Wireless technology keeps physicians connected even as they make their rounds.
Elinor Abreu Three years ago, Jim Sanderson had a potentially lifesaving idea. Then an X-ray technologist at St. Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix, Ariz., Sanderson realized that if doctors could access patient information from wireless devices, instead of from desktop terminals or handwritten charts, they could do their jobs better and faster. From the exam to the report it can be hours and hours. He took five Palms, installed AvantGo software on them and attached the handhelds to wireless modems from OmniSky. Connecting to the Net from the Palms was relatively simple.