Healthcare: The Next Vertical Market

Presented by Communications Technology

Thursday, December 18 , 2008
1:00 - 2:00 p.m. (ET)                                                                                        

Attend this webcast from your desktop or conference room. Invite your team to attend at one low price of $295. Each registration comes with access to the archived version of the program for one-year. Proprietary research report also included.

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Demographics, public policy and technology are conspiring to create opportunities for operators to serve the telecommunications needs of the healthcare industry. Our expert panel will discuss regulatory and business drivers, medical technology trends, the competitive landscape and actual deployment scenarios.
 
Technology categories covered include: metro area networks (MANs), local area networks (LANs), digital voice (VoIP), primary rate interface (PRI), Gigabit Ethernet (GigE), wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), radiology information systems (RISs), picture archiving and communications (PAC) systems, RFID (radio frequency identification), DOCSIS 3.0, virtual private networks (VPN), video on demand (VOD), multi-protocol label switching (MPLS), layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP), unified IP communications.
 
Regulatory topics include: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), Rural Health Care Program of the Universal Service Fund, initiatives of the US Dept of HHS Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

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