Nandalal Gunaratne, NG> However a tablet/touch screen type PC which can be NG> wheeled along on an appropriate stand from bed to bed NG> with wireless/ drag along LAN cable connection but is NG> powered centrally maybe a solution that is more NG> cumboresome but affordable.
NG> What do you think? Keep a view to different healthcare systems worldwide. In anglo american systems - i think India arabia and so on the same structure (i personally worked only in England some years ago as house officer) you have one big room at one ward with a lots of beds. The English situation some years ago was that there are eg for surgery a lot of consultants. a house officer is not responsible only for one ward. If a patient comes in the house officer in cassualty is responsible for this patient. So the patients of a house officer can be on 4-6 different wards. It took some time to understand this management of my patients. The nurses stay at only one ward. So the nurse have to know exactely which house officer or senior is responsible for this patient. If you go as officer the ward round you have your patients exactely in your head. Otherwise the patient have the impression that that Doc don't know his case. The patient don't trust you if you look everytime to your notes or make notices via a touchscreen. I think a small board with results of lab or some special data will be absolute enough. The input of new or other medication have to be done not in front of the patient. You realy have to concentrate to the needs of a patient and to talk with him and not with the computer or any touchscreen. :-) So let it be and concentrate to the realy necessary things and not to the programmers love to make everything directely at pc. See for example. If you have as consultant a meeting with your customers you also concentrate to your customer and not to your computer. Only in special questions you use it for information. IMHO it is realy nonsense to focus the discussion to pda or phone into a solution that is necessary in front of a patient. Realy make it as an easy specialized module with an own Gui. A thing you are able to make fast notice or get a realy fast information about special parameters. More important can be the results of a EEG or something else. -- Wilfried Goedert mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- 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. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
