When selecting hardware for clinicians to use to access electronic health records, issues of security, mobility and flexibility are important. Many physicians find that a tablet PC best addresses these issues.
First, a provider is able to take the tablet when he or she leaves an exam room so that patients may not gain access to the network in the provider’s absence. Additionally, the use of a tablet allows continuity of one log-in session as opposed to the requirement of multiple log-in sessions created by the use of several hardwired PC workstations throughout the office.
Much like a paper chart, a tablet PC allows for greater mobility in the clinic: A provider has access to nurses, medical assistants, and other clinicians while holding the tablet or moving it from docking station to docking station. Multiple hardwired PC workstations do not provide the same mobility and flexibility.
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