Broadband Wireless Business Magazine
January 25, 2005


Children's Memorial Hospital of Chicago installed InnerWireless' broadband distribution system to manage its wireless applications.

The system, which went live in August of 2004, enables hospital personnel to collect data at the patient's bedside and remotely monitor the administration of medication.

The installation at Children's Memorial Hospital helps with a hostile radio frequency environment.

"ItÍs very difficult for wireless signals to travel in a hospital, with the steel superstructure, thick concrete walls, metal-plated floors, and even lead around the radiology rooms," stated William Brook, director of information technology at ChildrenÍs Memorial Hospital. "We wanted a system that could overcome those barriers and give us a consistent, uniform wireless signal and InnerWireless allows us to achieve this result."

InnerWireless' system supports various wireless applications, including wireless LANs and personal communications services (PCS), as well as two-way radios used by maintenance and security personnel.

Other facilities that have installed the InnerWireless system include the Time Warner Center in Manhattan, New York CityÍs Rockefeller Center Concourse, and the New Charlotte Arena for the NBAÍs Charlotte Bobcats.

-- Kurt Mackie