Wide-spread use many not be the optimal use of a municipal or corporate budget, but on-site devices have the unique advantage of decreasing the time to defibrillation.

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But another study says competing mobile platforms, including Near-Field Communications, could pose a challenge for banks and other financial institutions trying to devise the optimal mobile-tech strategies that will allow them to exploit this seismic shift to their full advantage.

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