Aruba Networks, Inc., a global player in 802.11n wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, and Motion Computing, a provider of integrated mobile computing solutions, have released a certified healthcare solution to reliably deliver unified communications services and data access at the point-of-care.

 

According to Aruba officials, the solution uses the company’s adaptive 802.11n and Virtual Branch Network (VBN) technologies to deliver the quality-of-service, security and remote access needed to simultaneously support voice, video and data applications on Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistants (MCA) and Motion Clinical Workstations (MCW-200).

 

“Unlike general data access services, point-of-care voice and video communications are latency-sensitive and require special handling,” said Manav Khurana, head of industry marketing, Aruba, in a statement.

 

Khurana said that the company’s high-speed 802.11n wireless LANs are application-aware, and automatically adapt themselves to deliver the bandwidth, airtime, and quality-of-service required by unified communication applications at the point-of-care.

He said that the resulting wire-like performance helps Motion’s platforms to take clinical productivity to a new level.

 

Officials with Motion Computing said that the C5, which is a hospital-grade slate tablet PC and the healthcare industry’s first MCA, improves clinical productivity, optimizes electronic medical record (EMR) utilization, and enhances clinician efficiency by enabling the use of technology directly at the point of care.

 

According to company officials the flexible MCW-200 workstation improves communication and collaboration involving complex work-flows and information-rich content, delivers up to 15 hours of battery life, and is available with integrated voice and video support.

 

“Providing unified communications and automated patient data management at the point-of-care requires that the Wi-Fi network follow in lock-step as clinicians with C5 or MCW-200 devices roam through a hospital campus or satellite clinic,” said Mike Stinson, vice president of marketing, Motion Computing.

 

Stinson said that Aruba’s 802.11n solutions deliver assured access to latency-sensitive communications services, regardless of where the clinician is working. That makes possible a wide range of new opportunities to improve patient care and reduce staff workload, he added.