Tenbit Wireless Inc. (TWI) is a company consisting of 50 wireless networking specialists who assist organizations and businesses with network planning, design, implementation, and problem-solving. You have recently been hired by TWI to work with one of its new clients, Vincent Medical Center (VMC), a large healthcare facility, concerning their wireless needs. Each day, doctors and nurses throughout VMCs facility attend to patients, update medical records, issue prescriptions, and order medical exams. VMC has deployed a sophisticated suite of medical software that stores all patient records, exam results, and diagnoses. The system is also fully integrated with VMCs pharmacy and can process purchase orders, payments, and receipts as well as inventory and shipments, and it meets the tightest patient information protection regulations established by the federal government.

Exercise:

Although some doctors have notebook computers already equipped with wireless NICs, VMC is also interested in providing other staff members with portable data communication equipment, but at a lower cost than notebooks. The devices should be able to transmit prescriptions directly to the central system. The pharmacy would then deliver medications to patients right away. VMC would also like to be able to check on the status of these pharmacy orders. VMC administrators have asked your opinion regarding using smartphones on the WLAN or tablet computers, and they have told you that their software can handle these requirements through a Web server. Prepare to present your recommendations to VMCs management team.