EHR Software: Benefits and Challenges for Medical Grade Computers
July 13, 2018
The rapid expansion of technological innovation has been keenly felt in the medical field. Healthcare providers now enjoy the benefits of new surgical tools, dedicated medical PCs, and high-end devices that make diagnosing and treating patients much more effective. This trend goes well beyond…
What is 60601-1? Decoding the International Patient Safety Standard
June 20, 2018
If you read that title, you at least know that 60601-1 is an international standard for medical grade devices that specifically relates to patient safety. Obviously that is a very vague definition, and the purpose of this blog is to block out the white noise and provide a clear understanding of…
Understanding How Medical Computers Enhance EMR Capability
June 6, 2018
Technology in hospitals has advanced greatly towards automation and electronic document storage to improve the lives of patients and facilitate the jobs of medical professionals. As of 2015 96% of all non-federal acute care hospitals had adopted basic EMR software. Even in rural areas adoption was…
4 Use Cases for Medical Tablets in Healthcare
May 31, 2018
Medical tablets have revolutionized healthcare by shedding paper-based operations and by bringing quality care to underserved areas. These tablets have sophisticated systems that turn information recording to easy tasks saving time, energy, and money by improving efficiency rates. Mobility is the…
3 Ways to Automate Tedious Paper Processes in Hospitals
May 21, 2018
Nurses and doctors often voice the desire to go paperless. A recent report from International Data Corporation shows that about 40 percent of healthcare institutions have implemented paper reduction processes to operate a little greener. Although these efforts have improved a hospital's…
3 Usages of Medical Tablets in a Mobile Environment
April 16, 2018
As the health landscape changes, the technology adapts to fit the needs of the people. Healthcare professionals strive to reach patients that aren't always able to travel to healthcare centers; that's one of the reasons why telehealth usage has grown in the past few years. As technologies adapt to…
RFID Tablet Technologies Solving Problems in the Hospital
March 23, 2018
A hospital is an unpredictable environment. One moment hallways are calm and clear; the next, staff are bustling to get a patient into the emergency room. Errors are not uncommon. Thankfully, technology has evolved over time to address a lot of the problems we've seen in the past arising from…
Understanding the Move to Mobile and HIPAA
March 20, 2018
Five years after the Internet went live to an unsuspecting public - one that had no idea how much it would need cat videos, online shopping and binge-watching - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was born in 1996. Fast forward more than 20 years and we’ve seen the…
Understanding Tablet Battery Life: Not All Solutions are Created Equally
March 7, 2018
Mobility in the workplace is crucial to boosting productivity. Ask any construction worker or physician using a tablet how their operations have improved and they'll easily give a laundry list of benefits—time is money in the workplace, and saving one saves the other. However, changing to a mobile…
3 Problems Hospitals Face that Can Be Reduced with Medical Computers
January 31, 2018
There are hiccups in workflow and patient care caused by universal problems in hospitals, but thankfully they can be shrunk. Before the communication age revolutionized how we do work, mistakes were abundant and costly. Fortunately for us now, productivity is higher and manual methods of patient…
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