Leveraging Technology

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC), despite calls for a delay from the AHA and others, today moved ahead with rules to permit unlicensed devices to operate on the same frequencies as hospitals' Wireless Medical Telemetry Service (WMTS), which is used by various hospital devices for patient…
The AHA May 18 expressed concern that certain enforcement mechanisms contemplated for health care providers to further interoperability in the 21st Century Cures legislation are inappropriate and could have significant unintended consequences.
AHA yesterday expressed concern that certain enforcement mechanisms contemplated for health care providers to further interoperability in the 21st Century Cures legislation are inappropriate and could have significant unintended consequences. “We appreciate the inclusion of provisions to further…