Coordinator Picked for MBAN Service
The FCC Wireless Bureau designated the American Society for Health Care Engineering of the American Hospital Association (ASHE/AHA) to be frequency coordinator for Medical Body Area Network (MBAN) operations in the 2360-2390 MHz band. Use of the MBAN will let…
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doctors wirelessly monitor and log data from patients with chronic diseases. The only other applicant was the Enterprise Wireless Alliance, the bureau said Wednesday in its order. While both groups are qualified, the bureau cited ASHE/AHA’s experience as the coordinator for the wireless medical telemetry service, where it maintains and operates a database that includes registration data for more than 9,000 WMTS systems located in more than 3,400 hospitals. “Health care facilities will be better served by having a single point of contact for WMTS and MBAN coordination, given the similar purposes of the two services,” the bureau said. It also cited the hospital association’s “institutional knowledge of the health care industry in general, and its familiarity with the medical telemetry user community in particular.” The bureau noted that the group will work with Comsearch as a consultant. The MBAN order was years in the making and was approved in May 2012 (see 1205250045).