Doctor's e-orders

Editor’s Note: The following article appeared in the June 2007 issue of Texas Innovator.

Doctors and nurses have a digital companion to help them on their daily rounds. Austin-based Motion Computing’s C5 mobile clinical assistant is a tablet computer that lets hospital personnel search patient records and record information with an attached digitized pen. The C5 has wireless connectivity, a digital camera and a bar code scanner. Computer companies such as Hitachi and IBM are mobilizing to join the market.

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