bandwidth for Wi-Fi and other unlicensed technologies.

For industries and consumers alike, this next step in wireless network evolution not only accelerates the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), but it also promises less interference and lower latency, which ultimately means higher performance and faster speeds.