Medical Tablet PC: MioCARE

MioCARE, which was launched on 5 September, is the first medical tablet PC. It was designed by MiTAC International Corp., MitTAC Informational Corp., and National Yang-Ming University. It is equipped with 320 million pixels camera, 6-inch touch screen, and wifi. Besides, medical staff can sterilize it with 75% alcohol. Now, it is running in Taipei City Hospital, and some medical staff use MioCARE for their daily work.

MioCARE has three medical systems. The first thing is the long-term care system. There are a lot of long-term care assessment scales in the system such as comprehensive geriatric assessment(CGA), activity of daily living(ADL), and instrumental activity of daily living(IADL). The second thing is the hemodialysis care system. The staff of hemodialysis center can record the vital signs of patients in the MioCARE, and the manager can over view all of patients’ vital signs. The third thing is the chemotherapy drug delivery system. Medical staff can use MioCARE’s camera to read bar code of the patient and his medicine for making sure the patient follows his prescription, and they can use it to read the patients’ prescription.

MioCARE has three core functions such as reading & writing, reminding staff, and checking prescriptions. First, medical staff can read or write some information on MioCARE. Second, MioCARE can remind medical staff to follow the SOP or to deliver medicine to patients. Third, medical staff can use MioCARE to quickly make sure the patient follows his prescription.

When medical staff implement some of MioCARE features, it stops the necessity for paperwork. However, staff must use this, instead of paper. Unless hospitals have a policy to reduce the use of paper, it will be useless. Moreover, MioCARE makes medical staff can get real-time information, but only few care services need real-time data. Although, the some features of MioCARE are pretty good. One is that it can be sterilized by 75% alcohol. Another is that medical staff use it to quickly make sure the patient follows his prescription. To sum up, I think these are core advantages in a medical market.

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