Wireless networking

See http://services.manitoba-ehealth.ca/wirelessSites.html for wireless availability.

Who has wireless that work on wards

HSC

Have wireless:

• wards (not H4H)
• SICU
• Medical Records

Intermittent:

• GF216

No wireless: (is this still true? - yes this is true--CMarks 14:34, 2016 December 5 (CST))

• MICU/CCU/IICU/MR/Death desk/wards - No wireless since the change to EPR.

problem

• 'D4 laptop'. Problem ID Feb 22.17 while Gail Hall doing vacation relief. Gail to follow up with Judy.Trish Ostryzniuk 11:55, 2017 February 24 (CST)
  • what is the problem? Ttenbergen 09:38, 2017 February 27 (CST)
    • I'm not having any problems with the wireless Judy K Mar 3/ 2017.

Con

wireless access

• available in the data collection office and N1N, N1S, N3W, N3E, N2W, N2E and in MICU.
• not available in Medical Records but access to a hard drive computer is always available for wiki,EPR,email.

VIC

• able to access wireless on all wards S4/S5/N5/VMICU/MR/S3. Laptops required VIC Ehealth to enter all settings to get wireless.
  • Update November, 2016: Wifi signal strength can vary greatly on the 5th floor: slow to intermittent to no signal at all.
  • Access is also limited in the MICU-some days it works, others it is so slow that it is useless.

Oak

• Wireless only available in ER.--Lpruden2 09:55, 2014 September 9 (CDT)

Gra

• WRHA network is available in all locations
• MTS Wifi hotspot is available at Tim Horton's (this would work to review wiki, but not for sending or EPR access)

StB

• Have wireless in all areas of the hospital except the Atrium. --LKolesar 07:22, 2014 July 7 (CDT)
  • Would access in the Atrium be helpful? If so I would ask eHealth about this. It might be a matter of the laptop defaulting to the wrong wireless in that area, I would not be surprised if wireless were actually available there. If you ask and get an answer please put it here. Ttenbergen 10:05, 2015 August 27 (CDT)
• There is no reason to have wireless in the atrium as this is not a clinical area.
• We do not have wireless in the data offices either because they are not located within the hospital. Our offices are in the Education Building which is not a clinical area. --LKolesar 09:29, 2016 November 30 (CST)

Wireless setup

To use wireless networking, eHealth needs to do the following:

• ensure that the laptop is added to the wireless networking list
• ensure that the drivers are set up right

Both of this is done as part of Laptop Setup.