Mobile Devices In Hospitals

Paper Summary:

The author of this paper examines how mobile communication and data processing devices are being used in hospitals as a means to improve efficiency and reduce rising healthcare costs. The writer reviews current literature on the subject and discusses various implementations of mobile technology and their effects with the hospital system. The paper includes one diagram.

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Abstract
Introduction
Literature Review
Analysis
Bibliography

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"Full integration with hospital servers of these devices is required to realize the full benefits of these devices. These mobile devices "facilitate the entry of data for storage and processing at the servers. By storing hospital data on servers rather than on the mobile devices, a number of advantages are realized. One is that servers, unlike mobile devices, have prodigious amounts of storage capacity. In addition, if data is stored on the servers, security is enhanced. If the mobile computer is lost or stolen, there is less concern that sensitive patient data will fall into unauthorized hands, and information technology staff can centrally manage hospital information including that displayed on PDAs, smartphones, and tablet computers. With data centralized on servers, it is possible for physicians to access data in realtime by simply requesting it with whatever device they happen to have, such as a handheld computer or cell phone, and viewing the requested data on the same or different device. For example, using a wireless Pocket PC handheld, a physician could request X-ray images. But because the handheld computer's screen is too small for proper viewing, the server could deliver the images to a nearby PC with a large monitor or to a Tablet PC available at a nearby nurse's station." (Wales and Zabrek, 2003)"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Bearne, Piers (2005) Wi-Fi and VoIP in Healthcare - Everyone Wins. IT Adviser, Issue 39, September/October 2005. National Computing Centre. Online available at: http://www.nccmembership.co.uk/pooled/articles/BF_WEBART/view.asp?Q=BF_WEBART_177044
• Jupiter Medical Center Uses Joint Solution for Mobile Patient Information Access to Reduce Costs, Streamline Processes and Improve Quality Patient Care (2007) Online available at: http://www.salt.org/weblink/industry/Jupiter_Medical_Center_Uses_Palm.doc
• Mobile Data Could Help Medicine (2005) Research Information Feb 2005. Online available at: http://www.researchinformation.info/features/feature.php?feature_id=90
• On the Drawing Board: IBM Mobile Health Toolkit - Mobile Health Monitoring. IBM. Online available at: http://domino.watson.ibm.com/odis/odis.nsf/pages/board.08.html
• Reducing Medical Errors Through Mobile Technologies (2003) ICT Results. Online available at: http://cordis.europa.eu/ictresults/index.cfm/section/news/tpl/article/BrowsingType/Features/ID/1286

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