Pointing to statistics suggesting that wireless monitoring of patients could cut $21 billion in annual healthcare spending Dan Hesse, CEO of Sprint Nextel, told a packed opening session at HIMSS:
“There could not be a better time than right now… Mobile applications can change everything from general patient monitoring and telemedicine to more specific uses like ultrasound probes and video consultations”
Check out the Press release, Dan Hesse’s keynote transcript. Sprint’s Healthcare Portal. TERMINOLOGY WARNING: The 4G Technology that these articles refer to is WiMax – which is actually a 3G standard.
Woah, WiMax in it’s true form IS 4G. But right now, with Clear, and “Sprint 4G” they’re using Beta WiMax (802.16e) The WiMax that we all want is 802.16m which will bring us 100Mbps download.
Could i also ask you a question?
What would you think if Dan Hesse ran for President (2012)? He’s brought back Sprint from the brink of bankruptcy, could he do that same for this country?
P.S. ~ Respond at my blog, if you would…
Thanks for your comment.
The problem with all these 100Mbps download speed claims is that they have very little relevance to the real world use cases.
Whilst I’d be the first to accept that anything is possible, when you consider that air is an insulator and the increasing need for us to conserve energy expenditure, and add to it consumers lack of interest in paying for high bandwidth speeds and new network deployments, I think you realise there are probably better ways to get these speeds without filling the airwaves with unproven technologies particularly when it is supported by such a limited range of devices.