Mellady plans to install RoamAbout access points in three more buildings that are being renovated. Because some of the buildings are almost a century old, modern network wiring is even less feasible. In addition to the general campus buildings, the university's dental school uses the RoamAbout technology in an oral hygiene clinic where students train to clean teeth. Student clinicians access a dental patient management application called Dentrix, which runs on a Windows NT server in the clinic and provides a scheduling calendar, patient history and billing data. The application is accessed from eight Dell PCs that are fitted with RoamAbout PCI LAN adapters so they can be easily moved from chair to chair.
Students can then look up and enter data right there at the chair with the patient.
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