You may be surprised to know that eighty-five percent of Healthcare IT professionals are either in the middle of an EHR project or plan to begin execution within the next 18 months. That’s according to a survey by Embarcadero Technologies, a San Francisco-based provider of database tools and developer software. The survey also stated that [...]
The Hospital Comarcal de Inca employs about 760 medical professionals, and meets the healthcare needs of approximately 114,000 people on the Spanish island of Majorca. In July of 2009, the hospital accessed the ability of mobile healthcare technology to improve clinician workflow and offer access to data at the point-of-care. At the heart of this [...]
The topic of tablet computers in healthcare has received an enormous amount of attention since the introduction of Apple’s iPad and tablets using Windows 7. While demand for mobile devices in the healthcare market is growing, there is still no one perfect solution for healthcare users – and there never will be. Radiologists have different [...]
Even in this digital age, it is not uncommon for home health providers to still depend on pen and paper to document vital patient data. The risk of losing critical information is high and can lead to harmful errors. Outdated forms of documenting home care visits not only have the potential of leading to mistakes, [...]
All too often, Panasonic is approached by healthcare organizations that view their electronic medical record (EMR) implementation as a series of linear steps. First, they choose a software package; then they reflect on networking and finally they consider hardware for their end users – maybe looking into training after the deployment. More often than not, [...]
I recently came across in interesting article in Healthcare IT News, “Health calls thrive with IT,” reporting that the number of medical house calls is steadily on the rise thanks to innovations in information technology. According to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the number of house calls paid by Medicare has increased by [...]
In a recent blog post, Steve Burke at CRN discussed his frustration with solution providers that refuse to adapt and try new vendors and technologies in the current market – choosing instead to do the same thing and expect a different outcome. Steve thinks there are many groundbreaking solutions out there that could effectively help [...]
I’m happy to announce that Panasonic just won Vendor Channel Program Of The Year — Health Care at Everything Channel’s XChange Government Integrator Awards. The annual awards gala honored vendors and integrators alike in nine categories for achievement in public sector channel business. Panasonic was singled out in the healthcare category thanks to its Toughbook® H1, [...]
I’m delighted to share that the Toughbook® H1 has been named one of the Hot Products from the 2009 EMS Today Conference & Exposition, which took place in Baltimore this spring. According to JEMS, whose product review team selects the winners, its Hot Products represent “the most innovative, functional and potentially life-saving products to come [...]
During the most recent CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas, we learned our Toughbook® H1 came in 2nd in its category at the 4th Annual CTIA Wireless E-Tech awards. The H1 received this very important wireless industry recognition under the “Enterprise & Vertical – Healthcare Solution” category. Announced in November of 2008, our fully-rugged Mobile [...]
