Hi Alex, Your solution with touch screens for every bed is nice but maybe too costly for many hospitals. What you say about mobile devices on batteries are also true.
However a tablet/touch screen type PC which can be wheeled along on an appropriate stand from bed to bed with wireless/ drag along LAN cable connection but is powered centrally maybe a solution that is more cumboresome but affordable. What do you think? Nandalal --- Alexander_H�lzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Nandalal an the others, > > > What is the best device to use? > > One is the PDA > > What about the mobile phone? > > I am not really sure, that PDA is/will be the > solution of choice. > > Mobile phones, due to EMF-Emissions, are prohibitive > in the hospital area. > W-LAN still has many problems with quality of > transmission and security.. > > Building a new hospital, the best and less expensive > solution will be the > integration of a multi-function, multi-purpose > touch-screen information > terminal at every patient bed. The panel could be > used for clinical data > entry as well as for broadcasting hospital > information to all patients, > TV/Video/Internet access for the patient etc. > > So nurses would not have to carry huge and heavy > PDAs where batteries will > surely expire in case of emergency...(Thinking alone > about the energy supply > problem(batteries) of portable devices puts a > nightmare on technical > hospital administration. Not even mentioned > ecological issues of > batteries..). Furthermore: same GUI for all > applications, true, fully > featured, fully integrated hospital intranet, > central security and access > rights management, no systems diversity, no energy > supply problems ... > > BTW. the hardware for such a system is already here, > since years, and it is > (rather) cheap. Software could be -fairly easily- > developed (derived), based > on Care2x. > > For existing hospitals, the most expensive part of > this model will be the > LAN-cabling to every patient bed.. > > What is needed is a clear concept and hospital > planners/administrators ready > to innovate their organisations from the ground... > > Cheers > > Alex > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nandalal Gunaratne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: [Care2002-developers] A question about > daily routine in > hospitals > > > > What is the best device to use? > > One is the PDA > > What about the mobile phone? > > There are other such mobile devices too. > > Notebooks/tablets are tow cumbursome. > > Anyone using them? > > > > > > Nandalal > > --- jim jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > One solution will be to convert the paper work > to > > > checksheets or/and diagrams who an OCR program > or > > > care2x module can read them and categorize them. > > > > > > --- Nandalal Gunaratne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Bear, > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot for what you have said. I too > feel > > > that > > > > a > > > > hospital information system must address the > needs > > > > of > > > > the nurses to succeed. > > > > > > > > You have set down the problems but not > suggested a > > > > solution. > > > > > > > > Have you any ideas of your own? > > > > > > > > I think a PDA like carry around device is > > > important. > > > > A > > > > mobile, dependable and simple device which has > a > > > > decent sized screen and connects to the > hospital > > > > network. > > > > > > > > What else? > > > > > > > > Nandalal > > > > > > > > --- bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > > > > ��������� > > �� ������ > > @yahoo.gr > > > ��������� > > ��� ��� > > > http://www.otenet.gr > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat > Briefings & > > > Training. > > > Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas > > > July 24-29 - > > > digital self defense, top technical experts, no > > > vendor pitches, > > > unmatched networking opportunities. 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