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We have seen a few places that allow this. We are planning on setting up wireless access so that external users do not have access to our network and just to the Internet. Our network engineer says this can be accomplished easily. So it'll be like the corner coffee shop.


Howard Chase, RN
Androscoggin Valley Hospital
59 Page Hill Road
Berlin, NH 03570
(603)326-5669

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/Carla,/

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/I haven’t heard of any hospitals that allow this. If you were to let a patient bring in their laptop on your network and, let’s say, they bring in a virus that wreaks havoc on your network, along with other patient’s computers, who is liable? Not just that, but I believe that this would create possible HIPAA issues if a patient were intelligent enough to connect to a server or pc on the network that had PHI on it. I could see this working if you set up a separate network just for patient access; one in which they would have to sign a release that the hospital is not liable for any damage that may come from use of the service or from malicious intent of others that are on the network. It would be similar to the set up at many hotels where they are on one network and they provide a separate WiFi connection for their patrons./

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Larry Carver
Clinical Systems Analyst
Adena Health System
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*From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Carla Fuller
*Sent:* Wednesday, March 15, 2006 6:30 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Internet access

Carla Fuller, CPC

War Memorial Hospital

Applications Specialist

500 Osborn Blvd

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 49783

(906) 635-4663

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Our patients are now asking for internet access while they are recovering in our hospital.

Does anyone provide a patient with a laptop or desktop with internet access if requested ?

Or, if a patient has his/her own computer do you allow them to use them in the patient room

and do you provide internet access ?

Thank you

War Memorial Hospital

Steve Pietrangelo

WMI

906 635-1046


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