Tablet PC Nursing

Panasonic Announces Toughbook H1 Mobile Clinical Assistant

2008-11-05T08:17:00.002-05:00

This looks like a killer piece of hardware for healthcare. Specifications include:

Genuine Windows Vista® Business with Service Pack 1 (with Windows XP Tablet downgrade option)
Intel® Atom™ processor (1.86GHz) Z540 with 533MHz FSB, 512KB L2 cache
1GB standard RAM configuration
80 GB 1.8-inch shock mounted hard drive
10.4” XGA sunlight viewable 500 NIT Dual Touch LCD screen (1024 x 768 resolution),
InPlay Technologies digitizer
Anti-reflective screen treatment
Integrated 2.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with dual LED lights
Fingerprint scanner
Contactless smartcard reader
RFID reader
Fully rugged MIL-STD-810F and IP54 compliant 3 foot drop approved
Magnesium alloy chassis
Sealed all-weather design
Rain-, spill-, dust- and vibration-resistant
Intel® WiFi Link 5100 802.11a/b/g/draft-n
Bluetooth® v2.0 + EDR
Integrated docking connector

Integrated options:

Optional integrated WWAN / Gobi™-enabled mobile broadband (EV-DO and HSPA)
Global position system (GPS) receiver
2D barcode reader (also reads 1D barcodes)

6 hour battery life
Twin Hot-swappable batteries

3.4 lbs (with batteries)
10.4” (W) x 10.6” (H) x 1.3” - 2.3” (D)

Official H1 Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufDDOi19anQ

H1 Product Overview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDG-1rNzizQ

H1 Cleaning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5o5T-TVbjY

H1 Drop Test:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywXfCJtwfFY

Nursing I.T. Award Nominations Sought

2008-11-03T06:46:00.002-05:00

Health Data Management is accepting nominations for its fourth annual Nursing Information Technology Innovation Award. The deadline for entries is Jan. 5, 2009.

The award recognizes innovation and excellence in using information technology in the field of nursing to directly improve the quality of care/patient safety and/or promote the effective use of nursing resources. The co-sponsor of the award is CARING, the nation’s largest educational and networking group for nurses interested in health care information technology.

The award will be presented to a team of nursing professionals at a health care organization (hospital, physician group practice or any other care-giving site). At least one of the primary coordinators of the I.T. project must be a nurse. The project must be ongoing.

To qualify for this award, a health care organization must submit an essay with detailed information on the nursing information technology project and the specific, measurable results of that project. The contribution of nurses to the innovative project must be clearly identified.
Judges, who will include nurses, will interview finalists by phone before determining the award recipient. The winner will be notified by January 31. The April issue of the magazine will include a story on the winning organization and runners-up.

To enter, submit a document attached to an e-mail to howard.anderson@sourcemedia.com. At the top of the document, list the following:

Name of organization and address
Description of size of organization (total physicians, total inpatient licensed beds, etc.)
Name of key nurse(s) involved in the project, and their roles.
Name of person who prepared the nomination and contact information (phone and e-mail)
Name of senior executive with organization who could be available to answer questions, and contact information.

Entrants should prepare an essay of up to 1,000 words answering the following three questions:

What is the nursing I.T. project that is worthy of recognition? Precisely identify the technology involved.
What is innovative/groundbreaking about the project?
What are the measurable results/outcomes of the project? Be as specific and detailed as possible.

Examples of results can include: achieving tangible improvements in the quality of care; reducing the time nurses spend on non-care activities by automating tasks; and improving workload management through telehealth technologies and other systems.

In addition, the essay should describe the contribution of nurse(s) to the project and whether the nurse(s) was the project leader, product manager, trainer, implementer or executive sponsor.

Questions about the award should be e-mailed to howard.anderson@sourcemedia.com. More information about CARING is available at www.caringonline.org

2008 Emergency Response Guide

2008-05-03T16:03:00.003-05:00

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) has made the 2008 edition of the Emergency Response Guide (ERG) available for Windows Vista and Windows XP. The ERG 2008 software for Windows XP / Vista can be downloaded at: http://hazmat.dot.gov/pubs/erg/ERG_Windows_Setup.exe

Electronic Medical Record of the Future

2008-03-23T08:38:00.002-05:00

At the recent Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference there was a demonstration of the Contoso electronic medical record (EMR), a prototype created by Microsoft to show the Windows Presentation Foundation 3D features and where we are headed with patient medical charts.

See the video at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dZWEQwzGFp4

Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant (Tablet PC) & DINAMAP®

2008-03-22T12:28:00.003-05:00

GE Healthcare IT has announced a collaboration with Intel Corporation and Motion Computing® to join forces on a mobile computing solution designed to eliminate the manual collection of patient vital sign data. The solution incorporates the Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant (Tablet PC) into vital sign collection using Centricity Enterprise in-patient electronic medical record (EMR) software and GE Healthcare’s DINAMAP® patient monitoring devices.

See the GE Healthcare press release at: http://pressroom.gehealthcare.com/proom/internet/NewsandEvents.jsp?release_id=14025

MedGadget blog about Dinemap/Motion C5 Tablet PC at: http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/03/dinamap_to_marry_motion_c5_mobile_tablet.html

Cerner Care Console™

2008-03-22T12:13:00.002-05:00

Although not specifically Tablet PC news, here is an interesting application of consumer electronics in healthcare.

Spectrum Health of Grand Rapids, Michigan has announced a strategic relationship with Cerner and Microsoft Corp. in developing the Cerner Care Console™ solution, a consumer-centric technology that empowers patients to take an active role in their care.

The solution integrates Spectrum Health’s knowledge about the patient experience with the Cerner Millennium® healthcare information technology (HIT) computing platform, and Microsoft Windows Media Center. Cerner has also incorporated the use of Xbox 360 retail consoles into this system to offer patients gaming and entertainment experiences.

Spectrum Health is currently piloting the Care Console system in one of its units at its 750-bed Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids.

Features of the Care Console system include:

• My Health Notes – Facilitates patient/provider communication by allowing patients to write electronic notes to their physicians with questions about their care.
• My Education – Provides patients with access to health education prescribed by their care team. Access to reliable health information encourages patients to become informed about their condition and medical decisions.
• My Care Team – Provides patients a pictorial introduction to the individuals responsible for their care and explains their roles.
• My Schedule – Presents patients with an itinerary of their specific events for the day as well as a patient-specific task list.
• My Hospital – Presents patients with information about their hospital, including lists of services and maps.
• My Opinion – Invites patients to provide real-time feedback regarding their hospital stay. This enables point-of-service adjustments to care to address patient concerns and supports rapid cycle improvement.
• My Entertainment – Enables patients to watch live TV, select movies, listen to music, and play Xbox games or play online games.

See the full Cerner press release at: http://www.cerner.com/public/NewsReleases.asp?id=27184&cid=8153

National Library of Medicine Releases WISER for Windows

2008-03-20T20:43:00.002-05:00

The National Library of Medicine has released WISER for Windows.

WISER (Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders) is a system designed to assist First Responders in hazardous material incidents. Developed by the National Library of Medicine, WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression guidance.

I've used the Windows Mobile version for years. It is a great reference for nurses that are first responders or first receivers.

Download at: http://wiser.nlm.nih.gov/register.html?plat=win

Microsoft Vision of the Future of Personal Health Management

2008-03-20T09:15:00.000-05:00

Microsoft presented their vision of personal health management in the future at the recent MIX08 conference. A ripped copy (not the greatest quality) of the video presentation is available on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F1u36Y-qlE

New OneNote Powertoy Coming

2008-02-29T16:51:00.002-05:00

New surprise OneNote powertoy coming on Monday according to OneNote Testing blog. See: http://blogs.msdn.com/johnguin/archive/2008/02/28/a-nice-surprise-and-powertoy-should-be-ready-on-monday.aspx

Microsoft Announces Amalga Family of Enterprise Health Systems

2008-02-17T13:44:00.002-05:00

Microsoft has announced (http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/feb08/02-13AmalgaPR.mspx) the Amalga (formerly Azyxxi) family of Enterprise Health Systems.

Components of the Amalga family include:

Amalga - a unified intelligence system that provides a single point for unified access to the wealth of information present in a healthcare organization.
Amalga Hospital Information System (HIS) - a fully integrated, single solution hospital information system.
Amalga RIS/PACS - an integrated Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).

For more information see: http://www.microsoft.com/amalga/default.mspx

It will be interesting to see how Tablet PC technology will be integrated into these Microsoft healthcare technologies.

Very Cool Tablet PC Application From Microsoft Research

2008-02-17T12:32:00.003-05:00

Microsoft Research has released a very cool prototype Tablet PC application. It is called InkSeine. I heard about this project several months ago; but until this week this application was only available to Microsofties. It has been called "Windows Journal on steroids". It has a new user interface specific to the Tablet PC that utilizes gestures to select menu items. It is a free download. I just downloaded the application and have started working with it.

Information and the download can be found at: http://research.microsoft.com/InkSeine/. Additional information can also be found at the InkSeine Development Team's blog at: http://community.research.microsoft.com/blogs/alpineinker/default.aspx. GottaBeMobile also has additional information at: http://www.gottabemobile.com/GBM+InkShow+InkSeine.aspx

Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 Release Candidate

2007-11-28T21:58:00.000-05:00

Reports are circulating about the impending release of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 Release Candidate. I hope that SP1 deals with some of the issues that make Vista run so sluggishly.

Bink.nu and ZDNet are reporting that Microsoft will be releasing the Release Candidate (RC) test build of Windows Vista Service Pack (SP) 1 to selected testers the week of December 1.

The further report that Microsoft will release the SP1 RC test to the general public in the second week of December.

The Bink.nu article can be seen at: http://bink.nu/news/vista-sp1-release-candidate-expected-next-week.aspx

The Bink.nu article can be seen at: http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=985

Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC Coming Soon?

2007-11-27T22:28:00.000-05:00

With Dell entering the Tablet PC market is it possible that we may see a drop in pricing and make the Tablet PC a viable form factor? I hope so!

Engadget's posting about Dell Tablet PC: http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/12/dells-latitude-xt-up-close-a-bit-too-close/

YouTube video featuring Jeff Clark from Dell's Business Products Group announcing the Dell Tablet PC: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8tP2Pf9Bdg

Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics 2008 Schedule

2007-11-23T07:36:00.000-05:00

Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics 2008 Schedule

Feb 8 - 10, 2008 (Fri-Sun)
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Hotel Reservations:
Courtyard Marriott Riverview
35 Lockwood Ave.
Charleston, SC 29401
Call: 1‐800‐549‐8154 and please mention “WINS” as your group code.
WINI Brochure
Contacts:
Registration
Kathie Faulkner in the Center for Professional De‐velopment and Clinical Education Resources,
(843)792‐2409
Program
Weatherly Brice, MSN, RN-BCClinical EducatorMedical University of South Carolina AuthorityCharleston, SC(843) 792-6572rogersw@musc.edu

March 28-30, 2008 (Fri - Sun)
ANIA Event
Clark Memorial HospitalJeffersonville IN
Contact:
Vicki Vallejos
vicki.vallejos@clarkmemorial.org

April 11-12, 2008 (Fri - Sat)
Albert Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia, PA
Contact
Sharon Majarowitz
majarowitzs@einstein.edu
215.456.7581

April 25-27, 2008 (Fri-Sun)
Children's Medical Center
Cincinnati, OH
Contact: Jack Warfield
Jack.Warfield@cchmc.org

July 14-16, 2008 (Mon - Wed)
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore
Pre Conference Tutorial in conjunction with the Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (July 16-19,2008)
Christine Ward, M.S.Program ManagerOrganizational Partnerships, Outreach and Clinical Enterprise University of Maryland School of Nursing 655 West Lombard St. Room 425 A Baltimore, MD 21201-1579 Phone: 410-706-1838 Fax: 410-706-0018 cward006@son.umaryland.edu www.nursing.umaryland.edu/events

Sept 20 - 21, 2008 (Sat, Sun)
Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Fern Watson
watsonf@hhsc.ca

Dec 5-7, 2008 (Fri-Sun)
UTMB Galveston, TX
Poldi Tschirch PhD,RN,BC
Email: ptschirc@utmb.edu

Webcast on Motion Computing® C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant

2007-11-23T07:28:00.000-05:00

Getting a Handle on Patient Care

Results are in! Please join Intel and Motion Computing® for a special live webcast showcasing improvements in patient care and operational efficiency as a result of the new mobile clinical assistant solution.

December 4, 200710:00 am - 11:30 am (U.S. Pacific Time)

Listen to industry healthcare leaders and learn about the patient and clinician benefits of the Motion Computing C5 MCA.
Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN, FAAN, FACMI; Co-Director, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Nursing Knowledge, Information Management & Sharing (KIMS); Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Michael Blum, MD, CMIO & Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Marilyn Schaffner, RN, PhD, CNO & VP Patient Care Services, Medical University of South Carolina
Wayne Sensor, CEO, Alegent Health
Onica Ulveling, Pharm. D., Clinical Pharmacist, Intensive Care Units, Children's Hospital in Omaha

Click here to register for the live webcast.

Copyright© 2007 Intel Corporation and Motion Computing, Inc. All rights reserved. Motion Computing is a registered trademark and Motion is a trademark of Motion Computing, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Health, the Intel Health logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the US and other countries.

Very Cool User Interface from Microsoft Research

2007-11-12T21:39:00.000-05:00

InkSeine is a very cool user interface for the Tablet PC. See:
http://research.microsoft.com/users/kenh/InkSeine/

A video demonstrating InkSeine can be seen at: http://research.microsoft.com/users/kenh/papers/How-to-get-the-most-out-of-InkSeine.wmv

The InkSeine Tutorial can be seen at: http://research.microsoft.com/users/kenh/InkSeine/tutorial-page-1-introduction.html

Unfortunately, it is not generally available and only available to Microsoft employees. This would be a great research tool for a nursing student!

I hope they make this available soon.

Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics Programs

2007-04-02T21:58:00.000-05:00

Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics

WINI, (Weekend Immersion in Nursing Informatics) is a nursing informatics continuing education course that travels around the country to provide affordable, in-depth nursing informatics education. Approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, an approved provider of nursing continuing education, WINI focuses on basic competencies in nursing informatics. WINI and Informatics Insights are developed and presented by managing members, Carol J. Bickford, PhD, RNBC, and Kathleen Smith, MScEd, RNBC. Both members are board certified in Nursing Informatics by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
WINI provides an opportunity to have guided discussion and education in a variety of informatics topics including the systems life cycle, theories used in nursing informatics and professional practice trends and issues.

The WINI Faculty received the Information Technology Award for Knowledge Advancement from Sigma Theta Tau, the International honor society in nursing in 2001. In November 2003, the WINI Faculty received the Outstanding Nurse Educator award from the Maryland Nurses Association for their work presenting WINI throughout the US and in Canada.

April 13-14, 2007
(Fri-Sat)
Hosted by: MEDHOST, Inc
Dallas, Texas
Contact Hours will be provided
WINI Brochure
Dallas Omni Hotel Information
Contact:
Jenny Russell, RN, BSNClinical Informatics AnalystMEDHOST, INC.972-560-3919 Jenny.Russell@medhost.com

May 4 - 6, 2007 (Fri - Sun)
Hosted by Optimize IT Consulting
Location:
Bay Medical
615 North Bonita Avenue Panama City, FL 32401
Contact Hours Will be Provided
WINI Brochure
Contact: Amy Walker, MS, RN
phone: 407-788-2651
email info@optimizeitconsulting.com
Optimize IT Website

Jul 16-18, 2007 (Mon-Wed)
University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore
Pre Conference Tutorial in conjunction with the
Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (July 18-21,2006)
WINI Brochure
Christine Ward, M.S.Program ManagerOrganizational Partnerships, Outreach and Clinical Enterprise University of Maryland School of Nursing 655 West Lombard St. Room 425 A Baltimore, MD 21201-1579 Phone: 410-706-1838 Fax: 410-706-0018 cward006@son.umaryland.edu www.nursing.umaryland.edu/events

Microsoft Office Presenter 3000

2006-12-27T17:56:00.000-05:00

Microsoft may have the answer for the nursing educators and administrators out there that use PowerPoint in their class presentations. It is called Office Presenter 3000. It allows you to remotely control PowerPoint presentations. It has a remote mouse feature as well as laser pointer. All for under $50. I have used mine with my Toshiba Tablet PC with great success. I have also used it with the School of Nursing IBM ThinkPads.

For more information see: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/Presenter/productdetails.aspx?pid=092

School Implements Tablet PCs

2006-09-12T18:14:00.000-05:00

Read all about Cary Academy's implementation of Tablet PC's to their 711 students. You can read the story at: http://www.caryacademy.org/CANews/Index.html

Imagine using a Tablet in Nursing School: taking notes in Microsoft OneNote, a wireless environment enabling quickly accessing online resources. Oh well, I dream on. We just witnessed the opening of the Microsoft School of the Future ( http://www.microsoft.com/education/schooloffuture.mspx ) in Philadelphia. Imagine the Microsoft Nursing School of the Future...

Speech Recognition in Windows Vista

2006-08-13T00:32:00.000-05:00

Dr. Bill Crounse of Microsoft's Healthcare and Life Sciences team has some interesting insight into the speech capabilities of the upcoming new Windows Vista operating system. You can read his comments at: http://blogs.msdn.com/healthblog/archive/2006/08/09/693461.aspx

What is Coming for the Tablet PC in Windows Vista?

2006-04-29T15:42:00.000-05:00

Interested in seeing what is coming for Tablet PC users in Windows Vista? Take a look at Craig Pringle's blog on this very subject. See: http://www.pringle.net.nz/blog/PermaLink,guid,1c4311b9-0261-4270-af75-cada18003922.aspx

In Love With the Motion LS800

2006-04-29T08:27:00.000-05:00

I had a Motion Computing LS800 on loan from a local distributor for a demo at a conference presentation that I delivered on digital technology in nursing education.

This device is hot! The size is great for a student in a classroom situation (with OneNote and GoBinder). The jury is out on the size factor in the clinical area for a student (I only have the device for 4 days).

I have been using a Toshiba Portégé M205-S809 for about two years. The LS 800 is lighter than the Toshiba. The smaller size is more conducive to going from meeting to meeting taking notes. I would love to have an LS800 for a longer period of time to be able to look at battery life and be able to do a full review.

There are some shortcomings. The stylus is difficult to get out of it's storage area. The Tablet PC Input Panel gets very cramped in portrait mode. Again, this just based on 4 days with the device.

Motion Computing, I'd love to do I full review of this device!

RoboNurse is Coming?

2006-03-17T22:02:00.000-05:00

Not Tablet PC, but nursing and technology related.....

RoboNurse is coming? Japanese inventors show off robotic patient transfer device. Note that it was not demonstrated with a live, moving patient...See: http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm?g=ce25a0e6-78f3-45ab-89e2-cda957a74d6f&t=m23&f=06/64&p=Source_CNBC for the video.

Microsoft's Vision of the Future of Mobile Computing?

2006-02-26T17:16:00.000-05:00

Is this Microsoft's vision of the future of mobile computing? It looks like the Microsoft Origami Project (http://www.origamiproject.com/1/) is a cross between the existing Tablet PC and Windows Mobile devices. See: http://www.d-kitchen.com/main.html , click on "Enter", click on "Work", click on "Brandtheater" then click on "Microsoft Origami". Nice size. It looks like it would fit nicely in a lab coat pocket. The prototype looks too thick. Price? Stay tuned.

Call for Abstracts: 16th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics

2006-01-12T21:38:00.000-05:00

University of Maryland School of Nursing
16th Annual Summer Institute in Nursing Informatics (SINI)

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The SINI 06 Planning Committee is seeking high quality abstracts for peer-reviewed paper and poster presentations

Theme
Advancing Clinical Practice Through Nursing InformaticsKeynote
Don Detmer, MD, MA, President and CEO of AMIA

Distinguished Lecturer
Congressman Patrick Kennedy

Conference Dates
July 19 - 22, 2006

Awards for Abstracts
$20,000 available in Awards and Scholarships

Deadline for submission
March 1, 2006

For details, guidelines and forms, please visit: www.nursing.umaryland.edu/informatics