C5 Medical Tablet PCs for Health-care Personnel announced by Intel and Motion Technologies
Yesterday, Intel announced that it had teamed up with tablet computer maker, Motion Computing, and together they plan to create a notepad-like device that will make it easier for medical personnel to handle electronic medical records. So what does this mean for healthcare users? Well, for starters doctors and nurses will have no need for clipboards and paper files, as Intel’s notepad-like device operates just like an electronic patient file.
The C5, manufactured by Motion Computing is based on Intel’s mobile clinical assistant platform. It will allow health care personnel to remotely access patient records and immediately enter in new patient information.
The C5 is an easily disinfected device that offers wireless connectivity, Bluetooth technology and a digital camera. These devices will help to capture a patient’s vital signs. Moreover, the C5 is rugged enough to withstand spills and drops.
It is interesting to know that the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center had teamed up with Intel for the development of the C5 medical tablet PC.
In fact, it was on February 20 itself, that the final pilot testing of the C5 took place. The C5 weighs 1.4g and runs Windows XP Pro Tablet Edition. It also features a 10.4-inch screen, and runs on an Intel 1.2 GHz Core Solo processor.
Then, the C5 Medical tablet PC is also stamped with a built-in bar code and RFID reader for patient or pharmaceutical identification, as well as a fingerprint reader for increased security if warranted.
According to Scott Ball, manager of Motion’s Canadian operations said, “We think we’re going to bridge a lot of the gap between the traditional PC cart-mounted device and what doctors want to carry around.”
The C5 medical tablet PC from Intel and Motion will be available in June for a price of $2599 from reseller partners and independent health-care software vendors.
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February 22nd, 2007 at 2:53 am
Another example of isolated actions and deliverables of the so called ICT Companies into a field where they have no experience.
How can Hospitals take advantage of this MCA if:
a) they have no WLAN environment and yet have constraints to make bigger investments into that? No WLAN = No MCA !
b) Hospitals do not use an EMR??
c) Hospitals use propriatary applications / EMR / CIS than the onces supported by the MCA currently? It will be required to migrate and or change the CIS environment - frankly, nobody will do this.
d) the integration burdon is just to high! It is not just putting an MCA into the ward or hands of nurses and say, thats it!
All in all again an excellent example that the IT Giants deliver just “isolated solutions” fullfilling the needs of only the nurse..and not considering the entire spectrum eg. the Hospital, physician, the patient and their needs. Frankly, nobody can make investments into multiple devices in an Hospitals nor manage multiple devices while costs will rise and money is not given.
Too high invests with too low ROI. All numbers of saved time by nurses etc..is not true. There is “no” real scientific study which gives evidence to that. If so, please provide.
FYI: Only 10% +-3% of US Hospitals use a overall WLAN in their facility. Just 4% as an average in Europe. Less then 4% in APAC. So where is the short, mid and long term market for the MCA? What is the forecast? 14.000 devices??? Too low for claiming to be successfull Mr. Burns.
This MCA urges the Hospitals to invest as well into an Wireless Environment which is significant in cost, investment and trust + it does not deliver on the needs of Hospitals, medical staff and patients.
There are many examples where the WLAN is not functional in Hospitals and have created massive issues in all areas.
Finally I think that the MCA will be flop exactly in the same fashion as Intels Digital Home approach, Intels PCA Group delivering products for the Mobile Market and other areas of Intel which is outside their core business. All of them will die - have died.
One thing which has been ignored totally and at a glance by Intel is: Hospitals do not have the money to make investments into MCA.
Why? You need more then just an MCA eg. WLAN, Apps, EMR, CIS, migration, integration, consolidation………
Bottom lime, again a useless try to make something happen in a field, where Intel and it´s Healthcare Folks have no clue on whats going on…while Chipheads.
Regards
Gary B.