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 [...]
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 [...]
The largest state government agency in Tasmania, Australia, The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), providers of high-quality and people-focused healthcare, wanted to improve the method clinical pharmacists provided medication recommendations and therapy evaluations to patients at the point of care. The agency wanted an ergonomic and durable device to use in the infectious [...]
Pioneers Memorial Hospital, a 107-bed acute care facility in the Imperial Valley region of California, knows the importance of leveraging technology to promote quality healthcare. After unsuccessful trials with computers in patient rooms and computers-on-wheels (COWS), the nursing staff adopted the Toughbook H1 Health Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), which proved to be a dependable device, [...]
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 Sky News Business channel in Australia recently reported on the Panasonic Toughbook H1 mobile clinical assistant (MCA). We thought you’d enjoy the video.
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, [...]
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 [...]
