Could we use a mobile phone by any chance? Tablet PCs are expensive. There are other mobile devices as well.
Nandalal --- Joachim Mollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi to all, > > > > i know some hospitals in Germany where nurses are > working with portable > devices (tablet PC or PDA in a WLAN). At the moment > not with care2x. But > this could change. > > > > On a tablet PC, I think we need no changes to the > SW. But using PDA, we need > a mobile interface. Any one interesting to write it? > > > > Regards > > Joachim > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Im Auftrag von > Nandalal Gunaratne > Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Juni 2004 13:08 > An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Betreff: Re: [Care2002-developers] A question about > daily routine in > hospitals > > > > 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: > > > Hi Ingo, > > > > > > You might want to check out an earlier post of > mine > > > in which I > > > suggested that we won't make a lot of progress > until > > > we accept the idea > > > that "computer assisted nursing" systems need to > > > change the way nurses > > > work not incorporate the way they work... > > > > > > In many settings I have observed there is a long > > > history of > > > work-inflation that has been begrudgingly accepted > > > by nurses. It is all > > > too common to find multiple forms that duplicate > > > most of their content > > > and add little or nothing to the management and > > > control of nursing > > > units. These forms are often generated by > outsiders > > > but occasionally > > > within nursing. Nurses often tire of pointing out > > > inadequacies in such > > > situations because nobody seems to listen and > > > efforts to correct a > > > small duplication problem can generate solutions > > > that create far more > > > work. It tends to be easier to accept the latest > > > idiot from the > > > business department's brainstorm than to try to > fix > > > what is wrong with > > > it. > > > > > > Ideally, nurses ought to have wearable or handheld > > > computers, the data > > > to be collected ought to be recorded > automatically, > > > and patient info > > > ought to be able to be retrieved without recourse > to > > > paper records. > > > That is the ideal. What often happens is that > > > administrators or nurses > > > do not trust the computer system - hence, they ask > > > nurses to complete > > > all the old, dysfunctional paperwork and also > learn > > > how to use a > > > crippled on delivery (COD) computer system. They > > > enter the same data > > > they recorded on paper charts on the computer > charts > > > - albeit, after > > > waiting for a free monitor to be able to use the > > > new, more efficient, > > > computer system. The period of duplication often > > > lasts longer than the > > > glow of the new system and eventually the system > is > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------------------------------- 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
