Is this the end to repetitive questions at the doctors office?
How many times have you been asked, "are you allergic to any medications?", while at the doctors office? I know for a fact that I've been asked at least three times during a single visit. Wouldn't it be nice if just once you didn't have to answer that question, because your information was already stored on a Tablet PC which your nurse was carrying?
Well, on February 20, Intel and Motion Computing announced their Motion C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant. The Motion C5 is the first Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA), and was created in order to help nurses, doctors, and other professionals of the medical field do their job while moving around. (Maybe this will allow doctors offices to get rid of the dreaded question, "are you allergic to any medication?")
The C5 is going to starting shipping in May 2007, and will cost about $2,199. It will have a battery life of approximately 3 hours. Since most nurses and doctors work a 12 hour shift, they are planning on selling the C5 with 4 chargers so that nurses will be able to have enough battery life to complete their shifts.
The C5 is specially designed so that it only have a few cracks and crevices in which germs can be caught. This will allow for easy cleaning and disinfecting of the C5. Basically, this means that you don't have to worry about the C5 carrying and spreading any deadly diseases. :)
There is only one problem I can think of. Doctors are known for their bad handwriting, right? So, exactly how is the Tablet PC going to be able to convert their handwriting into text? I know that the sloppier you write, the better the handwriting recognition is, but come on now, is it going to be able to convert every doctors handwriting? There are some pretty sloppy doctors out there.