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Toughbook H1 Health Delivers 40 Percent Workflow Improvement

Panasonic Computer Products Europe — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:39:02 +0000

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 study was the Panasonic Toughbook H1 Health, a mobile clinical assistant (MCA) based on Intel’s original MCA reference architecture.

For the study, two members of the nursing staff were equipped with Toughbook H1 Health MCA devices. The nurses were able to access the hospital’s information system as well as frequently consulted information. The Toughbook H1 Health was used in day-to-day care for a group of hospitalized patients and workflow was observed and measured repeatedly over the course of the study.

Prior to the deployment of the Toughbook H1 Health MCAs, observations and measurements were made of the nursing staff conducting the same procedures with a group of patients in the same areas of the hospital. This was done using conventional methods which included taking notes at bedside using pen and paper and later inputting data into the appropriate hospital information system.

After comparing the results, the hospital saw a dramatic improvement in workflow efficiency when using the Toughbook H1 Health. Perpetration time was eliminated; medication and note taking was cut approximately in half and water (or fluid) balancing time was cut by approximately one third. In total, the hospital saw a 40 percent reduction in the time its nurses used to conduct their daily work.

The full study is available for download on the Panasonic Computer Products Europe web site at the following link

Sky News Business in Australia Reports on The Toughbook H1

Greg Davidson — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:45:04 +0000

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.

Panasonic Toughbook H1 a “Slam Dunk”

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:23:23 +0000

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 pull solution providers out of a tailspin. Five of these products are listed in his post, including the Toughbook® H1.

Regarding the Toughbook H1, Steve says:

“Panasonic: A life saver. A 100 percent channel-focused company in a hot horizontal (rugged notebooks) that has just launched a slam dunk: the new H1 Mobile Medical Assistant. The H1 is a breakthrough product in a market that badly needs it.”

Click the following link to see Steve’s full post and the other four vendors/products that made his list:
It’s Time To Take Off The Blinders

Panasonic Wins "Vendor Channel Program Of The Year — Health Care"

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:40:21 +0000

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, which CRN noted as a “a true healthcare product.”

CTIA Wireless 2009 E-Tech Awards Recognize Toughbook H1

Kyp Walls — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:53:21 +0000

During the most recent CTIA Wireless event in Las Vegas, we learned our Toughbook® H1 came in 2^nd in its category at the 4^th 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 Clinical Assistant (MCA) is based on the Intel® MCA Reference Architecture and aimed at healthcare professionals.