Roger Loyd requested that the spelling of his name be corrected in the minutes. IBM may market a wearable computer in a year, but can purchase today from other vendors. Designed for field maintenance, but company has thought through some consumer related issues. John was sure the Mac version would be prettier and more coloful. David went on to say that wearbable computers can speed care and lower error rates in patient care environment so MC is exploring that.
Patients expect medical staff to wear weird stuff.
Now about to expand to library. Dave Kirby indicated Duke North and South hospitals are also covered now. 3com is low-end and supports up to 64 users per access point, but bandwidth per person drops off before the nominal ceiling is reached. Bob Currier indicated it would be best long term to support security the same way as we currently do, via login and secured services. For the initial trial access will be limited to cards expressly registered for that.