Another chapter, The Changing Face of Wireless Medical Telemetry, provides a brief
summary of electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems for the traditional wireless
medical telemetry widely used in hospitals and provides information that clinical engineers
can use to reduce the risks of EMI. The chapter describes the worrisome interaction
between EMI and medical devices and what has been done to address these concerns. It
highlights the creation of the new wireless medical telemetry standard (WMTS) and
relates the need to make immediate assessments of medical telemetry equipment and
plans to address the coming changes to the airways where wireless medical telemetry has
been used