Long Beach Business Journal: Stepping in to Promote Health IT for Hospitals

Reprinted with permission from the Long Beach Business Journal -- November 2006

Focus on Healthcare

Stepping in to promote Health Information Technology in Hospitals.

Hospitals and large medical groups aren’t the only parties interested in advancing health information technology.

Barbara Duck, a medical consultant who works with Community Hospital is also reaching out to physician practices with Tablet Kiosk’s EO ultra mobile portable computer (UMPC), a tablet PC device – with desktop replacement capabilities – that could help bring the healthcare industry into a “paperless realm.”

For physicians who travel to multiple sites, the UMPC can do a lot to prevent medical errors.  “The big thing right now for physicians is to have mobility along with complete patient records.  It allows the physician to make a good decision even if they’re called up in the middle of the night”, Duck said.

And hospitals that can’t afford a complete EHR conversion can consider switching the most important areas – like the emergency room, for example.  “I would say that’s probably the primary area where it could be utilized first,” she said.  “If information is available on a patient, this really is advantageous for ER doctors…so they can see right up front if a patient has allergic reactions to a specific medicine.” 

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