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OnCallData - A Wireless Healthcare
Application by InstantDx
Nemana & DeMello, 2009) There are many
wireless solutions available in the technology
market to empower clinicians to access patient
health records from a portable device inside the
hospital environment. These mobile healthcare
applications make clinical information easily ac-
cessible for the clinicians and provide a number
of digital solutions to improve hospital workflow
(Business Wire, 2010).
InstantDx is a company in Gaithersburg, Mary-
land, that offers practical software solutions in
medicine. InstantDx observed a physician's daily
set of tasks and developed a software namely
OnCallData based on two important, repetitive
tasks, prescription writing and laboratory tests
review.(Seshadri, et al., 2001) This software
allows prescriptions to be transferred electroni-
cally to the pharmacies (Seshadri, et al., 2001).
Dan Hesse, CEO at Sprint Nextel, stated that in
the United States e-prescription could make an
annual saving of about 27 billion US dollars in
the health care industry (Hesse, 2010). Since the
prescriptions are transferred electronically, the
problem of illegible handwriting is also resolved
(Hesse, 2010). The laboratory test results are
delivered from laboratories to the physician on
any web-capable device. (Seshadri, et al., 2001)
Moreover, the software is “device agnostic”, it
does not depend on any single device to receive
data, any web-capable device would serve the
purpose. (Seshadri, et al., 2001)
Apple's iPhone 3G is acting as a platform for
multiple wireless medical applications to assist
doctors at the point of care. Apple is also interacting
with various companies that develop and imple-
ment medical applications for portable devices,
to integrate their software with Appe's devices. A
number of hospitals are using iPhones to connect
their medical staff together and to connect them
with their patients within the hospital, wirelessly.
iPhone's smart usability features is another reason
of its rapid adoption in the healthcare industry,
namely the expanded screen size and scroll and
zoom capabilities. iPhone helps in increasing
meaningful communication among the healthcare
community that leads to proficient medical team
work “at bedside and beyond”, as well as improved
patient care.(Apple, n.d.) Below are some of the
software applications for iPhone that are is use
in hospitals around the world.
Cisco and Imatis Mobile Care Solution
Cisco is one of the leading companies that provide
solutions for digitizing healthcare by integrating
wireless technologies into the clinical workflow.
Imatis AS offers software solutions for the health-
care industry that connect clinicians, clinical work-
flow, patient data and systems within a healthcare
organization. In order to create a true mobile-care
environment, together Cisco and Imatis enhance
the use of wireless IP phones and different mobile
devices including PDAs, by providing Mobile
Care for optimization of information workflow
and collaboration within the hospital environment.
The Mobile Care Solution by Cisco and Imatis
helps in streamlining communication between
the clinical staff which reduces the time to lo-
cate the required staff for a patient. It improves
access to the information requested by the clini-
cian, with the availability of wireless network
coverage in the hospital. The staff is sent alerts
regarding preparing rooms for new incoming
patients, retrieving a wheelchair or contacting
security. Hence, as wastage of time is reduced
in non-clinical activities, there is ample time for
improving patient satisfaction and treatment by
attending to them. Hospital functions and work-
flows are well-organized and enhanced by faster
communication rapid information share among
the hospital staff. (Cisco System Inc.)
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