BizTechReports, an independent research and reporting agency, found 74% of HIT decision makers feel that consumer-grade tablets present challenges for entering data into healthcare applications.

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Earlier this week I participated in Intel’s Healthcare Innovation Summit, a webcast event featuring the industry’s leading voices for actionable, real-world insights into the innovative methodologies, tools, and technologies driving the next generation of healthcare delivery.

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Panasonic values the educational opportunities offered by these types of peer-focused events. We have created an environment for customers and partners to interact with each other and share best practices through programs like the Panasonic Healthcare Symposium and the Panasonic Thought Leadership Forum. Both conferences are great opportunities to understand how similar organizations approach mobile technology challenges.

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Variety Care had previously been using commercial grade tablets that were not specifically designed for the demands of a healthcare environment; these tablets experienced breaks and failures which resulted in clinician downtime. Manager of Information Systems, Carl Flippin wanted to enhance the facility’s workflow with mobile devices that were durable, portable, lightweight, reliable and had wireless capabilities.

Flippin met with DataSource Mobility, a value added IT reseller with an expertise is mobile technology, to discuss the criteria for Variety Care’s next mobile computing solution. After research and evaluation, the Panasonic Toughbook T8 computers proved to be the ultimate solution.

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For the past 15 years Panasonic has been equipping field technicians in industries such as utilities and telecommunications with rugged, mobile computing devices. Extended battery life is essential as these technicians are often in the field for an entire shift. As a result, Panasonic has always offered industry-leading battery life in its rugged line of [...]

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A unique requirement for mobile devices in healthcare environments is their ability to withstand repeated sanitization – for infection control purposes – without damage. If a device isn’t designed with this in mind, the harsh chemicals can adversely impact cases and screens. In 2009, a new virulent form of influenza swept the world, reaching Japan [...]

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We’re pleased to publish this guest blog post written by Steve Hardwick, partner manager, Mobile Armor.  Panasonic works with Mobile Armor to provide security solutions for mobile devices. HIPAA legislation has been in place for some time now, however, recent developments from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 are forcing many in [...]

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In 2009, Matsushita Memorial Hospital in Moriguchi, Japan, made the switch to electronic health records (EHRs) from a pen and paper data entry method. The hospital eventually deployed Panasonic Toughbook H1 Health Mobile Clinical Assistants (MCAs). The change was initiated after Matsushita Memorial created a hospital-wide standard of one nurse per seven patients, in 2006. [...]

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On Microsoft’s Health Tech Today with Dr. Bill Crounse, a weekly online series providing cutting-edge stories at the intersection of health and information technology, the host took a close look at some of the latest mobile computers aimed at medical professionals. Panasonic’s Jeff Rogers explained how the Toughbook H1 Health mobile clinical assistant (MCA) and [...]

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Bates County Memorial Hospital, a 60-bed medical facility in Butler, Missouri, offers a “hands-on-healing” personal care approach for its emergency room patients, which the hospital felt could be improved by transitioning its 24-hour physician-staffed ER department from a pen and paper system to an electronic medical record (EMR) method supported by the Panasonic Toughbook H1 [...]

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