New device gives mobility to monitoring equipment
Gardner, E.
Modern Healthcare 21(23): 48-49
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0160-7480 PMID: 10110969 Document Number: 378232
A new type of patient monitor can turn any bed into a monitored bed without special wiring. The Escort-Link wireless bedside monitor uses radio frequencies instead of cables to transmit information to a central viewing station. The monitor is now being used in emergency departments, step-down units and operating rooms in about 30 hospitals. If wireless networks prove practical, radio transmissions may become increasingly common in hospitals.