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 [...]
We are fortunate to hear first-hand stories from our public safety customers outlining how vital reliable technology has become to their jobs. In the case of Castle Rock (CO) Fire and Rescue, a package of reliable hardware and software greatly lessened the burden on its EMTs and paramedics. Check out Castle Rock’s story after the jump, [...]
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 Outdated forms of documenting home care visits not only have the potential of leading to mistakes, [...]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, [...]
At the XChange Tech Innovators Award ceremony in Las Vegas, our team received two Tech Innovator awards from CRN for its ongoing commitment to innovation in the mobile computing sector and specifically for its new Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), the Toughbook H1.
The Sky News Business channel in Australia recently reported on the Panasonic Toughbook H1 mobile clinical assistant (MCA). We thought you’d enjoy the video.
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 [...]
