Those handheld computers are slowly infiltrating their way into medicine.
PDAs with bar code scanners already exist which allow doctors to scan a patient’s barcode bracelet to access their record, current medications and medication history, according to Baumgart.
However, the future promises a lot more, as the article goes on to say.
The devices could also allow doctors to access medical information from virtually anywhere due to the extended bandwidth of cellular telephone networks or high speed wireless institutional networks in hospitals.
This would eliminate the need to find a find a patient’s chart, X-ray or a computer to get to electronic information.
They could also allow doctors to collect data or to take photographs of patient injuries or ailments for documentation, teaching purposes and to improve care.
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