© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Emerging Wireless Markets for Patient Care Healthcare's Continuous Need to Provide More for Less Drives Priority Wireless Technology Spending Healthcare and Life Sciences IT Group “As competition continues to grow in the healthcare industry, hospitals are realizing that implementing IT solutions and enabling wireless connectivity could be the only way to achieve much-needed workflow efficiency and eventually reduce overall extraneous costs.”

© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. Industry Trends Healthcare wireless technology initiatives increase as a growing number of success stories emerge across the board Increasing demand for ubiquitous wireless access throughout the healthcare facility, rather than solely departmental access Increased adoption of security features as previous measures prove ineffective Greater clinician appreciation and understanding of wireless technology drives demand and CIO implementation Migration of wireless applicability from within to outside the healthcare institution to facilitate remote patient care opportunities

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© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved. What’s Included Wireless inpatient monitoring technology Wireless home care technology Wireless integrated point-of-care technology Wireless clinical handheld applications Wireless supply chain management technology

© Copyright 2004 Frost & Sullivan. All Rights Reserved.  3Com  Allscripts Healthcare Solutions  CardioNet  Cisco Systems, Inc.  Cybernet Medical Corp.  Eclipsys Technologies Corp.  ePocrates, Inc.  GE Medical Systems  iMetrikus, Inc.  IngleWood Ventures Key Market Participants  Mckesson Corp.  MercuryMD, Inc.  Nortel Networks Ltd.  PatientKeeper  Philips Medical Systems  Proxim Corp.  QUALCOMM, Inc.  Siemens AG  Symbol Technologies  Vocera Communications

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