The future’s in cable! No, not the stuff that brings pay-per-view Wrestlemania to your house, but the telephone, LAN and fiber optic cable that pipes conversations, patient data, PACS images and all manner of medical information to the patient’s bedside. Ready to snake some wire? Think there’s nothing to it? Read this and find out where you’re wrong!
"If it plugs in, I can fix it.” That’s the attitude of most seasoned biomeds. But what do you do when you hit the wall? Cabling has traditionally been a facilities maintenance issue, often outsourced to an electrical contractor for network installations or to the local phone company for telecommunications wiring. Managing cable, installing wiring closets and building a data backbone is a fertile non-biomed ground for ambitious healthcare technology management, service and support organizations.
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