Going mobile is good for patients and health care organizations. Today's wireless networking solutions give health professionals and hospitals the tools they need to stay connected and productive anytime, anywhere.
In medicine, documentation is critical for quality patient care. A mistake can result in disability or death leading to an increase in malpractice suits, putting your practice at risk. But record keeping is an overwhelming task for a busy medical practice, hospital or clinic. Paper records are awkward, sometimes unreliable and take time to access. They also take time from your practice: an estimated 50-70 percent of staff time is taken up with handling and compiling records.
Electronic medical record systems (EMR) is changing that—and wireless technology allows the patient records to go where the physician goes, from office to hospital to patient. Crucial patient data can be entered on the spot, and beamed immediately to electronic files. Retrieving the data where and when you need it—in your office, at the bedside, in the emergency room—can make a major difference in patient care.
Wireless also allows doctors to order lab tests or x-rays electronically and immediately see the results from just about anywhere. The new technology is already causing a revolution in hospital handling of medication. Some hospital pharmacies have begun using mobile handheld bar code scanning and printing to track all transactions involving medication, from receiving to inventory to dispensing. Central and accessible data helps get the right drug to the right patient at the right time—and prevents mistakes.
Wireless technology enables health professionals to provide better care |
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Get research when you want it: Use your HP Tablet PC to access PubMed or any online databank to get the information you need right when you need it. You can wirelessly consult with specialists, sending x-rays, lab test results, even photos of patients, right from the bedside or exam room. |
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Find the Wi-Fi hotspots: Wayport provides a map and list of hotels, convention centers, restaurants and airports throughout the world that provide high-speed and wireless Internet access. Wi-Fi Hotspot is another WiFi hotspot directory that is easy to use. |
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Connect applications: Tap into office network applications using your handheld HP iPAQ Pocket PC with OnSet Technology's METAMessage. METAMessage extends connectivity from the office to the mobile user by providing real-time access to your network's time entry system, case management databases, document management system, etc. |
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Better your presentations: Tapping into your home office information can quickly add information to presentations at grand rounds, medical society meetings, and other talks and presentations. And you won't have to worry about being in another time zone or country without data you need for a talk. |
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In a multi-specialty clinic. With 8 offices, Central Utah Multi-Specialty Clinic (CUMC) in Provo, Utah, saved $1 million and improved health care to its 200,000 patients. Using HP mobile technology, its 400-person staff and physicians are able to get more real-time information for better clinical decisions, and improve both physician productivity and physician-patient relationships.
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