RICHARDSON, Texas – Aug. 12, 2010 – InnerWireless, a provider of end-to-end in-building converged wireless solutions, today announced its support of, and technology alignment with, the draft
IEC 80001-1 risk-management standard to guide hospitals on how to add medical devices to their network without compromising patient care and safety. The company has also provided direct input to the FDA and FCC as they determine how best to support the safe and effective integration of current and future wireless medical devices and applications in hospitals across the country.
By uniquely engineering its broadband DAS for connecting all things wireless including WLAN services, InnerWireless enables healthcare providers to simultaneously operate an almost unlimited number of wireless medical and communications devices over a single solution.
By properly engineering its wireless infrastructure, hospitals can mitigate risk by both controlling and monitoring their wireless airspace. Segregating and prioritizing WLAN traffic enables patient safety by delivering the required performance for medical devices and clinical work flows, all while providing patients, guests and others with the wireless services they want and need on a single wireless platform.