I believe those antennas may be part of the telemetry system which
> monitors patients while they are ambulatory away from their bed (e.g.,
> moving about in the hallway, sitting down the hall in the solarium, > etc.).
> Or perhaps what you saw are associated with some sort of wireless LAN
> access point, although I think my first guess is more likely.
These days, they are most likely to be BOTH. Lots of doctors carry around laptops to check records with, and at the same time a lot of the telemetry gear now uses the same network.
--scott
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