A director of nursing (DON) of a small, remote hospital wants to use telehealth technology, because the facility just updated all of its computers. What action by the DON is best?
a. Assess the capability of the hospital's LAN (local area network).
b. Check on the facility's WAN (wide area network) access.
c. Determine if nurses are interested in telehealth capability.
d. Write network protocols for telehealth activity.
B
WAN encompasses a larger geographic area and includes leased telecommunication lines. WAN access would need to be assessed to determine the capability of reaching out to remote sites.
LAN encompasses a smaller computer network and may only include the hospital itself. The facility would need WAN access.
Determining nursing interest would give some good information about what is needed to facilitate this change, but it is not the most important action for the DON to take.
The DON would not write network protocols; the technology department would.
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