Presentation 2023-01-17
Potential problems that will arise for hospital LANs
Eisuke Hanada, Takato Kudou,
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Abstract(in English) Hospital Information Systems (HIS) have been introduced in almost all large hospitals. In addition to this, IP networks (hospital LANs) have been installed in hospitals to enable immediate and accurate sharing of patient information. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, more than 90% of Japanese hospitals have already installed wireless LANs. In recent years, HIS terminals with wireless LAN function have enabled referencing and inputting patient information, including images and movies, at the bedside. The number of medical devices with wireless LAN communication functions is also increasing. However, according to the aforementioned survey, about half of hospitals have experienced some kind of trouble. The issues to manage the wireless LANs for patients including the security aspect has also emerged, and may become problems for the future of wireless LAN use. Stable operation of networks is essential for modern medical care. Here, we summarize the issues in hospital LANs, mainly at the physical layer, and the problems that are likely to occur in the future, and present possible solutions to them.
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Keyword(in English) In-hospital LAN / Wireless LAN / Medical device / Voice Communication / Network management
Paper # MICT2022-46,MBE2022-46
Date of Issue 2023-01-10 (MICT, MBE)

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Committee MBE / MICT / IEE-MBE
Conference Date 2023/1/17(1days)
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Chair Junichi Hori(Niigata Univ.) / Hirokazu Tanaka(Hiroshima City Univ.)
Vice Chair Hisashi Yoshida(Kinki Univ.) / Chika Sugimoto(Yokohama National Univ.) / Daisuke Anzai(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.)
Secretary Hisashi Yoshida(Setsunan Univ) / Chika Sugimoto(Tohoku Inst. of Tech.) / Daisuke Anzai(Okayama Pref. Univ.) / (Junshin Gakuen Univ.)
Assistant Emi Yuda(Tohoku Univ) / Miki Kaneko(Osaka Univ.) / Takahiro Ito(Hiroshima City Univ) / Natsuki Nakayama(Nagoya Univ.) / Takuya Nishikawa(National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Hospital)

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Registration To Technical Committee on ME and Bio Cybernetics / Technical Committee on Healthcare and Medical Information Communication Technology / The Technical Committee on Medical and Biological Engineering
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Potential problems that will arise for hospital LANs
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Keyword(1) In-hospital LAN
Keyword(2) Wireless LAN
Keyword(3) Medical device
Keyword(4) Voice Communication
Keyword(5) Network management
1st Author's Name Eisuke Hanada
1st Author's Affiliation Saga university(Saga Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Takato Kudou
2nd Author's Affiliation Oita University(Oita Univ.)
Date 2023-01-17
Paper # MICT2022-46,MBE2022-46
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) MICT-334,MBE-335
Page pp.pp.17-21(MICT), pp.17-21(MBE),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2023-01-10 (MICT, MBE)