Healthcare and Hospital Grade PDA’s

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Healthcare and Hospital Grade PDA’s

Healthcare and Hospital Grade PDA’s

 

 

The SoMo® 650Rx is a hospital-grade handheld computer made with antimicrobial materials that provide an extra layer of protection against the multiplication and spread of potentially harmful bacteria and microbes.

 

The President has made it very clear that he intends to update the aging healthcare system, specifically transitioning the antiquated medical chart recording system over to electronic medical records (EMR), and his stimulus package addresses that fact by introducing a multimillion dollar incentive for hospitals and clinics to make the change.

 

Electronic Medical Records have been shown to significantly improve hospital performance and reduce medical errors. For the newer generation of healthcare providers, this is a dream come true. Physicians and support staff (Physician Assistant’s, Nurse’s) can do all patient documentation on a touch screen tablet or PDA.

 

The COO of NY Presbyterian Hospital, Dr. Steven Corwin was quoted as saying, “when we put electronic ordering in place, all our physicians having to do electronic ordering, our medication errors went down by 80%.”

 

The reduction in medication errors is simply astounding. Aside from the lucrative financial benefits that hospitals and clinics stand to receive, the Hospital staff; Physicians, Physician Assistant’s, and Nurse’s are tooled for success as well. It has been cited that the working atmosphere has improved while productivity has increased and errors have decreased.

 

The SoMo 650Rx is by far the most extraordinary Hospital Grade PDA on the market today. The SoMo 650Rx is easy to customize with a wide range of bar code scanners, RFID readers, and communications peripherals based on the CF, SD or Bluetooth interface. Software drivers and utilities are pre-loaded on the SoMo 650Rx, so you can deploy out of the box with your favorite Socket peripheral. The device’s rich Bluetooth implementation enables you to connect to Socket hand-held and hands-free scanning solutions along with hundreds of readily available 3rd party Bluetooth peripherals.

 

This PDA benefits you is many ways, for example:

·                          Capture patient vitals, view lab reports and write up reports at the point of care

·                          Identify high-risk patients who need the most care, more quickly

·                          Reduce costly paper-based errors that can result in liability

·                          Spend more time with patients and more time providing high-quality patient care

 

 

This PDA Features

·                          Windows Mobile® 6 operating system

·                          Durable, lightweight, ergonomic handheld design

·                          Fast roaming Wi-Fi® 802.11b/g switches seamlessly between access points

·                          Bluetooth® 2.0 + EDR Class 2 wireless connectivity

·                          Optionally configurable to read bar code and RFID data

·                          Deployment ready system, designed to run out of the box

 

 

The SoMo 650Rx has quickly become the device of choice among hospital and clinic staff, including the St. Clair Hospital Pittsburgh and many hospitals around the globe.

 

The Socket Communication SoMo 650Rx is sold in a few select locations, including Dell, Mobile Phone Bazaar, and PC Connection. The lowest price of which was found at Mobile Phone Bazaar, who also had the product in stock and shipped immediately. Dell and PC Connection were both out of stock, had higher overall prices and prices didn’t include sales tax.

 

 

 

This was created by an independent source and has not been paid by any of the represented companies to write this article.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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You Grade The Brands: Dell Notebooks

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You Grade The Brands: Dell Notebooks

From now until the end of the year we’re taking a holistic look at notebook brands such as vgp-bps8 and how vendors fare when we aggregate data from our reviews, research, and third-party data. Generally, we focus on individual systems, but over time we’ ve been able to identify trends based on the vendor. One company might always offer great design and excellent keyboards, another can be counted on to produce notebooks that get too hot. Each vendor has its strengths and its Achilles heel.

Until a few months ago,Though recently passed by Acer, the company shipped over 10 million units in the third quarter of this year alone. Check out the brand’s strengths and weaknesses, its 2009 review scorecard, and overall rating. Then sound off in the comments and tell us what you think of the brand and about your own experience. Without your input, our report card will be incomplete.

Strengths Performance – Dell’s latitude d630 battery notebooks consistently impressed us in 2009 on overall performance and sometimes brought the graphics muscle. The XPS Studio 16 multimedia machine blew away the averages on our benchmarks, then later in the year the Studio 17 with Core i7 blazed through them again. We were pleased to see several notebooks offer solid state drives as an option. The Latitude E4300’s SSD gave it a performance edge over systems with traditional hard drives. Displays – We also often praised Dell’s displays for offering bright, popping colors, true blacks, and excellent viewing angles. Dell took a leadership position in offering LED-baclkit panels and in experimenting with new technologies like RGB, which offer a wider color gamut. Personalization – Dell does a good job with its when it comes to customization, both in terms of allowing customers to build their systems with the specs they desire but with a wide range of color options. Dell Studio gives shoppers an opportunity to pick artist-inspired lids, as well as MLB teams, for about a pop. Weaknesses Battery Life - Over the past year the major weakness of Dell’s  was poor battery life. This issue cropped up across every category of system from ULV ultraprtables like the Inspiron 11z to the Latitude XT2 business tablet to the multimedia-driven Studio XPS 13 and 16. However, there were some welcome exceptions, like the Studio 14z. Touchpads – Though not as severe an issue as HP’s touchpad dilemma, we often dinged Dell for finicky or undersized touchpads and mushy, hard to use mouse buttons. This was a particular problem on the Inspiron 11z and the Mini 10 series.

Best Rated Notebooks

Dell XPS Studio 16 Dell Studio 14z (9.00)

Worst Rated Notebooks

Dell Inspiron 11z (3.00) Dell Latitude XT2 (,959.00) Review Report Card

So far we’ve reviewed 13 Dell notebooks this year. Of those, 38.5% earned a 4 stars (5 systems each). Only one earned the low rating of 2.5 (Inspiron 11z) and two systems received 3 stars. Out of the 13, we awarded two systems the LAPTOP Editor’s Choice.

Tech Support and Reliability

Unfortunately, earned a grade of C- in our Tech Support Showdown. According to a study by SquareTrade, Dell laptops have a failure rate of about 18 percent over a 3 year lifespan, which is about average.

Overall, the Dell brand can be counted on for good design and performance, though it isn’t often that the company turns out a notebook that we truly get excited about. (The Adamo XPS and Latitude Z both look very cool, but we have yet to review either system.) We’re also looking forward to testing the Vostro V12, Dell’s ultrathin but affordable small business laptop. We’re hoping that more future notebooks will couple the high-end ideals showcased in the Adamo line with the solid performance and value the brand has become known for.

Now It’s Your Turn

Do you own a Dell laptop? Owned one in the recent past? What does Dell get right and where does it need improvement? Tell us how you’d rate Dell notebooks and why

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