en102
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In speaking about FiOS expansion, the president of Verizon recently said that the United States telecom industry leads the world in mobile and broadband in “all the ways that count”.
Which means we lead in profit making from world mobile and broadband, if I'm not mistaken.
It is also difficult to compare rural areas in 2006-2007 with countries like Japan and South Korea, that have some of the highest population densities in the world.
One point to pick at in the study... this was primarily residential DSL/Cable lines used for the test (or target audience), yet they point out that 341kbps is not enough bandwidth for patient monitoring or transferring medical records.
1. Who would put their patient monitor on a non-SLA DSL or Cable line ? If you're performing mission critical monitoring, you'd better have a T1 or better with SLA. I would expect nothing less out of a hospital.
2. You actually can do real-time monitoring on 300kbps... just don't use it for anything else.
Look who the source is:
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N O Y B
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| said by en102  :1. Who would put their patient monitor on a non-SLA DSL or Cable line ? If you're performing mission critical monitoring, you'd better have a T1 or better with SLA. I would expect nothing less out of a hospital.
I don't think home medical monitoring would be considered mission critical, it is convenience and efficiency, not ICU.
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en102
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Valencia, CA | Depends on what's being monitored.
Either way, even a heart monitor could function across a 300kbps line... you just wouldn't want to.
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dvd536
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Phoenix, AZ | reply to en102
Rofl! if you have a doctor monitoring you, you'd better hope your provider isnt comcast/cox.
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Whatever is being monitored, if it is that critical then you would not be at home. And if you are then you either need to get a different doctor or give someone else power of attorney because you've just demonstrated your incompetence.
Remote (home) monitoring is not for life support. If life, limb, etc. would be endangered by temporary, or even longer term, outage then it is not an appropriate use even with an SLA from ISP.
Think about it, it's not like your doctor is going to be glued to your monitor stream all day and night. That is what ICU is for.
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Kearnstd
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to en102
however the HMO thinks it would be good enough because 300k with an SLA doesnt effect their stock holders as much as being in a proper facility!
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greendragon
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Actaully there are a lot of elderly people that refuse or can't afford the care they need.
If for what ever reason they are living away from a doctor and using a internet connection for monitoring I would call that critcal.
If broadband speeds get better there could be a lot of enhancements in the area of home care. 1 nurse could monitor video feeds from homes of multiple people, VOIP communications, etc.
All I'm saying is think outside the box.
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en102
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| While I do agree that it is possible (i.e. basic web cam, portable devices such as a blood/sugar monitor, pulse monitor, etc) where you could upload a day's worth of stats for review.
I wouldn't expect a hospital to have anything less than a 10Mbps or better (most likely DS-3) for voice and data.
Customer can not be considered stable while there are issues with companies adding filters, nebudad or caps on consumption.
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en102
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Valencia, CA | reply to Kearnstd
I agree on that... if it was up to the HMO, they'd pay for the access and give you a wireless setup just to get you out of the facility.
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