Month: September 2006
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Another tablet device for healthcare
Intel recently announced a new “mobile computing platform for health care professionals”, dubbed the mobile clinical assistant. I used to be a big fan of tablet-style computers for health care use, but recently, I’m not so sure that this form factor works (at least in hospital environments). I think the technology itself is great, but…
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Learning from the past and living with legacy systems
Over the past eight years that I’ve been in the “real worldâ€, I’ve had opportunities to work at various parts of the health care system from promoting healthy behaviours to children of family violence, preparing a small community hospital implement a new electronic records system, developing a quality improvement program and conducting business process re-engineering…