http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/ Engadget Comments for Cellphones good for patient care: study http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 27th 2006 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/]]>Jan 27th 2006 6:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 27th 2006 6:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/and yes, my own self worth did actually go up because i pointed that out.]]>Jan 27th 2006 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/
The dirty secret remains however, is that hospitals will still give you the warnings, because use of your cell phone digs into one of their cash cows, the charges they will add to your hospital bill for an outgoing call. Outrageou$.]]>Jan 27th 2006 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 27th 2006 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/]]>Jan 27th 2006 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 27th 2006 10:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 27th 2006 11:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/

JB - just a correction: doesn't matter if the phone is digital or analog, you still can get interference. On a digital phone it's mostly from the control exchange rather than actually talking - it's that buzzing you hear through your speakers just before your phone rings.

Wry - most hospitals won't charge you for a local call (and ours won't let you make a long distance call either).

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]]>Jan 28th 2006 12:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/ let the doctor make his calls from the hallway.

HIS?? Can't say I care for the male assumption there.

Other than that, yes, it's an informative article.]]>Jan 28th 2006 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 28th 2006 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/
Control freaks love to tell people how to behave (anonymous signs are a particular favorite), but in the end the fault is with the equipment, not the phone user.

And, of course, with the institution that entrusts its patients lives to such equipment without ensuring that it can work in what is today a normal human environment.
]]>Jan 28th 2006 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 28th 2006 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 28th 2006 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 29th 2006 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/Jan 30th 2006 12:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/27/cellphones-good-for-patient-care-study/I think using a cellphone by physicians as well as nurses is a good idea if it helps the quality of care for our patients. I have used my cellphone on occasion
when working on the night shift w/ emergency situations.]]>Jan 30th 2006 6:56AM