[xorcist]

I don't runderstand why you would want to have mesh networks at hospitals. It is a controlled environment where you could roll out a centralised infrastructure easily, with all the benefits of management, traceability and accountability that follows.

There is also "Internet" in IoT. I'm not convinced hospital equipment, like many other control systems, really should be Internet accessible.

[JoeAltmaier]

Disposable things? They need to be zero-configuration or they won't get used/connected at all. A mesh works that way; centralized usually doesn't.

[xorcist]

I don't what disposable tech exists in hospitals, but zero-configuration mesh means no authentication, and I think most medical data is far too sensitive for that.

[JoeAltmaier]

or... automatic authentication

[xorcist]

What's the difference? Or did I just have a "whoosh" moment (when a joke went over my head)?

[JoeAltmaier]

No, you can provision new devices into the network automatically. True somebody could be watching; but if they miss it then the device proceeds with secure data streams.