"Okay, I get that many of you may not be overly excited by reading about speech recognition. But, there are some of us who think speech recognition is just fascinating. I still derive great pleasure from talking to my computer. I am constantly amazed by the ability for a computer to understand my spoken language and translate that into the written word."

Jgan

"Marshfield Clinic, a nonprofit organization founded in 1916, has a long history of using information technology to further research and improve care. In the 1960s, the clinic bought the digital breakthrough of its day — a mainframe computer — and used punched cards to feed it information on diagnoses and procedures. In 1985, the clinic introduced its first basic electronic health records, kept refining them and by 1994 mandated that its doctors all use them. In 2003, it introduced wireless tablet computers, whose screen can written on like digital paper or flipped up, exposing a keyboard, and used as a conventional laptop PC."

December 4, 2008

Some physician group practices that are reinventing their workflows as they adopt electronic health records are concluding that wireless networks fit in well with their new approaches.

At Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, for example, doctors concluded that tablet computers were the most convenient option. "Physicians now don't see a patient unless they have their tablet; it's just like their stethoscope," says James Hewitt, CIO at the 195-physician practice.

Because physicians implementing EHRs will want easy access to clinical data from any location, wireless networks will be commonplace at clinics within five years, predicts Rosemarie Nelson, principal at MGMA Healthcare Consulting Group, Syracuse, N.Y.

11/4/08
Engineered for the Medical Professional 

The Toughbook H1 is based on Panasonic’s innovative engineering, resulting from its own proprietary global healthcare industry research and Intel’s mobile clinical assistant (MCA) reference design.  The company visited clinicians around the world to solicit feedback for the product.  The resulting device improves workflow and eases clinical loads for doctors and nurses, allowing them to access patient records at the point of care and document a patient's condition in real time.  The workflow advantages offered by the H1 can help healthcare organizations maximize efficiency, which is critical as the market faces an aging population, increased demand for healthcare services and a shortage of nurses.

If you want to learn more about the device, the company posted a series of YouTube videos: Official H1 Video,  H1 Product Overview,  H1 Cleaning,  H1 Drop Test.