Given the prevalence of broadband telecom networks in place today, hospital IT leaders may feel secure – that their networks can handle whatever demands are thrown at them. But given the progress of new health IT initiatives and data use, they still might face bandwidth problems. And as healthcare technical architect Lanny Hart notes in apiece for SearchHealthIT, the networks need to accommodate new security demands as well.
These days, he notes healthcare networks must carry not only more-established data and voice data, but also growing volumes of EMR traffic.
