In an exclusive interview, Dr. Joe Smith, chief medical officer and chief science officer at the West Wireless Health Institute in La Jolla, Calif., talks with Modern Healthcare reporter Jaimy Lee. Smith discusses the challenges and complexities—as well as the many advantages—of wireless technology and infrastructure in hospitals, especially with the coming growth of Medical Body Area Networks.

Read Modern Healthcare's July 9 special report, "Achieving more with wireless," a profile of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, Calif., considered one of the most advanced users of wireless technology and infrastructure in the U.S.